Introduction 



NATIONS have taken up the implements of 

 warfare and the wail goes up for food and 

 clothing. 



Hunger is being keenly felt by the peoples of 

 Europe and the poor of our own land are in need 

 of food. 



All eyes are turned to America. 



In meeting the emergency sheep occupy a 

 prominent place. 



No animal approaches the sheep in converting 

 weeds and waste into wool and mutton. There 

 is a wealth of food and raiment in the wasted 

 grass and weeds of barn lots, fields, and road- 

 sides. 



Let there be a band of ewes with fat lambs on 

 every suitable farm. 



It is not the object of this booklet to describe 

 alone the bright side of sheep raising. Our 

 purpose has been to publish facts. The facts 

 presented are tEiken from letters received from 

 5,000 farmers living in eJI parts of the United 

 States, giving their experiences in sheep growing. 



Textbooks and works on Live Stock Husbandry 

 are valuable, but we believe that the actued ex- 

 periences of men engaged in raising sheep, told 

 in their own words, will be helpful to beginners 

 as well as those of experience. 



