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corn belt farmer to produce more lambs than has been done in 

 the past. He pointed out the healthy condition of the sheep 

 market at present, and could see no factors which would make 

 any permanent slump in the market. 



R. A. Turner of Stanberry addressed the meeting on "More 

 and Better Sheep for Missouri." He placed special emphasis 

 on the fact that Missouri farmers have overlooked the sheep 

 as an important factor in their system of farm management. 

 He referred to how very good profits could be made, also to 

 the great value of sheep in cleaning the farm of noxious weeds, 

 and at the same time called attention to the great value of 

 sheep manure. 



Frank Sherwood of Shelbyville, Mo., told of his personal 

 experience in the selection of a good show flock, and urged 

 especially that more of the Missouri sheep men get into the game 

 and show their sheep at the State and county fairs. 



John Rankin of Tarkio, Mo., superintendent of the sheep 

 at the Missouri State Fair, made a special plea for Missouri 

 farmers to come to Sedalia with their flocks, stating that many 

 of the premiums had been taken out of the State simply because 

 the Missouri men would not come out after them. He stated 

 that there were a number of good sheep in Missouri that would 

 compete successfully with those of other states if the men 

 would simply wake up and put their flocks in show shape. He 

 spoke of the good sales that are made at the Missouri Fair and 

 of the opportunities the State Fair offers to sell the surplus 

 sheep of the flock. 



The Missouri Cattle, Swine and Sheep Feeders' Asso- 

 ciation, in connection with the Missouri Sheep Breeders' and 

 Feeders' Association, made Wednesday a sheep feeding day. 



J. H. Starr of Centralia, Mo., who has probably had more 

 experience in feeding sheep than any Missouri feeder, told of 

 many interesting things that they had learned while growing 

 up in the sheep business. One of the most interesting points 

 he made in the feeding talk was of the good success he had had 

 in feeding silage this last year, stating that he had bought 

 silage at $5.00 a ton and considered it well worth the money. 



A. K. Miller of the National Stock Yards, East St. Louis, 

 told the Missouri sheep breeders and feeders how they could 

 get their Inmbs in better shape for marketing, and gave them 

 many valuable pointers in preparing sheep for market and in 

 buying and selling their lambs. 



