MADE 125 PER CENT ON CUT-OVER LAND 



I Make More Money on Sheep Than on Anything I Have, 



Considering the Money Invested 



By O. G. Puckett, Sauble, Michigan 



I will tell you what I am doing here in the cut-over and burnt- 

 over lands of Lake County, Michigan. I bought common ewes 

 and have been using a Shropshire buck. I find that the coarse 

 or medium-wooled sheep give me a greater percentage of lambs 

 than the Merinos, but less wool. Last winter I fed five pounds 

 of silage per day with bean hulls and a little hay. I fed no grain. 

 I am using the sheep to help clear up the underbrush which has 

 grown up here, which is a benefit to the land. For this reason 

 I do not charge the sheep up with pasture. 



There is more and easier money in sheep than in any other live 

 stock, considering the amount invested. I made 125 per cent 

 on a lamb crop this year. The lambs are not carried through the 

 winter except the ewe lambs needed for building up the flock. 

 When I have to quit raising sheep I will quit the farm. A good 

 many of my neighbors want sheep but they cannot find any 

 here for sale. 



SHEEP GREATEST PROFIT PRODUCERS 



By Wright & Wright, Bridgewater, Virginia 



We keep a rather decent set of books and can show you that 

 the sheep have given the highest per cent of profit of any stock 

 kept on the farm. This has been true for seven or eight years. 



Shropshire Lambs on Rape Pasture at Purdue Farm, 

 LaFayette, Indiana 



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