The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1919-02-21

The club boys systematically follow
the droves of sheep that pass to and
fro on the ranges near their homes,
and take possession of the lambs that
the sheepmen abandon. FLINDERS are
keepers"-and now many a farm in
the irrigated valleys Of the west can
boast of a thrifty flock of sheep, all
salvaged from the lambs that used to
be the coyotes share of the sheep
business.
-, What Jimmy Jones Did.
The experience of almost any men,
Der of these clubs may be taken as
representative of the way they go
about the business Of saving "bum
lambs" that of Jimmy Jones, for x
ample. Jimmy lives in one of those
valleys in Washington where the big
apples come from and his father owns
a little orchard there. Beyond the es-
carpment that bounds the valley prop
err lies the open range, where the
bands of sheep come and go in sea-
son.
Jimmy became interested in the
"bum lamb" work and began to fol-
low the sheep bands. Day after day,
during the Landing season, he went
out into the range and hunted for lost
lambs. Some days he covered miles
of sage without finding a single lamb;
some days with the help of the herd
ers he was lucky enough to find three
or four. By the end Of the season
he had saved 43.
All these lambs had to be bottle
fed. When Jimmy was in school his
mother cared for them and saw that
they had frequent feeding so essen
tial to the welfare of young lambs.
When the home milk supply became
inadequate Jimmy bought milk for his
flock. AS soon as the lambs were
big enough to nibble heritage he be-
gan stalking them out along the irri-
cation bitches, where they throve on
rank weeds that otherwise would needs
have been moved to keep them from
choking the bitches.
Thus Jimmy became the possessor
of a fine bunch of sheep. AS soon as
his wethers began to be ready for
market he began selling to a buyer
in a nearby town. Then, seeing a
wether that he had sold for 81 haul.
ed back before his own door to be
sold to a road construction camp
dressed, for $40, he promptly went
into the dressed-meat business. After
that it was Jimmy Jones, not the mar
? from town, who sold mutton to the
: construction camp. He has been ma
t king a net profit of about $40 a heat
on his weathers. Furthermore, thu
. home orchard has been stocked will
a profitable bunch of ewes.
3 Fathers Learn Something.
This case is typical. The "bun
lamb" rescued from the range by boy
have not only proved m~oney-maker
f for the boys but have served to Civ
the fathers of those boys a ~salutar,
$ lesson in the value of diversificatiol
t in general and of sheep in particu
lar.
In some parts Of Wyoming the shee]
clubs elect representatives, two boy
e per club, to gather orphan lambs TO
;, them. These boys take their blan
e kets, go out to the sheep camps il
E the lambing season and stick aroun'
night and day till they have collect
ed lambs enough to fill the. orders o
: all the members of their clubs. Il
some instances boys from the club
: have taken the places of sheep herd
ers, especially during the war, eac'
boy doing a mans work and in add
t tion looking after the "bum lambs"
: Country school-teachers have don
much toward encouraging boys an
girls to take up sheep-club work. On
: school teacher in the state of Wash
ington has the distinction of havin
4 organized a club and obtained tn
/, necessary lambs to start it on a
: hours notice. This girl, Miss Ma
: Marks, taught a country school j
the Yakima valley. A sheepman VIII
had heard that she was interested
club work visited her school with