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SHEEP -RAISING. 



in the Journal of the Royal Agricultural Society, in Vols. I., VII., 



VIII., and X., and which are accepted by* Mr. Stewart and other 



writers in this country as settling the question of the relative values 



of the most prominent foods for sheep, is compiled the following 



table, showing the number of pounds of certain articles respectively 



reouired to produce one pound of flesh : — 



, Rutabagas in open yards 150 lbs. 



Rutabagas fed under cover 100 lbs. 



Good clover hay 12 lbs. 



Beans' or peas 8 lbs. 



Oats 7 lbs. 



Barley ; 6 lbs. 



Linseed oil-cake meal 6 lbs. 



Linseed oil-cake meal and peas mixed 4J lbs. , 



Mr. O. M. Watkins, of Onondaga county, N. Y., in the latter 



part of 1874, purchased 290 sheep, and having fed them during the 



winter, sold them at the close of the season ; and these are the prof-' 



its of the investment as given by himself: — 



Cost of 290 sheep (nearly 4c per lb.) $1,260.61 / 



Cost of 435 bushels of corn at 80c ; 348.00 



Cost of 13 tons of hay at $10 130.00 



'"- #1,738.61 



Feb. 28. Sold 270 at $8 each $2,160.00 



do. Sold 18 culls at $4 each " 72.00 



Two sheep got cast ; sold pelts for $2 each 4.00 



$2,236.00 



Profit $497.39 



Winter Scene. 



