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Show L1V5STOGK 1 I SHELTER FOR SHEEP IN SUMw MER. Sheep cannot stand heat, especially the heat, of a scorching sun. They turn from the pasture at" the 'first coming of tho "king of day" to some shelter where they can escape from the sun's heat. You can't make -a sheep face the sun to save your life. Many pasture fields have no twm of shelter whatever, not even shade trees. The. poor sheep huddle' in , the fence comers, stick their heads under the rails and pant for hours. When noon comes they have to take the sun, ,'and in distress tlicy will seek protection on thd other side of-.thc pasture. This js sure to injure .the sheep. How can they improve under these conditions? Good shade trees are a great boon to u flock, but evils of many sorts lurk in .the shadow of trc s. They say a sheep catches cold under a trco" and they always have, dirty noses. It is true a tree on a hilltop is draf-ty, draf-ty, and it may be that the idea is., ' based on this,rbut.flocks'Javc enjoyed' the shelter -of trees "yithout any serious ser-ious trouble in this way, and it is far better to have them than to allow the sheep to" suffer. The most trouble comes from the accumulating of filth and disease germs. It is so important to change, s'hcltgr frequently.; Sheep should not be allowed to seek the same shelter every day. Force them to changes. Sometimes ic may be bestito put. a pen, around a favoritg tree for several weeks.'" It would be best if the sheep were not allowed b 1 sleep in the same place, but this n imprnctical; The building of shed's in sheep pastures is not a bad investment invest-ment at all. It 'is; a good id'ea to build a light portable shed on wheels or runners so it could bu moved from day to day. Shcrp arc just crazy for dark, cool Shelter 'in summer. ."VYpu will be surprised to see how regularly' a flock will go to a shed if they an find shelter there. Oftentinfos 5hc'$li will travel a half mile from their pasture pas-ture to find shelter in a shed. A basement base-ment barn affprds,51ideaL shelter for sheep. It is cool, Jdark'imd' ffrec from flics Flies arc even a worse nuisance nuis-ance than heat. Sheep hate fliesPin(l, arc constantly worried by thetfK Jiativc instinct bids them to beware is ever seeking to deposit its larva on B tlic nose of a sheep in the summer. B This fly docs not lay an egg, but de- I posits a grub, which clambers up. the I nasal .passage and .causes "grub in the I head." I You have seen a buncji of sheep I standing heads down, when suddenly one stamps all four feet and -dashes off in oi race for freedom fromi that terrifying buzz, 'buzz, buzz. The frightened sheep rushes into a clump of tall grass, a dusty path or fence comer and seeks to hide its nostrils from the tireless persecutor. Strange that it knows death may follow the buzz of that little sinner. If a man , would save his flock from the' trouble he must guard his flocjc from the gadfly. gad-fly. Dark sheds arc the best protection protec-tion from this pest. Some advise the daubing of pine tar on the side of salt troughs, which should then be placed, j close to the 'barn or fence, so as 'to make it easy for the sheep to get tar on their noses. Shepherd1 Criterion. ' ! |