STARTED IN SHEEP BUSINESS ON $10 



By Howard K. Keim, Ridgefield, Washington 



A beginner bought five cull ewes for a ten dollar bill. The 

 owner turned them in his horse lot and allowed them free access 

 to an empty box stall containing a trough low enough to feed 

 oats. These thin ewes were fed handfuls of oats daily all winter 

 and had good clover hay and some grass. In early spring they 

 dropped eight lambs, three of which were ewes. The best buck 

 lamb was sold for $10 to a neighbor for breeding purposes. Four 

 other lambs brought $17.50 from the butcher. The three ewe 

 lambs were kept to increase the flock. The following spring 

 before shearing and with seven small lambs at foot the lot was 

 sold for $50 and the buyer made money on them. Names and 

 dates could be given if deemed necessary. No other animals 

 kept on the farm will return as large a profit on the investment 

 as a well-cared-for flock of sheep. 



SHEEP WILL PAY PROFIT OF 50 PER CENT 



By A. A. Bates & Company, Irwin, Ohio 



It's just as cheap and much more satisfactory to keep registered 

 sheep as it doesn't cost any more in the end. Ten ewes and a 

 ram at a cost of $275 will almost pay for themselves the first 

 year. They will pay 50 per cent on investment for twenty 

 years if properly handled and managed, but don't think because 

 you have sheep you can expect them to give a good account of 

 themselves unless you look after and feed them properly. 



DO NOT BECOME DISCOURAGED 



By John R. Nash, Tipton, Indiana 



Start in the business when sheep are low in price, then you will 

 not become discouraged. If you meet with a loss, just keep at it. 

 All my life I have bred, fed, and showed sheep. No stock on 

 the farm will pay as large a profit on the investment as a small 

 flock of sheep. 



A VIRGINIA REPORT 



By R. M. Lawson, Burkee Garden, Virginia 



Properly cared for they make more pounds salable food at 

 higher prices than any other stock, food value rated. They 

 should be kept on every suitable farm. 



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