Show E easy aay to lead sheep if you know proper method most sheep lead well it if properly handled old shepherds say esen eien the stubborn fine wool breeds will come along if they are started right no real shepherd tries to drag a sheep by the neck or wool from the cheeps left side he guides it with his left arm around its neck tickling the base of 0 the tall with his right hand the sheep moves sometimes faster aster than Is expected hut but it moves in catching a sheep too there to IB a right way to hold bold the strongest ram and a wrong one the wrong one may let him go and will cause a bruise that takes two months to heal wise shepherds know that the skin Is only lightly attached to the flesh and that holding by the wool tears this tender skin loose from the flesh even farther than the hands grip the resulting bruise not only Is painful to the sheep but dar damages the carcass tor for market until it heals the best of practical tips that old shepherds pass among themselves make up a large part of the correspondence spon dence course in sheep and wool production recently included in the extension service of the state agricultural college at ithaca the course Is free the only requirements quire ments being residence in new york state and a chance to work with sheep while taking it |