GETTING A START WITH SHEEP 



Don't Start With Too Many— Keep One Breed— Cull the 

 Ewes — Save Best Ewe Lambs 



Better start with a few ewes and grow into the business. With 

 good care sheep increase rapidly. 



In a few years a good-sized bunch of ewes can be grown from a 

 small start. 



Pure-Bred Ewes 



Sheep need not be pure-bred or registered to be profitable. 

 The average farmer will do better producing sheep and laml s 

 to sell for mutton than producing pure-bred sheep to sell for 

 breeding stock. 



Selling Breeding Stock 



The farmer who is a good judge of sheep, understands breeding 

 pure-breds, and is a good salesman, can make the breeding of 

 pure-bred sheep very profitable. 



Have Ewes All One Breed 



Whether the ewes are pure-bred or not it is best to have them 

 all of one breed. They look better, their fleeces will be more 

 alike, and their lambs more uniform than from a mixed bunch. 

 The breed is a matter of choice. All of the weU established breeds 

 have good qualities. 



Kind of Ewes — Sort out Delicate Ones 



Discard ewes with small bodies, narrow chests, and those that 

 are small around the heart; also the ones with crooked and club 

 feet that are apt to catch and hold filth between the toes. 



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Ideal 



Type of B'"ding Ewe. Note Short Neck, Straight Back 

 and Roomy Middle. Property of J. C. Andrew. 

 West Point, Ind. 



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