Box Elder News Journal | 1904-06-16 | Page 3 | The Task of the Shepherd

the task of cf the shepherd tho the saying that everything Is a trado Is ia as true of 0 the shepherd as ot of any other functionary interested in the raisins of 0 farm stock the task ol of the shepherd la Is to make himself thoroughly familiar alth every phase of tho the live steel industry especially of that part of it devoted to the raising of sheep all branches are woven together quite closely and the lessons learned from ono one may be applied to some extent at least in another the he shepherd must know his sheep and their weaknesses their virtues will take earn carp of themselves ile ha must know what flint conditions mill reduce the thrift of his nock flock and the various diseases that are likely to come upon them As an to in sicknesses of sheep it Is more mare necessary that ho he understand them arl ard ar l be able to baffle them than la in the case ot of that of any other kind of stoc ic the sheep does not easily recover co from disease and the shepherd laust be able to take the disorders as soon coon as they appear it they aro are to be effectively treated