SHEEP PAY ON HIGH PRICED LAND 



Reports from over 1,000 Corn Belt Farmers Show the Aver- 

 age Cost of Feeding a Ewe and Her Lamb to be $4.69 per 

 Year Lamb and Wool from Ewe Sell for $11.15 



More than 1,000 corn belt farmers have given careful reports 

 on the cost of feeding a good ewe for the year 1916 and her lamb 

 to selling time. 



The majority reporting sold their lambs when weaned. The 

 average feed bill reported for ewe and lamb was $4.69. A few 

 were very much higher and some decidedly lower than the aver- 

 age, as they credited the ewes and lambs with eating weeds and 

 gleaning fields after harvest, but the great majority gave the cost 

 very near the average figure. 



Rambouillet Lambs 



It is interesting to note that the figures furnished were from 

 farmers who kept a small bunch of ewes that dropped lambs 

 in early spring and the lambs were sold in early fall. 



Not Guess Work 



The reports were not guess-work. Many went into itemized 

 detail of cost. The same men reported the gross income for the 

 year from the sale of the lamb and the ewe's fleece. The average 

 income was $11.15. Reports on income showed less variance 

 than reports on cost. This fact verifies their reliability as in- 



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