CHAPTER VI 



SHEEP — BREEDS AND MANAGEMENT 



Any man who thoroughly understands his business, 

 and is conversant with the methods adopted in the 

 Old Country, should do well with sheep-raising in 

 the Canadian West, and, given a good average year, 

 it is quite one of the most remunerative under- 

 takings in which he can embark, although it entails 

 more work and strict attention to petty details 

 than is the case with either cattle or horse ranching. 

 By reason of the close cropping propensity of the 

 sheep, certain districts throughout the ranching 

 country have had to be assigned to them by the 

 Canadian Government, as a safeguard against eat- 

 ing out a whole region, where one could never hope 

 to graze cattle or horses after them with any hope 

 of profit. It is forbidden by strictly enforced law 

 to run sheep at large on any other areas of land 

 than those set apart for them, unless, of course, a 

 particularly wealthy owner chooses to buy and fence 

 in a few miles of territory for the purpose, which 



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