^70 Missouri Agricultural Report. 



Following is the financial statement of my sheep operations 

 up to the present time for this year : 



794 lbs. wool at 13 >2C per lb 



(5 sheep pelts at 80c each 



40 lambs, weighing 75 lbs. each at $5.75 per 100 lbs 



40 picked ewe lambs, valued the same 



36 lambs left. 



^ Total. 



Or 116<^ to my entire ewe flock. 



$107.19 



4.80 



172.50 



172.50 



$456.99 



Counting just the ewes that brought lambs, I made an average 

 of 126 per cent this year. 



The 36 lambs I still have are on full feed of corn, clover-hay 

 and blue grass to run on. They will weigh about 85 lb. So there 

 is yet quite an item to be added to my financial report for this 

 year. 



SHEEP FARMING IN MISSOURI.* 



(By F. B. Mumford, ProfeEsor of Animal Husbandry, University of Missouri.) 



No state in the middle west is more justly entitled to be 

 called a sheep state than is Missouri. In 1908 Missouri had a 

 larger investment in sheep than any adjoining state. Her sheep 

 possessions amounted to more than 300,000 above those of Illi- 

 nois or Iowa. Great interest has been aroused in recent years in 

 sheep production in the corn belt states. The Missouri Sheep 

 Breeders Association is the largest similar organization in the 

 United States. There has likewise been marked improvement in 

 the quality of Missouri sheep in the past four years. The best in- 

 dication of increased interest in the production of a high class of 

 sheep is shown by the increased value per head. The average 

 value per head of Missouri sheep has increased more during the 

 past four years than in any other middle west state. There is still 

 opportunity for large improvement in this direction. 



THE SHEEP FARMER. 



In every clime and on every kind of soil the domestic sheep 

 has demonstrated its ability to thrive and yield profitable returns 

 to the shepherd. From British Columbia to Panama, from Tunis 

 to Cape Colony, and from Brazil to the southern-most point of 



*From Monthly Bulletin State Board of Agriculture. 



