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Modern Sheep herder Uses Jeep
Bv-MAKTHA KTRAXAHAN
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The peak of lambing is over at
the Jack Shumway ranch, south of
, Powell Butte. Most of the 2600
ewes who waited on the sunny,
juniper dotted hillsides by (lay,
and nearer the lambing pens al
i Might, have borne their lambs,
and wild llieir young are being
moved each day by the herders
Into larger flocks. There are nun
, dreds of new long-legged erealures
In the flock now, adding treir im
patient baaing to the ewes' deeper-toned
conversation. The prevail
ing breed is Rainbouillet.
'' penned enclosures, lambing
sheJs, seveml large permanent
tents, and fenced areas for brows-
.. lug comprise the sheep ranch that
cavers many rolling acres of land
" To an outsider the arrangement is
' bewildering, but to Shumway and
Ills hands, of course, each enclo
sure has its purpose.
' ' By day the modern sheepherder
in jeep and trailer circulates
among the ewes on the hillsides,
looking for the new-born. A new
lamb, after thorough cleaning by
., its mother's efficient tongue, is
picked ih by the herder by its
hind -leg and placed in the trailer,
anxious moiner iouowing. mien
the trailer has assembled several
, ewes and their lambs, in their own
compartments, the jeep rolls down
. Hie hillside and delivers Hie ewes
with single offspring to a swill
penned area. There the ws nr
. tienned nrea. There the ewes are
fed on a special diet of hay, oats
nnd cubes. Kwes Willi twin or oc
casionally triplets are taken to the
long, frame-covered row 01 single
pens where they can be watched
more closely to lie sure the moth
ers have enough milk for multiple
births.
If the ewe cannot nourish more
liwn one lamb a foster mother
must be found, logically one who
has lost her own lamb or one Willi
" more milk. The subsliliilion is nol
always welcome to the ewe. though
junior lies no objections. If mama
'- won't take on a stranger psychol
. won't lake, on a stranger, psychnl-
- to rhange her mind there isn't
1 enough unoccupied time or man-
power in an operation ot this size
.. to feed many bummers. A sheep
- hand may neatly skin a dead lamb
the one lost by the mother if
' possible and redress the bummer
in its skin, hoping to arrange a sat
isfactory mother - lamb relation
ship. Usually it is effective. There
are probably as mnny other means
of enticing ewes to lake on foster
lambs (is there nre sheepherders.
Old hands al sheep raising say you
just have to figure out your sheep!
At night all the ewes who have
not delivered that day are brought
In closer to the liens around (he
biinkhouses and Ihe lambing con
tinues bv floodlight. No one gels
much sleep when lambing is under
way. As high as 150 lambs nre
born in n peak 21-hour period at
Shumways. Normally about five
hands are employed, with the num
ber of helo doubled in the spring.
Two of Shumway's regulars are
Con Guiney nnd Dave Clifford,
both experienced sheep men who
for years run their own r inches
around Millican and Rend before
selling out.
Iluring lambing Hie ewes are
fed three limes daily. They crowd
around Ihe feed truck on its peri
odic trips lo the hmwsing grounds,
and watch for their troughs to be
filled at the enclosures. A water
tank truck also makes Ihe rounds
each day, keeping wvter troughs
filled. Sheep are very clean.
Shumway says, and particular
alioul their drinking water which
must be free'of dust and dirt.
As Ihe lambs get older day by
. day they are moved wilh their
ewes to larger -penned amis, grad
ually becoming accustomed lo liv
ing In larger flocks. Shearing, by
contract, gels under way in April
or May, depending on the weather.
