Show blanket system of handling liand ling sheep I 1 on 01 sheep ranges which are properly stocked the lie principal co corn ill is to employ methods 0 herding which will tend to distribute the band uniformly over the area r instead of massing ur or bunching it range destra destruction action to the animal being driven in in a 4 results through ii soil packing and the he expense of the vegetation due compact body or allowed to trail over side hill in excessive numbers invests In investigations vesti actions with different methods lods of handling sheep have clearly demonstrated rated that the animals do best when allowed to graze at will and bed out where ever night overtakes them typical summer mange range grazed by sheep under fence where the band was not r herded at all demo demon demonstrate strat ed that it requires from 25 to 50 per cen t less range than the sheep were handled under the old system of more orless or jess close herding 0 and where they were driven to th the 0 same bed ground for several successive nights the practice of baddin bedding 1 sheep in a new location each ill night is known as the bedding out burro or blanket I 1 system the marked increase in the car ring capacity of forest ranges which has bas resulted largely from improved methods of handling ha idling 1 0 sheep has led many stockmen stoc kmen to adopt the bedding beldin 0 out system approximately efty percent or more of the sheep grazed on oil nat ional forest rane are now heard I 1 ed under this improved method the chief advantages of the bedding out system ovet over the old method of using established bed grounds are 1 the band ban is always on oil fresh feed 2 lambs are not overworked by being dog ged while returning to the bed gro ground and 3 th tho range does not become overgrazed over grazed through repeated trampling r 4 less range 14 is required 5 ilie he lambs weigh t between 5 and 10 percent more at the end of the grazin gra zing 1 season than do lambs grazed on similar range handled according accordia to the old tern tem and 6 sheep required less water as feed is available in ill early morning when the plants are covered with dexy dew the equipment necessary to handle a band oa 0 sheep under the new system is practically the same as that used under the old method with ona exception under the bedding out system the herder has a small tepee for use in case of storms when it is riot not possible tot him to return to his supply or I 1 headquarters ie ad quarters te tent nt for the night some ionic herders gerders use a b burro urro or saddle horse to transport their bed and tepee but this I 1 is seldom necessary tn in view of the i lin increase crease in gains made by the sheep and the imp r ved earring capa capacity C ry of the range resulting from tha he open or bedding wt oyt method of herding it is probable that practically all sheep men inen will soon adopt t this his meritorious system |