GOATS TO PROTECT SHEEP.
(New York Sun) The farmers of Hunterdon and Somerset counties, N. J., use goats to protect their sheep from dogs, and two are about all a farmer puts in with his sheep. soon as a dog enters the field at „ the goats attack him, and their bntJingK. propensities are too muoh for the canine, who soon finds himself rolling o?er and over, A few repetitions of this treat* ment causes tho dog to quit the field limping and yelliug. Formerly when a dog entered a sheep field at night, the sheep would run wildly around and ory piteously. Since the goats have been used tc guard them, they form in a line behind the goats, and seem to enjoy fun, •
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 4, Issue 1054, 21 April 1882, Page 2
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124GOATS TO PROTECT SHEEP. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 4, Issue 1054, 21 April 1882, Page 2
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