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MODERN SHEEP: BREEDS AND MANAGEMENT. 



angler, who was fishing in the stream, rescued the shivering ani- 

 mal, and it staggered away, bleating piteously for its dam. It 

 iound her without much difficulty, but the mother, sniffling dis- 

 dainfully at the dripping little wretch, pushed it off, refusing to 

 recognize it. The angler appealed to a shepherd who happened 

 to pass that way for an explanation of the ewe's behavior. 'Oh/ 

 said he, 'the bit beastie's been in the water, ye see, and the auld 

 ewe canna smell it. She'll take it back as soon as it's dry/ And 

 so it turned out. The fleece was soon dried, the natural odor re- 

 turning, and the mother and child were reconciled and reunited 

 at once." 



A Group of Indiana Cheviots. 



The Cheviot gives probably less trouble in lambing than any 

 breed. A well-known shepherd once said he never saw a Cheviot 

 lamb lie down in his life, for the reason that they are never sick 

 and always hunting for food. 



The Cheviot ram has been used with good results for crossing 

 purposes in this country. Cheviot mutton is rated among the 

 best quality. As a rustler, the Cheviot is unsurpassed. In their 

 native home in Scotland they are given no shelter and graze the 

 year around in the mountainous districts. That accounts in a great 

 measure no doubt for their extreme hardiness. The Cheviot is a 

 long-lived sheep. A ewe of this breed died in Scotland recently 

 at seventeen years old, which, although a very successful show ewe, 

 had brought forth and raised no less than twenty lambs eight 



