BUYS LAMBS TO CLEAN UP WEEDS 



By Wesley Brubaker, Ashland, Ohio 



I formerly kept a flock of ewes the entire year, but for the last 

 ten years have fed western lambs. I usually buy them in August 

 or September and they clean up the briars and weeds on the 

 farm for me, but this way of handling sheep is more risky and 

 requires more capital than to get a start in a small way and grow. 



I plan all my farm crops so as to have plenty of good feed to 

 fatten lambs; nothing beats good clover, hay, and corn. I fre- 

 quently sell small flocks of ewe lambs to my neighbors from my 

 cross-bred Idaho feeding lambs and they always do very nicely. 

 I have one neighbor who has fifty Delaine ewes from which he 

 realizes every year $500 gross. 



SHEEP IMPROVE LOOKS OF FARM 



By C. R. Oder, Welton, Illinois 



Keep the whole farm sheep tight, as sheep will clean out all 

 weeds and brush that grow in the fence corners, and after the 

 corn is eared out they can be turned in the field and will do 

 no damage to the corn. Sheep will clean up a farm in less time 

 than any other animal, excepting the goat. In driving along 

 the road you can tell every farm which keeps sheep even if you 

 don't see them. The fence corners are not full of brush and weeds 

 and the lots are all free from weeds, all of which help the looks 

 of any place. 



CANNOT FARM WITHOUT SHEEP 



By A. R. Jacob, Short Creek, West Virginia 



I enjoy my flock of sheep, they keep the farm so clear of weeds. 

 I think so much of them that I have often remarked, "When I 

 have to quit keeping sheep I will quit farming." I give them 

 full credit for what success I have made as a representative 

 farmer as they are the only class of stock I can clip the coupons 

 from and have the bonds left. 



OPEN SHEDS IN TENNESSEE 



By Perry Brown, Spring Hill, Tennessee 



We have open sheds, and fields fenced so all can be pastured. 

 A deep-milking, long-legged active ewe bred to a Dorset ram is 

 the best for this country. Don't overstock. 



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