Eventually the ewes and lamhsio
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FLOCK LIVING Pens accommodate several families each of mothers and their new lambs, as
sembled each day Into larger groups to adjust to flock living. Con Guiney here watches over a
group of pens on Jack Shumway's ranch. Guiney's name is syonomous with, sheep raising for he
ran his own outfit for many years in the Millican area. In the right background is the water tank
truck which keeps troughs filled. (Photo for The Bulletin by Giles Studio)
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YOUNGSTER Jack Shumway holds a 10 day old lamb from a
flock of 'ewes with lambs old enough to live out on one of the
further ranges of his extensive Powell Butte ranch. (Photo for
The Bulletin by Giles Studio)
will be formed inlo bands of selling Ihe resl ot Ihe lambs on
uroiind 50(1, and then two bands
combined lo form the summer
flocks. Shumway epecls to hxive
about three summer flocks this;
season on Ihe ranges, lie wi
keep
three lo four hundred ewe lambs
add lo his own breeding st.x-k.
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pen market.
Jack Shumway came lo Ihe Pow
ell Htitle area X? years ago from
Eastern Oregon, lie and bis wife,
tin former Samh llohnslein of At-
falfa. have raised two sons and a
daughter. In 10L'7 Ihey liegan their
sheep ranch with -00 head, and
since then have dcvcloed one of
the largest operations in Ihe area.
Many visitors mch spring stroll
the hillsides watching Ihe lambing.
The scene on a calm, sunny day
has a pastoral quality almost
reminiscent of old Biblical limes
if Ihe modern jeeps nnd trucks
are nat at the moment in evidence.
The Shumway holdings comprise
aloiul 13.000 ucres in Deschutes.
Jefferson and Crook counties, plus
acreage leased from the Hureau
ot Land Management, Forest Serv
ice. Gray llutlc grazing. Shumway
also runs 300 head of cattle on
portions ot his land and raises
gmin crops for part of his fed
The need for rain is acute this
year, he reports. (Iraing on the
I'h-v land south of Powell Hutle
where his sheep are headipinrlei ed
will not be possible al all Ibis car
without rain, which will mean
l iking the flocks at an earlier
date tlnin usual to Ihe summer
ranges, east of Head.
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MAIHfAS-Mailing ot 13S5 enve
lopes containing Faster Seals lias
bei-n completed, Walter McCauUi.
president of the M'idras Kiw.mis
club, which yearly handles mailing
(or Jefferson county, has an
nounced. I'atrons an- asked lo as
s;st the progr.im which benefit- the
Oregon Society for Crippled Chil
dren and Adults. Inc., and the na
tional group.
It takes 100 eleeb ie motors, en
craters and other Minting electri
cal machines to operate the vnr.
ions power systems on one he ivy
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Steen Requests
Reconsideration
SAI.ICM (UPl-Sen. Lowell Rteen
(It-Milt jn - r'rccwulcrl asked ihe
Senate Commerce and Utilities
Commillee Thursday lo reconsider
Senate bill 121 which would give
Ihe public utilities commissioner
authority lo regulate reduclions as
well as increases in freight rates
for motor trucks, barges and rail
roads. Ihe commillee look no aclion
but members indicated they might
give furlher consideration lo tak
ing Uie bill off Ihe table next Wed
nesday. The bill is supported by
truck and barge operators and
opposed by Ihe railroads.
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MADISON, Wis. (UP) Willinm
Callow, opposing a bill to force
all "non-essential" stores lo close
on Sunday, complained lo the Wis
consin legislature that it would
keep fishermen from b u y i n g
worms and eliniinalo the sale of
golf balls and tees.
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FALbt SKlN A lamb in lamb's clothing. The lamb was put out
for adoption, dressed In the hide skinned from a dead lamb.
At this point the foster mother has pretty well agreed to take
on junior and the tail part of the psuedo covering has been cut
off and soon all of the extra skin will be removed by the shep
herd. Ordinarily the false skin more nearly matches the lamb
it covers. (Photo for The Bulletin by Giles)
Reds Announce
New Farm Plan
LONDON (UP) Moscow Radio
Thursday announced a plan to shift
thousands of top Communist party
members to farms in a massive
attempt to improve the Soviet's
seriously lugging agricultural pro
duction. The author of the plan is parly
boss Nikita S. Khrushchev.
The Moscow broadcast outlined
be "new look" Soviet agiicultur
d plan wlich Khrushcev unveiled
yesterday at Voronezh in Russia's
ioil-rich "black earth" region.
