Show several plans followed by ohio sheep farmers A large percentage of lamb crop heavy fleeces low mortality and economical feeding are the principal fac tors in successful sheep farming to in southeastern ohio a writer in the ohio farmer found from a study of the accounts and methods on farms there for the last three years A combar ison of the high ten in income shows they made twice RS as much return as the lowest ten in ID this group close culling and good care of the flock of ewes keeping a flock of breed ing enes and not maintaining wet bers the use of vigorous rams rains cross breed ing and early lambing were points in favor of large iaz lamb crops those with large profits had their lambs come early from february 22 to april 15 controlled parasites and fed their lambs well for early market they kept no believing that a sheep must do more than merely produce a fleece the best sheep farmers drenched for stomach worms and those with lowest income did not follow this practice regularly except in a few cases the mortality was three times as great with the least profitable flocks the owners of the besl best paying flocks used 75 per cent more grain and a better grade of roughage include leg ing some legume |