Show State Agricultural college extension ex exx tension service Farm sheep have characteristics character character- which make them adaptable adaptable adapt adapt- able to many Utah farms They are efficient converters of roughage roughage rough rough- age Into choice salable products as meat and wool b both th of which should be considered when selecting types of sheep Sheep require less labor than other livestock except beef beet and the most pressing labor Jabor needs are arc at lambing and shearing time which is usually before betor e the thc spring work of ot planting g crops begins Flocks however require daily dally attention but th the e time adds up to only a few hours per head per year Labor Labo r can be reduced by acquiring good equipment fences and corrals They do not require expensive expensive ex pensive shelter open sheds are arc sufficient except at lambing time Sheep can well wen be considered by farmers as a source of ad income says Professor Prates Prates- sot sor so Keetch but they should be introduced into farm setups in numbers of thirty five head or more to be of economic im to justify attention needed Profitable enterprise centers I around a few basic factors ns as ast 1 1 Gross Cross returns per head Iamb lamb or woo wool 2 Per cent of lamb crop 3 Value per lamb marketed 4 Price of wool 5 Per cent death loss toss 6 Go Feed Peed costs costa With present economic situ situ- together with proper l' l feeding conditions and sound BOund management practices wool woot growers can expect Vo to succeed |