EQUIPMENT REQUIRED FOR A BAND OF SHEEP 407 



Camp Expenses, per Month. 



Arizona 



California . . . 

 Colorado . . . . 



Idaho 



Montana . . . . 



Nevada 



New Mexico 



Oregon 



Utah 



Washington . 

 Wyoming . . . 

 The region. . 



Number 



of sheep 



to one man 



867 

 1335 



897 

 1359 

 1788 

 1088 



755 

 1418 

 1247 

 1100 

 1112 

 1119 



Equipment Required for a Band of Sheep. — The equipment 

 necessary for handling a band of sheep may be divided into three 

 classes as follows : winter, summer, and lambing equipment. In 

 some places, particularly in the Southwest, topography of the sum- 

 mer and vpinter range is so nearly alike that the same equipment 

 will serve for both. 



In winter when the sheep are on the plains, the equipment 

 centers about the sheep wagon, which is a large, strongly-built 

 vehicle with a, cannmr +^^ ^1.1 ^ .^^ -^^ capacious, for it serves 



nust be strong in ord'er to with- 

 ng over rough ground. It pro- 

 _ __„.. both for cooking and heating, 

 a complete kit of the utensils necessary for cooking and eating, and 

 a store of food for the men, and grain for the horses. Two good 

 horses of draft type are needed to draw the wagon and they must 

 be fitted with good strong harness (Fig. 227). 



In addition to the horses for the wagon there must be at least 

 one saddle horse which a camp-tendler uses in various ways. Fre- 

 quently two light horses and a spring wagon form a part of the 

 equipment. With this light wagon the camp-tender goes for 

 provisions for the camp. 



The cost ^ of a fully equipped sheep wagon, which will wear from 

 four to seven years according to the treatment it receives and the 

 nature of the ground over which it is drawn, is approximately 

 $350. The teams used on these wagons cost from $400 to $600 



' Costs obtained before the United States entered the war. 



