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iu ridding the fields of weeds. Cleaner seed and hay are thus 

 produced and sold at top prices. Nothing is better for ridding 

 the farm of noxious weeds, and the sheep seem to do well on 

 them. 



Adaptability of Kentucky as a Sheep State. 



Kentucky comes very near furnishing an ideal home for 

 sheep, for, with her mild climate, short winters, early springs 

 and long pasturing season, sheep can be maintained for the 

 greater part of the year on pasture alone. No great amount 

 of expensive shelter is necessary and only a limited amount of 

 expensive grain is required to handle the breeding flock. 



Much of the land is rolling, high, well drained, and 

 furnishes the best of healthful conditions for successful sheep 

 farming. Bountiful water supplies and plenty of luxuriant, 

 well drained pastures are features that tend to make more 

 pronounced this State's advantages. 



Low Cost of Production. 



Because of the low price of much of this hilly land, to- 

 gether with the lack of need for expensive feed and quarters, 

 and the long pasturing season, the cost of production is very 

 low. 



Markets. 



Not alone from a production standpoint, but also from 

 that of marketing her products, is Kentucky fortunately lo- 

 cated. Very few growers anywhere have such close proximity 

 to such excellent markets as has the Kentucky sheep raiser, if 

 he will only avail himself of his opportunity. In the northern 

 and central sections Louisville and Cincinnati, two of the 

 best spring lamb markets in the United States, offer excellent 

 shipping facilities and well equipped stock yards. In the west- 

 ern and southern sections Louisville and St. Louis, and, in the 

 eastern and northeastern sections, Jersey City, Baltimore, and 

 Pittsburg offer excellent prices for the spring lamb crop. In fact, 

 the markets are at the sheep man's very door. 



