Harvest: An Anthology of Farm WritingWheeler McMillen Appleton-Century, 1964 - 424 pages |
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... Sheep Behavior * Although volumes have been written about the nature of sheep , the half has not yet been told . However , it may be helpful to attempt a brief word picture of some of their behavior patterns and how they affect the ...
... Sheep Behavior * Although volumes have been written about the nature of sheep , the half has not yet been told . However , it may be helpful to attempt a brief word picture of some of their behavior patterns and how they affect the ...
Page 210
... sheep gets to be as snooty and class conscious as New York " café society " and as high - hat as a rich family that has turned itself into a closed corporation . As leaders , sometimes goats , sometimes bell - wethers , are em- ployed ...
... sheep gets to be as snooty and class conscious as New York " café society " and as high - hat as a rich family that has turned itself into a closed corporation . As leaders , sometimes goats , sometimes bell - wethers , are em- ployed ...
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... sheep , one to about every hundred white . After counting the blacks each morning if one is missing , he herder knows there are other strays , since “ absenteeism " is always a group movement . Sometimes sheep fight among themselves . A ...
... sheep , one to about every hundred white . After counting the blacks each morning if one is missing , he herder knows there are other strays , since “ absenteeism " is always a group movement . Sometimes sheep fight among themselves . A ...
Contents
Christopher Columbus Turns in a Crop | 3 |
Much More Corne was Planted | 9 |
PERLEY POORE How the Pig Helped to Make Massa | 16 |
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