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live stock. Sheep feed chiefly on pasture, largely on weeds, and 

 they improve the land on which they feed. They increase rapidly 

 and mature earlv. They cost less to raise than cattle, and their 

 flesh brings a higher price, and the fleece is clear profit. There 



Courtesy of Louisiana Agricultural Station 



GRADE LAMB AND SCRUB LAMB 



These two lambs are the same age ; they were raised together, and given the same 

 treatment and food. 



is always ready sale for lamb, mutton, and wool, and the price 

 varies less than that of most other farm products. 



Every year there are imported into the United States half a mil- 

 lion dollars' worth of mutton and from twenty-five to thirty million 

 dollars' worth of wool, all of which might be produced at home. 

 American farmers would not only reap the profits which now go 

 abroad, but their land would be improved. 



No farm product makes so little demand on soil fertility as does 



