' A SHEEP FARM. 409 



JAMES SCHOFIELD. 



GIRARD, CRAWFORD COUNTY. 



A Sheep Farm — Durham Cattle — Fuel — Fruit — Corn 



Culture. 



My farm contains three hundred and twenty acres, and 

 may be considered a fair specimen of mixed farming. It is 

 fenced witli hedge, although some of it is too young to turn 

 stock. The hind is rolling prairie, and there is a pond of water 

 affording water for stock the greater part of the year. I have 

 a splendid spring of living water, which has never failed in the 

 dryest weather. 



SHEEP MY SPECIALTY. 



My specialty among stock is the breeding of sheep, and I 

 make it a point to secure the best grades of all kinds, both in 

 sheep, cattle, and hogs. I think there is no stock so profitable 

 for both wool and mutton as the Cotswold. They require a 

 change of feed and of pasture, and must be kept on high, dry 

 lands. River bottoms will not do. My plan is to feed my sheep 

 corn fodder, oats, and hay. They should not be kept in too 

 large bodies, for they do much better in small flocks of about 

 one hundred. I have two hundred and twenty ; about one-half 

 are full bloods that cost me eight dollars per head. Last Spring 

 1 clipped from them about eleven pounds of wool apiece, which 

 I sold at twenty-three cents, as wool was very low then. 

 I can not give as full particulars about the profit of sheep-rais- 

 ing as I would like to, not having been in the business long 

 enough to speak for certainty as to what results could be 

 attained. It is my opinion, however, that sheep-raising can be 

 made quite profitable in Kansas. I have specimens of wool 

 from the Cotswold that were as fine as any ever seen, its length 

 being from five to eleven inches, or an average of eight 

 inches. 



CATTLE-RAISING. 



Now, in regard to cattle-raising, I think the Short-Horned 



