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state in the Union in whicli the small-farm flock proposi- 

 tion fits in the system of agriculture more profitably and 

 naturally than Kentucky. 



The receipts from wool and spring lambs in Ken- 

 tucky would be greatly increased if the farmers would 

 devote a little attention to the subject of docking, castrat- 

 ing and selection of rams. All lambs intended for market 

 purposes should be docked and castrated, with perhaps 

 the exception of hot-house lambs. No producer of spring 

 lambs can afford to use a scrub ram. It is not difficult for 

 a breeder who has been using a scrub ram to add at least 

 one dollar per head to the value of lambs by using a pure 

 bred ram of the proper type. The sheep is an especially 

 profitable animal in Kentucky, inasmuch as it yields a 

 double income — ^both wool and mutton. The wool under 

 ordinary Kentucky conditions will pay the expense of 

 upkeep throughout the year. The annual income per head 

 in flocks throughout the State varies from five to fif- 

 teen dollars. The ewe kept under average conditions 

 should bring in an income of at least seven dollars per 

 head. The money income is not the only consideration. 

 The "activity, of the sheep in killing obnoxious weeds, 

 keeping the fence comers clean, and converting other 

 waste material of the farm into cash, is not to be over- 

 looked. 



An investigation into the sheep industry of the State 

 offers great opportunities for optimistic statements with 

 regard to its future. The conditions all point to a period 

 of prosperity for the sheep husbandman, and Kentucky, 

 with all her natural advantages for sheep husbandry, 

 should develop within the next few years a much greater 

 sheep breeding industry. 



POULTRY EAISING IN KENTUCKY 



Br J. J. HooPEE, Ejenttjcky Agbiculttjeal Experiment 

 Station, Lexington, Ky. 



The hens in Kentucky produced seven million dol- 

 lars worth of eggs in 1910, and the farmers raised seven 

 million dollars worth of poultry during that year. After 

 consuming a considerable quantity of the eggs and chick- 