Khrushchev and other top Soviet
leaders are touring Ihe provinces
to win worker support for the new
policy shifting the Soviet economy
away from the "soft" policies
sponsored by ousted Premier
tieorgi Malenkov.
Malenkov himself has been re
ported on an inspection lour of
lauds.
Khrushchev lashed lagging farm
production and served blunt notice
thai a whole new cadre of leaders
was on the way to run Russia's
sprawling collective farms.
A jet - propelled sleam-operated
boat was developed as fur back as
the ISlh century. George Washing
ton watched a test model run in
1781 and called its demonstration
of the propelling principle one ol
"vast importance."
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Lawmakers Due
Back in State
WASHINGTON (UP) Easter
recess and a Hells Canyon hear
ing will draw most of Oregon's
members of congress west this
weekend.
Sens. Wayne Morse, Richard L.
Neuberger and Rep. Edith Green
will participate in the Hells Can
yon hearing in Portland April 6.
It is on a bill to authorize federal
construction of the proposed dam.
Reps. Harris Ellsworth, Walter
Norblad and Mrs. Green plan to
lie on hand this weekend for
atomic tests at the Is Vegas
proving grounds.
Ellsworth will then come to Ore
gon to arrange hearings on his
partnership bill for Cougar and
Green Peter dams. Norblad will
return to Washington. Rep. Sam
Coon plans to remain in the eapilol
during the recess.
RESOLUTION APPROVED
WASHINGTON (UP)-Rep. Sam
Coon (R-Ore.) said Thursday the
House Public Works Committee
has upproved a resolution he in
troduced asking the Army engi
neers to make a flood control
study of the' Malheur river and its
tributaries in Oregon.
He said the survey would cost
uboiit $70,000 and would involve
flood problems on Willow creek
and Bully creek as well as the
Malheur.
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REDMOND A special recruit
ment drive is under way during
this Ground Obsei-ver Corps week
according lo new ucling supervi
sor Mrs. Florence Radike. Towns
people are ulso urged to visit the
Redmond post slop the city hull
and become acquainted with the
functions of Ihe skywatch.
Recognition has been given re
tiring supervisor II. O. Wilson
whose resignation is effective
April 1. He recently was awarded
his merit pin for 750 hours on
plane spotting duty. Official ap
pointment of a successor will be
made by city council, probably at
their next meeting. Serving with
Mrs. Radtke is Mi's. Paul Penson
as chief observer.
Day captains are, from Sunday
through Saturday, Mrs. Everett
Parr, Mrs. Mane Roberts, Mrs.
P. D. Montgomery, Mrs. Maynard
Brown, Mrs. Claude Widener, Mrs.
Kelsay Clapp and Walter Hepner.
Mrs. Clupp recently resigned as
co-chief observer.
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midnight to 6 a.m. Among those
who stand shifts during the late
night hours are Mr. and Mrs.
Parr, both past 70, who watch
from midnight to 4 a.m. on sun
day, Mrs. Radtke reports. The
next monthly meeting of Redmond
G.O.C. post will be Monday eve
ning, April 11, with the place ot
meeting and program to be an
nounced. The post is also consid
ering plans for raising funds, pos
sibly a food sale, according to the
supervisor.
Bible Credited
For Longevity
LEAVENWORTH, Kan. (UPI-
A former slave, John Shaffer,
who will be 109 years old tomor
row, attributes his long life to
'living by the Bible."
The aged Negro, a resident of
the county hospital for the aged,
said, "If you live right, you will
die light."
Shaffer was born in slavery in
Richmond, Va., April 1, 18-16, lie
was sold at the age of five lo
anolher owner and did not see his
mother again for 25 years.
One of life's biggest thrills.
Shaffer said, was shaking Ihe hand
of President Abraham Lincoln
when he was a presidential candi
date on a campaign tour.
Although blind, Shaffer is in
good physical condition. His only
bad habit, he said, was pipe smok
ing, which he has been doing for
90 years.
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