| Show Feed Ewes Eves Liberally to Increase Crop of Lambs The sheep man who makes brood ewes of his Ills flock Is likely to make more money than tho man who vho helps only enough to perpetuate his Ills flock This fact Is brought out by a survey conducted on 20 0 flocks by the Ohio State university Five Fhe flocks having haying the highest per per- percentage percentage of ot brood ewes and lambs were compared with the five flocks with the lowest percentage In III In the flocks with the highest proportion ot of lambs 48 per cent of time the lock flock were bred ewes and 37 lambs were raised for tor every head of time the flock dock In Inthe time the five flocks of ot the lowest proportion proportion proportion tion of ot lambs 33 per cent of the flock sere rere bred ewes coves and 21 1 lambs were raised for every head Compared to this high and low market the av- av average average av average of all 1111 flocks showed showell that 30 per cent were bred ewes nn and 29 9 lambs were raised In every of ot the flock The high five flocks reported an average profit of ot 20 f on a sheep the low five flocks tocks 9 93 95 cents a sheep and an average of all nil flocks of a sheep The conclusion drawn by time the was that the difference of profit can be attributed to the higher percentage of lambs iambs or the percentage e of broo brood ewes In the more profitable flocks |
