470 Missouri Agricultural Report. 



I am not going to give you a technical discourse on feeding. 

 I will simply say that the shepherd who studies feed rations 

 and then studies his flock while they eat; the shepherd who pro- 

 vides clean feed in clean troughs and clean water, also clean, 

 dry quarters, and uses good sense in a practical way and theory 

 less, will succeed. Remember the father of every scrub flock 

 is a scrub shepherd — and the best breed is the breed that has the 

 best shepherd. 



Agriculture, with the live stock industry, is the Mis- 

 sourian's support and prosperity, and should be the source 

 of inspiration among the students and young men of Missouri. 

 There is no more honorable vocation, and I can send you no 

 better message than to urge you to maintain your agricultural 

 life and character, respect and honor your vocation and the farmer 

 who honors his calling. Remember that the farm produces 

 the best men and the best soldiers. Be brave and carry your 

 own burdens through life. Do not forget that when the Romans 

 fell away from the toil of their farms and cultivated ease and 

 luxury the result was the greatest tragedy in history. Do not 

 let this be repeated in Missouri, but so live and so establish and 

 develop your flocks and herds that your life and work will stand 

 as a monument to your memory as a benefactor of your State 

 and fellow men. I wish you success in all your work and under- 

 taking. 



FATTENING WESTERN LAMBS AT PURDUE. 



(F. G. King, department of animal husbandry, Purdue University. Mr. King was 

 formerly connected with the Missouri State Board of Agriculture.) 



Producers of mutton can very logically be divided into 

 two distinct classes: First are those who keep ewes for the 

 purpose of producing lambs and" depend on the low cost of 

 keeping ewes and the cheap gains of young lambs to make a 

 profit on the operation. In other words, they are growers of 

 mutton. Second are the men who depend on buying their 

 feeding lambs or sheep and have them on hand during the fat- 

 tening season only, i. e., they are professional feeders, so to 

 speak, and depend on the difference in original cost and cost of 

 fattening and the selling price of the stock to return a profit 

 on the feeding operation. It is this latter class of stockmen 

 our feeding trials are primarily designed to help. Indirectly, 



