marketable condition are sold in the fall of the year, while those th; 

 are in need of more weight and condition are placed in the feed lot an< 

 disposed of during the winter or early spring. This method involv< 

 less labor and equipment than any of the other methods. The matin| 

 season beginning the middle of November, the lambs would be droj 

 ped in April and May. This method would be most practicable whei 

 sheep raising is done on an extensive scale with smooth-bodied Mei 

 inos, because of their superior grazing ability. The mutton breed ai 

 also adapted to this method. 



Fig. 8. Merino ewes of C-type. 



Any of the other methods could be used with either purebred 

 grade flocks, although the first method is the one generally practiced 



Another phase of sheep husbandry is that of fattening westerr 

 lambs. This method involves the purchase of "feeder" sheep on th< 

 large sheep markets of the country, in the late summer or fall of t 

 year. 



This method is not practiced in Pennsylvania except in a ve 

 small way, but is a general method in some of the corn belt states, 

 this method sheep, when purchased early, are fattened on pastun 

 supplemented with grain, or allowed to range over harvested graii 

 fields, and to "clean up corn fields." Another way to fatten them is ii 

 the feed lot with grain and roughage. This method has become 



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