Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 152, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 June 1920 — Taught Meaning of Whistle [ARTICLE]

Taught Meaning of Whistle

How Sheep Handed Down Knowledge to Succeeding Generations of Their Lambs. That animals have traits and habits which they hand down for, three or four generations has been proven to the satisfaction of Thomas Carneal, ownerof < large ranch in the Llver--nore valley, near Oakland, Cal. Carneal says that a whistle original-

ly used to call a dog, now deceased 16 years, is obeyed today'by descendants of a herd of sheep. During the life of the dog the sheep learned that a whistle meant that they were wanted at home. When called by the whistle the dog drove his flock from the hlUs to the ranch barns. When the dog died the shepherds continued the use of their whistle sysof ca ntnr the flock, and the bld

«heep with their lambs came scampering home. As the young grew and became parents of other generations the tradition of the whistle was handed down.