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When we consider the results of these experiments we are bound to agree 

 with the Sheep Breeders who claim that "Sheep liaising in Ontario Pays." 



The flocks in this set of experiments were handled under ordinary farm con- 

 ditions and under every condition likely to be met with throughout the Province, 

 and every one of them showed a reasonable and some of them a remarkably grati- 

 fying surplus in each of the two years during which the experiment was carried 

 on. It would appear from the report of the Station at Brown's Corners that 

 where a farmer is so situated that he can cater to the early spring or Easter trade, 

 that it is an unusually profitable line to follow, this flock in the second year 

 giving almost as much profit as the value of the flock. The flock at Windermere, 

 where the lambs were sold for the summer hotel trade, was also very profitable, 

 giving an average profit of $39.41 per year. While these two flocks may have 

 had especially favorable conditions, the other seven flocks which were kept under 

 conditions no more favorable than any farmer in the Province enjoys, gave a total 

 profit for two years of $543.43, an average of $38.81 per year per flock, 



"Sheep Eaising in Ontario Pays." Try it with a flock of ten or twelve grade 

 ewes and a pure bred ram and increase the profits from your farm. 



HANDLING AND MAPtKETING WOOL. 



Some years ago one of the reasons given for sheep raising not being more pro- 

 fitable than it was, was the comparatively poor price paid for wool, and no doubt 

 there was a great deal of truth in it. If a better price had been obtained for wool, 

 it would have increased the profits from sheep raising and thus induced the farmers 

 of the Province to keep more sheep. This is not true to the same extent to-day, 

 and buyers claim that if the clip of wool was properly handled they would be able 

 to pay still higher prices. 



With the object of determining what improvements in the marketing of wool 

 would be most likely to have the desired result, inquiries were made of a large num- 

 ber of firms throughout the Province manufacturing woolen goods asking them 

 what classes of goods they manufactured, the kinds of wool used, where they pur- 

 chased it, the amount of Canadian wool used, and what criticisms they had to offer 

 with reference to it, and what suggestions, if any, they would make with reference 

 to the marketing of it. From the replies received from these various manufacturers 

 the following conclusions are drawn : 



London rules the wool markets of the world, and when our manufacturers 

 cannot obtain what they want nearer home, they buy their supplies there. If we do 

 not supply their demands and they go to London, we will suffer to a certain extent 

 because our wool is constantly in competition with wools produced in Australia and 

 other parts of the world, where proper care is taken to place it upon the market 

 in the very best condition. We have no wool market nor any system of selling. We 

 do not offer large enough amounts for sale at a time to make it worth while for a 

 buyer to go any distance. This can be remedied if more sheep were to be raised. 



That almost every known breed of sheep is kept in Ontario, with the exception 

 of the Merino, and no two breeds of sheep produce exactly the same kinds of wool, 

 although the Lincolns and Cotswolds produce very similar wools. 



Eoughly speaking, there are three great classes of wools: 



(1) Clothing wool — short. 



(3) Delaine — fine, strong, short wools (Worsteds). 



(3) Combing — long wools. 



