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ru hrutca are too Bhy of traps to leap the fence, but nn.l nih . .
?m crawl through hole fa flJ 'wkn. h ! k' ST". S ! "", ""'
iftneyttiu o . uuy nue the Hliccp m cn-H H Buffor. the country roft v
ri,h,r I, rcon of the e'ulti a t on 7t !
herder has to look after. The m t vigilant tlock that formerly grow only hunch grass. Thousands of
.however Buffer ome losses, the average being m ftnmmll J(,n '
lbout Ave per cent for the whole grazing season. tana, where the farmers are not yet pressing the .lock-
In winter time the object of the herders is to get men. Still the industry in this action i "an import-
their bands where bunch grass may bo obtained if the ant aml prufitaMo (m R nJ
,noff is not too deep, and at the same time to be near embarking in it and few are forsaking it. While tho
succor if the grass is covered beyond the reach of the country is rapidly becoming settled, and tho area of
8beep. While in good condition sheep will dig indus- range land is being restricted in tho samo degroo, it W
trioiiBly for grass, but when their vitality is low they not at all probable that sheep husbandry on a largo
give up very easily scale will ever entirely disappear from tho extensive
and will starve almost bunch grass lands of Washington nnd other parti of
in Bight of food. Tho tho northwest. Tho losses of tho past very unusual
grade merinos, which winter are variously estimated at Ix-twoon twenty-fivo
constitute the great and forty per cent. However, this has not shorn tho
me hocks 01 sheep business or its attractions, and tho bands start
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out tins year on a fair basis and with good prospects
of retrieving tho misfortunes of tho Hock owners.
ACROSS THE DUNES.
Across the moaning ocean sea fog roll
To kin once more to life the iun-parched hills ;
The breaker! roar aloud ; Die fog belle toll ;
A lonely wa gull'i cry the cold air fills.
Across the lamly dtinee where lupins, aweet
With golden glory, storm and wind defy,
And bunch gram waves and Unglea 'neath the feet,
A man plods wearily and ito to ilgh,
And looki with hungry eyes beyond the haw.
The veil ol mist he trice to penetrate.
What secret drear li In that famlihod ge?
What yearning bumi that aoul Insatiate T
A solitary houne the lanrae breaka,
And at IU door standi one with lorruw worn.
In solitude she walU for death, and arliM
Her heart and soul, with grief and longing torn.
What fate hai made their pathway! tfv again?
And yet, though near, their eyee may never meat.
One Htep he tuk. Ah, (iodl the cry retrain I
llii fart Is turned away-hla '"n r,rfl-
She eei him not, nor know! he la no near,
Allien her mI li fInlin for hla lowh.
Oh, hearth Uto that will not heed Oof hear,
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re hardy and thick- ffiM
long-wooled varieties
do not thrive so well
in stormy weather because the wool parts and exposes
the sheep to the elements to a degree that is sometimes
disastrous. The fleeces of long-wooled sheep also hold
father too much sand to make them very desirable
roong wool buyers.
The range sheep industry in Washington is on the
,&ne. This is not considered an unfavorable symp
tom, but rather hailed with delight by the other stock-
and the general farmer. The sheep business
spends for its prosperity on tho vacant grazing lands,
to those lands are occupied and cultivated, the sheep