PROGRESSIVE SHEEP RAISING 



The Sheep In Farm Economy 



Much of the public land in the west 



The Ranch is being opened up for settlement from 



Vanishing year to year, and the area for grazing 



large flocks of low priced sheep is 



gradually diminishing in this way. 



America's great opportunity is in 

 The Farm the placing sheep back on farm lands. 

 P//7/V* //>* <?&/?/?n This insures a public interest in the 

 eep industry and a permanent supply of 

 sheep and wool. Sheep respond read- 

 ily to man's care and keeping and are economical on the 

 small farm. They pay a good dividend on the investment, 

 and will be a comfort to every farmer who takes the time 

 to succeed with them. 



We are convinced that every American farm should have 

 a flock of sheep on it, the number in the flock to be de- 

 termined by the size and nature of the farm. 



From the standpoint of national economy the sheep 

 should be regarded as a farm necessity the same as poultry 

 and hogs. It is only then that we shall develop a whole- 

 some sheep industry on our farm lands. 



P It has been learned by carefully 



Kelation planned experiments that sheep will 



to Weeds eat and thrive on about ninety per- 



and Waste cent of all the species of weeds and 



grasses growing on the average farm. 

 They clean out the weeds by keeping them cut down to 

 the ground. They also help to eliminate waste by con- 

 suming the surplus of forage of all kinds, and make a good 

 medium through which the surplus grain and other con- 

 centrates can be marketed with profit. There is a greater 

 profit feeding these to sheep than there is in selling them. 



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