244 SHEEP FARMING IN AMERICA 



of far better slieep than they hold today, and by some 

 sort of peaceable division of the ranges each rancher 

 will know where he may graze and where he may 

 save grass with sure expectation of feeding it him- 

 self in time of need. 



SHEEP ADVANCE CATTLE RETREAT. 



It is the opinion of the writer that the cattle will 

 steadily retreat before the peaceable advance of 

 sheep, since sheep are best fitted for this region and 

 bring far more profit. There will always be room, 

 however, for some cattle, and they will be found to 

 thrive alongside the sheep when the day of intelli- 

 gent grazing and range management has been 

 reached. 



WINTER FEEDING OF SHEEP AND LAMBS. 



The writer does not think it worth while to devote 

 much space to describing the best methods of feed- 

 ing native lambs in winter, for the reason that 

 natives (those born on eastern farms) ought to be 

 fat and sold before winter has set in. If they are 

 not fat it may very likely be because they are in- 

 fected with some depressing parasite, such as stom- 

 ach worms or nodular disease, and in that case are 

 hardly worth fattening at all. In his own practice 

 he has abandoned feeding native lambs entirely 

 since his own lambs, born upon the farm, are fat 

 and sold before July, and natives he buys give him 

 almost certain trouble. 



It may be said, however, that if one is to feed 



