1122 New York State Breeders' Association 



You arc puyiug this close attention because you are interested 

 in the game, you want to become as good a judge or better than 

 the man who has been chosen by your state fair committee to place 

 the ribbons. Why ? Because you have been studying the t^^e and 

 quality that you may start successfully a flock of your o^vn. 



Having convinced yourself that you now know something about 

 this important matter, you are ready to start the founding of your 

 flock. You have already established in your own mind who are the 

 most successful breeders, from a show consideration. iSTow you 

 should visit the leading flocks and see the sheep at home. You 

 should examine them carefully and see if the breeding flock as a 

 whole is uniform and if it shows the type and quality you have 

 in mind. 



You may not have a large amount of money to spend; if not, 

 content vourself with a fewer number of animals. Do not stand 

 on price in starting a flock but buy the best you can find ; not that 

 you are going to be satisfied with the result that this man from 

 whom you buy has attained, — life is short and he has spent 

 many years in reaching his position ; years saved to you, and you 

 can go on from this point and achieve even higher results. 



We will say that you are going to buy twenty ewes to start 

 with. Do not buy five here and five there ; better get twenty 

 ewes from one flock, they will be more uniform and you will get 

 better results in breeding. In selecting your ewes go to a man 

 who not only pays attention to type and character but also knows 

 the blood lines of his flock. 



You now have twenty ewes to start with. Even greater care 

 should be given to selecting your ram, bearing in mind that the 

 ram is considered in breeding, half the flock, and upon the result 

 of proper mating will depend the future success of your endeavor. 



JSTow, having gathered the flock, we must go back to the farm 

 and attend to this breeding proposition. Having spent so much 

 eflort in selection we must see that these valuable animals have 

 the proper care. Many people buy sheop as a side issue, because 

 they return more for the money spent and the cost of care given 

 them than any other branch of live stock, because they will clean 

 up the weeds and because there is no other animal that will 

 increase so fast the fertility of the farm and make it produce 



