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Show FIVE HUNDRED SHEEP BURIED DUB A BUZZWD D. D. McKay, of Huntsville, who returned re-turned from his sheep camp in tho vicinity of Terrace this morning, reports re-ports that practically all of the herds on the desert ranges are being supplied sup-plied with corn and sheepmen expect to prevent heavy losses by feeding. The snow Is from 12 to 20 inches deep and has drifted into ravines and low places ten feet deep. Only in a few places, says Mr. McKay, Mc-Kay, is the snow crusted. Sheep can browse successfully on the ridges where much of the snow has been blown away, A few days ago, Mr. McKay relates, five hundred of his sheep and- the herd dog were completely buried In a snow drift and it was necessary to dig them out The herd had taken shelter in a hollow on the range when a strong wind came up and blew the snow so rapidly that tho sheep wero covered before they could get away. He says that when the snow was removed re-moved Borne of tho sheep were peacefully peace-fully chewing their cuds. However, they would have perished in a- short time. |