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Practical Sheep Husbandry 



16. The quality of a flock can quickly be 

 improved, because one good ram will get 50 to 

 60 lambs, and may improve the quality 100 

 per cent. 



17. They are one of the healthiest animals 

 in the world. 



18. They can subsist and thrive on more 

 different kinds of feeds than any other animal 

 known to man, barring the goat. 



19. Sheep are called the dual purpose ani- 

 mal, but they do many things at the same time, 

 for instance, make wool and food, fertilize land, 

 clean up a farm, tramp the wheat or rye, and 

 a multitude of other things. 



20. They offer fresh meat at any time of 

 the year. 



21. Quick cash can be had in case of need. 



22. They offer the opportunity to start the 

 boy in business. 



23. They will help kill the child's worst enemy, fear. 



24. By producing forage crops to feed sheep, greater returns can 

 be obtained from the land. 



25. They will convert a weedy pasture into blue grass and clover 

 quicker than any other class of live stock. 



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