Show BETTER THAN FAT CATTLE I think It If we take a II series of ot 10 yearn together It will commonly be b found that there Is IA not nat much difference the tho he market price of ot tat fat sheep ond tilt mit It If we compare all classes Ih ers er tat fat owes ewes yearlings anti and lambs with steers ater fat lit and calves The Th fat tat cattle attle ore arc now about II t 1 a hun hUll hundred dred loss less titan than a n year Car ago still choice choite fat tAt steers are now considerably Ion higher than thamm fat Cat at and yearlIngs but fat Cat cows are arc about tho time santo same ns lIS fat itt ewes owes It tutu lias been ben proved at nt our experiment stations that thal ns III n a general rule nilo It re remire mire about tIme the same caine and qualIty of ot teed feed to prow gow o and fatten a ri given number of pounds of ot or mutton os its of cattle or be bet bot f According hll to this rule 10 sheep shoop nt lit two to or two and years old weighing ISO pounds each filCh have havn oaten eaten tha same amount of ot feed as a 1 steer terr or heifer helter of ot the time sumo samne OK nile age and anti weight 1300 pounds Suppose now we YO compare 10 choice weight 1300 1310 13 0 pounds with a 0 choice chole 1310 0 pound hound steer rho Tho steer would soil sell In ChIcago for tor about 1030 or about mi 92 time tha for tor about 80 or about 62 or 20 O less leM than the steer Hut this tilt dif difference ference of t 0 Is Ie more usa ed ell pu by hi b the tho JO 20 O fleeces ne which lIme tho 10 era have Imae produced In the time two years which should weigh 10 pounds pound l each ench or oo would now nouv no bring lining at nt home fully ully 20 cents n a pound or MO 40 10 mIlking making lO o In III favor of or tIme the th smothers wether The on tutu wool Jan 1 I 1903 1901 were wort Juat about time the same sante as In him May IQ WOO lOGO 19 0 when I J sold sohl It for tor or I Yo cents nt lit my home hOllie my lim of ot delaine un mitt unwashed washed wool oo weighIng 10 to 14 U pounds each ench lime Tha prices rlee of 01 steers fell neatly 3 a it hundred tho tIme first three months of oC 1003 1903 and n lid h not lIot recovered If It we WI tnt tat ewes with whIm fat ot cows rows the time wool Is III the of ot tho time sheep over the tho cows while Iambi nearly n nM as much by hy time this th hundred ns nl steers A J 1 In Massachusetts Ploughman |