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jority of cases the fault lies with the shepherd him- 

 self and is so often wrongly called "bad luck." If 

 the shepherd does not care to handle his flock of 

 breeding ewes during winter in such a manner as 

 to assure the largest percentage of lambs, and is 

 not willing to sit up part of the night during lamb- 

 ing time, he is not worth having around the flock. 

 The shepherd must really feel proud of his suc- 

 cess and must feel ashamed of things which have 

 gone wrong through his fault. The best shepherds 

 of today are not conceited over their success, but 

 feel that there is still a little more to be learned. 

 If a shepherd cannot at any time agree with his 

 employer he will never take the best interest in his 

 flock. A shepherd who walks through the sheep- 

 fold without the necessary 7 sharpness to detect an 

 ill sheep in the flock is by no means the right kind 

 of a shepherd. Another one that sees an ailing 

 sheep, but has not energy enough to care for it at 

 once, is just as bad or worse than the first man 

 mentioned. 



When a man does not mind the bleat of a sheep 

 or lamb that wants more feed, salt, or water, he 

 has not the true spirit of a shepherd. Neither is he 

 worthy of the name of shepherd if he does not 

 do at once those things which should be attended 

 to, but says he will do them tomorrow or some 

 other time. The man who is not aware of the 



