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almost guarantee that out of every ten new sheep 

 feeders, eight will probably feed but one year. 

 When a friend asks my advice on the subject, I 

 always say to him, try twenty-five or fifty, and 

 then if you like it, get more the next year. Some 

 have looked upon this advice as selfish, and given 

 to keep others out, and have rushed into the busi- 

 ness, and not only the first year made no money, 

 but actually lost nearly half their investment. 

 We used to have several sheep feeders in this 

 and adjoining counties, and as the principal feed- 

 ers have all left the business except myself, I 

 think this is pretty conclusive evidence that 

 what I now say is about right. 

 . In regard to the profit of the different breeds 

 of sheep for fattening, allow me to say, that in 

 my twelve years' experience in feeding, I have 

 found the breed of sheep to have much to do 

 with their early maturity, weight and fattening 

 qualities. I have had Leicesters and their grades, 

 Cotswold grades, South Down grades, Merinos 

 and their grades, and have always found that 

 whenever the Leicester blood predominated, I 

 had an animal that would fatten quick at an early 

 age, and make good weight, and have .had no 

 trouble when the animal has been half or more 



