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mer ranges. In some localities a camp wagon is used. 

 These wagons are complete with cover, bed, stoves, and 

 other equipment and can, therefore, be moved with little 

 trouble. Most of the summer ranges, however, are too 

 rough for the use of wagons, so the camps must be moved 

 with pack horses. The herder is in charge of the sheep 

 at all times, and during the day drives them out for a 

 distance of two or three miles and at night works them 

 back to the camp. As soon as the grazing becomes short, 

 the camp is moved for some distance and the sheep are 

 maintained about the new camp as a center for a similar 

 length of time. The moving of the camp is usually con- 

 ducted by the camp tender, who also looks after bringing 

 in the supplies, and the like. In some districts, one 

 camp tender will look after several camps, but in most 

 places, on account of the roughness and inaccessibility of 

 much of the range, one tender is employed for each camp. 

 Sheep do better and waste less grass when the camps are 

 moved frequently, hence with the present scarce range 

 and high-priced sheep, more camp tenders are used and 

 camps moved more often than formerly. In the case of 

 small sheep-men who own only one or two bands, the 

 owner often tends to the camp, but depends on hired help 

 for herding. 



CARE OF THE RANGE 



Best results are obtained when sheep on the winter 

 and summer ranges are allowed to graze in open formation. 

 Considerable damage to the range results when shep- 

 herds use the closed formation of grazing. Not only is 

 this latter method of grazing detrimental to the range but 

 it is also hard on the sheep. Only those sheep grazing 

 around the edges get the amount of feed that they should. 



