CAN KEEP TEN EWES WITHOUT COST 



Eat Enough Weeds to Pay Their Way 



By W. A. McDorman, Selma, Ohio 

 I believe every Corn Belt farm can keep ten ewes to each hun- 

 dred acres without costing a cent. They will eat enough weeds to 

 pay their way and the income will be clear gain. Sometimes we 

 have to study where to put them! They can go in the meadow 

 early in the spring and clean the white top from the hay. They 

 can go in the woods lot a Uttle later, then clean up the lots and 

 yards around the barn and sometimes the roadside, then the 

 stubble fields after threshing. This changing about will help 

 to keep them healthy. If confined to one field or pasture they 

 should have tobacco and salt kept where they can have free 

 access at all times as a preventive of stomach worms. 



SHEEP KEEP FAT ON RAG WEEDS 



By S. S. Stettbacher, Alhambra, Illinois 



I would advise having each field fenced, so that when the crop 

 is harvested the sheep can be turned in and thrive in fields which 

 otherwise would grow up in weeds. Good healthy sheep will 

 thrive on rag weeds. When the corn in laid by the lambs are 

 about ready to wean. The cornfield is a splendid place for 

 them if there is grass or weeds to be cleaned up such as 

 morning glories and green cockleburs. If the corn blows 

 down they must be taken out when it begins to shoot. 



(Photo from University Extension 8er\-ice. 8t. Paul, Minn.) 



Sheep Converting Brush and Leaves into Wool and Mutton 



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