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essential is to obsei-ve the ewes with spoiled 

 udders and those having im])erfect udders, 

 made so perha]\s l)y careless shearers who cut 

 oft' the end of the teats. These lose their 

 lambs and sliould be caught, examined and 

 marked so ]i]ain]y that they can never escape 

 the eye of tlie master, when next the flock 

 passes the assorting chute. 



TteK COYOTE. 



Then there is the coyote pest. The coyote 

 is a small wolf, not much larger than a big 



A SHEEP WAGON ON THE RANGE. 



fox, but having a voracious appetite for lambs. 

 To comljat coyotes a numl^er of methods are 

 used, and all fail if persisted in, since the coyote 

 is one of the most cunning beasts of prey in the 

 world. Strychnine placed in carcasses found 

 dead kill a good many, but some coyotes learn 



