RAISING LAMBS FOR AN EARLY MARKET 111 



Of course there are farmers here and there all over the 

 Middle West that breed their ewes for early lambs, but 

 the practice is not general or as well organized in any other 

 section of the country as it is in the states mentioned. Let 

 us notice the conditions, stock, and methods of these central 



Soon the Lambs learn the Advantages of the Little Extras 



AND eagerly seek THE WaRM CONTENTS OF THE BOTTLE THE WiSE 



Shepherd carries 



Southern farmers, and see to what extent their practices 

 may be duplicated elsewhere. 



Early pasturing possibilities. Climatic conditions in Ten- 

 nessee and Kentucky are much milder than prevail through- 

 out the greater part of the corn belt ; but aside frcjm 

 comparatively mild winters Middle States possibilities for 

 early-lamb raising are as favorable as those in the central 

 South. Blue-grass and orchard-grass pastures are available 



