The Flocks We Watch by Night, Report, Fro-Joy, Farm Paper and Town Meeting Summary and Analysis

White and his neighbor, Charles, share their pastures for their sheep so that the animals can get the best feeding available. One day Charles comes for one of his ewes because she has a cough. It takes both Charles and White, accompanied by the frantic pacing of White's dachshund, to corner the sheep and wrestle her into submission. In between the grunts of the struggling men, they discuss the day's events and eventually end up at Charles' house smoking cigarettes.

In Report it is December 1939 and White is taking stock of his cultural and agricultural state of affairs for the year. Among the farm animals are sheep, pullets, geese, roosters, a dog, a tomcat, a pig and...