Desert Sheep Ranch

Pictures life on a sheep ranch in the western United States, and shows how Mary, a grade school pupil, helps her father run the ranch on a winter day. Animated drawings of the map of the United States illustrate how this territory was by-passed during the great migration westward and shows the location of the land now being settled. Describes developmental aspects of the ranch, herding practices, and care of sheep, and shows the first ten minutes in the life of a lamb from its birth to its first meal., Pictures life on a sheep ranch in the western United States, and shows how Mary, a grade school pupil, helps her father run the ranch on a winter day. Animated drawings of the map of the United States illustrate how this territory was by-passed during the great migration westward and shows the location of the land now being settled. Describes developmental aspects of the ranch, herding practices, and care of sheep, and shows the first ten minutes in the life of a lamb from its birth to its first meal.