PROFITABLE FLOCK FROM A SMALL START 



By A. G. Marshall, Lancaster, Ohio 



Purchase ten head of good open-wooled ewe lambs or yearlings, 

 all as nearly of a size and type as possible. Have them all docked, 

 put a bell on one of them. See that they are kept clean and well 

 tagged, as no sheep will do well carrying a lot of filth. Turn these 

 ten ewe lambs in the field with cows provided the field is free from 

 cockleburs or burdock. Keep sheep out of foul barnyards or 

 filthy stables to avoid foot rot. 



With special care these ten ewes will bring $10 per head each 

 year for lambs and wool. I started one man with three lambs I 

 sold them to him for $2. Dogs had half-killed them. In only a 

 few years he had a bunch of 30 head and sold $100 worth of wool. 

 Some of his sheep weighed 175 pounds. Every farmer should 

 have a flock of sheep. 



PROFIT OF $600 IN THREE YEARS 



By J. B. Muchmore, Oblong, Illinois 



I started three years ago with a small bunch and bought al- 

 together 57 head in three years. I sell off my wool and male 

 lambs and cull every year and I now have a bunch of 42 head 

 of sheep and 30 lambs. 



I consider I have for my feed and trouble a profit of nearly $600 

 for three years and my land has been improved by their use. 



EVERY FARM SHOULD HAVE SHEEP 



By Harlan Timmons, Morning Sun, Iowa 



It would be profitable for every farmer to have a bunch of 

 sheep. The manure is very rich and like hen manure, entirely 

 free from weed seeds, and when the land is pastured, it is evenly 

 distributed over the ground. Sheep are the most profitable 

 stock I raise considering the money invested and the quick re- 

 turns. 



SHEEP NO EXPENSE ONE-HALF OF YEAR 



By Frank McQuenn, Esmond, Illinois 



I figure that my sheep cost me nothing six months of the 

 year. As soon as we are through threshing they are turned 

 into the oat field and get no other feed until the. snow 

 comes. I think my sheep are the best paying stock considering 

 the good they do to the land. By all means give the boy good 

 ewes to start with. 



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