FARM SHEEP RAISING FOR REGINNERS. 



THE OUTLOOK FOR SHEEP RAISING. 



A\ IMPORTANT change in the extent and character of the 

 American farm sheep industry began in 1915. Higher prices 

 for lambs and wool in that year and the years following attracted 

 wide attention to this branch of animal husbandry. Agricultural de- 

 velopments of former years, with their cheaper grains and lower 

 values of meat animals, had not shown the economical advantages 

 of the mutton and wool sheep as a quick source of income, produced 

 mainly from pasture, forage crops, or roughages, and with a very 

 low labor requirement. 



FIG. 1. Such pasturage as is shown in this illustration is excellent for sheep. The 

 grazing of sheep on such land yields a good income and improves the pasturage for 

 larger stock. 



