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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. 
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