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Sheep like a Variety of Feeds ... ... ... 98 



A Carload of Lambs ^yhich were purchased for Six Dollars 

 and Forty Cents and sold for Six Dollars and Thirty-Five 

 Cents per Hundredweight . . . .... 95 



Boys and Lambs a Good Combination ... . 97 



Ideals for the Feeder . . ... 102 



A Bunch of Fat Yearlings just before being loaded to be 



shipped to Market 105 



The First Lesson .... . 110 



Soon the Lambs learn the Advantages of the Little Extras 

 and eagerly seek the Warm Contents of the Bottle the 

 Wise Shepherd cai-ries ... ... . . Ill 



The Ram is Half the Flock . . . 113 



The Resvilts of One Cross with a Pure-Bred Shropshire Ram 



on a Western Ewe ... . 114 



Just a Few Hours old and weighs Twelve Pounds . 115 



Month-Old Lambs out of AVestern Ewes by a Pure-Bred 



Shropshire Ram, raised under Field Conditions . 116 



Successful Sheep Raising does not demand Expensive Build- 

 ings . . ....... . 117 



Runway in Sheep Barn . . ... 119 



Lambing Pens for Ewes . . 121 



