EXTRA EQUIPMENT NEEDED AT TIMES 409 



If burros are used, as is the case in many parts of the Southwest 

 and in California, five are required for each band of sheep. Three 

 horses, two to be used as pack animals and the other as a saddle 

 horse, are needed with each band. The pack horses carry the 

 equipment and stores, which consist of a tent, blankets, a cooking 

 and an eating outfit and food supplies. Large quantities of the 

 latter can not be carried so the camp-tender has to make frequent 

 excursions with his pack horses to a base of supplies. The follow- 

 ing enumerates the articles of equipment necessary for a summer 

 camp, their approximate cost, and period of wear: 



Article Cost Wear 



3 horses $450 3 years 



1 saddle 40 5 years 



2 pack saddles 20 1 season 



1 tent 16 1 season 



4 pairs of blankets 40 2 seasons 



3 sets of hobbles 6 2 seasons 



Cooking and eating outfit 16 2 seasons 





$588 



The above equipment does not serve for as many sheep as 

 the winter sheep wagon because summer bands are usually smaller 

 than winter bands. 



Extra Equipment Needed at Times. First of all, there is 

 extra equipment in the way of tents, blankets, and cooking utensils 

 for the extra help in lambing time. More than the usual number 

 of horses are needed for carrying or hauling provisions or perhaps 

 for hauling water. Often extra wagons are needed for various 

 purposes. Many lanterns must be on hand to guide the workers 

 at night and to scare away predatory animals. Guns and ammuni- 

 tion are also needed to guard against coyotes and other animals from 

 preying on the young lambs. In some places there must be a 

 plentiful supply of lambing tents to house ewes and their new-born 

 lambs from the cold and storms, or buildings have to be constructed 

 especially for the lambing season. 



The equipment in lambing varies so much under different con- 

 rlitions that it is almost impossible to give a concrete illustration 

 of its cost. Generally it takes on the form of extras to the regular 

 equipment, although in various places equipment such as barns and 

 sheds is employed which is used only during the lambing period. 



