LIVE STOCK ON DRY FARMS 



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vated as a rule, some dwarfish kind of corn or peas and 

 white hulless barley. These will be grazed where they 

 grew, and, if necessary, they may be supplemented by 

 more grain grown on the farm, as, for instance, barley 

 in the north and Milo maize threshed or in the head in 

 the south. 



SHEEP ON RANGE PASTURES, MALHEUR COUNTY, OREGON. 

 Courtesy Great Northern Railway Co. 



When simply fattened on the farm the supplies for 

 fattening will be purchased and they will be finished on 

 foods such as have been referred to in the preceding para- 

 graph. In the San Luis valley of Colorado the fattening 

 of sheep mainly on peas has grown into a large industry. 

 There are no reasons for concluding that this industry 

 may not be extended to many other areas. 



The opportunity to fatten sheep on Squaw corn or 

 some other small variety grown for the purpose in the 



