The White Falcon - 13.10.1962, Page 4

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WHITE FALCON
Saturday, October 13, 1962
An Icelandic farmer shows off
a sheep with four horns. Count
them.
When the sheep are thinned
out in the large center corral
all hands join together to herd
the sheep into a smaller corral.
Gestur, who has ruled as
“Mountain King” for 43 seasons,
heads home after safely deliv-
ering the herd. He has made
more than 100 trips to the far
inland grazing fields.
This pretty little Bo-peep didn’t
lose her sheep.
Baa-aa Baa
(Editors note: The editor wishes
to express his appreciation to
Gisli Gudmundsson, United States
Information Service, who accom-
panied members of the WHITE
FALCON staff to the sheep
round-up at Hrunamannahreppur
and contributed the information
contained in the following feature)
For centuries sheep raising was
the mainstay of Icelandic farming.
Their products were the farmers
cash crop and as cows were usual-
ly few on each farm some of the
lambs were separated from the
ewes when 6-8 weeks old and the
ewes milked during the summer
to give extra supplies of milk and
milk products.
It is only during this century
that dairying has become an im-
portant part of Icelandic farming
and milking sheep ended about 40
years ago.
The horses were the only means
Photos by L. W. Cook, PH3
Naval Station Photo Lab
When it’s £
Round-up'
In Icela
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