1905.] MONEY IN LAMBS. 6/ 



Now, about " Money in Lambs," and how to get it out of 

 them. I am very sorry there are not more young men here to 

 hear me. It seems to me your New England farmers, in view 

 of what I have been told, have a great opportunity before you, 

 and perhaps some of these things that I will say may be of 

 advantage in helping you to develop that opportunity. Of 

 course, it is almost impossible, especially before a New England 

 audience, to say anything new, and I do not know whether I 

 can really do much good or not. But I am going to tell you 

 how we carry on this branch of farming in Ohio, and if you 

 can apply it to your conditions here in Connecticut I should be 

 glad. If you cannot, I am only sorry that I have wasted my 

 time and yours in coming here. 



Perhaps, to make what I shall say to you later a little clearer, 

 I should say something first about the conditions that obtained 

 on the farm where I first undertook the business of lamb rais- 

 ing. Thirteen or fourteen years ago I came back to Ohio 

 from the far west. I had a good position in the west. I was 

 manager of a large cattle ranch, and I had a pretty good 

 position," with a good outlook for the future. I came back to 

 my old home in Ohio because my father had gotten old and 

 wanted me to come home. When I had been there my father 

 and I had been sort of partners on the farm. We had sort of 

 grown up together, and when I was a little boy he made me 

 his confidant, and I knew how to do all sorts of things. So 

 when I went west I was pretty well equipped in the knowledge 

 of farm work, as it was carried on in Ohio. It was certainly a 

 great advantage to me. I became rather restless and left my 

 home in Ohio and went out to the far west, and lived there for 

 a number of years. Then I got a letter from my father telling 

 me that he wanted to have me come back to the old farm. So 

 I gave up my position and came back to Ohio. You have 

 your problems here. We have our problems out there. Your 

 farms are being deserted, they tell me. Your farms are not 

 productive, especially on the hills, they tell me. Our farms 

 present some discouraging features, as I shall detail to you a 

 little later. When I came home to that old farm I found the 

 same conditions there, almost, as existed when I went away. 

 I remember as though it were yesterday, the day I stepped oflf 

 the cars in 1889. It was just about this time of year. Just 



