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that wool buyers will advise farmers thus to dispose of their 

 wool, for it deprives them on all the wool thus sold of their 

 commission for buying, besides some twelve cents per pound 

 extra, in addition to that, for all the delaine wool they 

 sort out. 



Delaine Wool. — Good delaine wool should be at least 

 three inches in length, and be a round, strong staple of 

 wool. I have, several samples here for your inspection. 

 This wool is now worth in market from fifty to fifty-seven 

 cents per pound. 



Good Sheep Husbandry. — The possession and keeping 

 of ;niy of the choice and valuable varieties of sheep will be 

 of little avail, unless it is accompanied with good sheep 

 husbandry. 



It is essential to good sheep husbandry for the owner or 

 shepherd to l^elieve that only by good care and attention to 

 the sheep he can succeed well in the business or malce it 

 pay. The shepherd should be a person who is fond of 

 sheep, and it should be his delight to care for them. He 

 should believe that the time spent in caring for and the 

 food given them is neither lost nor wasted. 



Another essential point in good sheep husbandry is to 

 keep the sheep in a tliriving, healthy condition in all sea- 

 sons of the year. If our sheep are losing flesh and running 

 down we can, during such time, get but little pay for 

 keeping them. At su(^li times the wool grows l)ut little and 

 it is weak and unsound. To expect to raise a good quan- 

 tity of good wool upon a sheep that is poor in flesh is like 

 trying to raise a good crop of grain upon poor soil. 



Good sheep husbandry costs less than poor and pays 



