Show I Sh Sheep ep Raising Spurred by Ad Advance vance in Prices The farmer who has the equipment and feeds at tit hand should be encouraged encouraged aged In raising lambs says Phil PhU A. A Anderson of ot the animal husbandry division dIvisIon division di dI- vision University of ot Minnesota But f farmers en entering this field should go slowly at first and study the require require- very thoroughly he adds Mr Anderson makes the foregoing statement In view of ot the greatly increased In Increased In- In creased interest exhibited In sheep production pro pro- Uon the last few months which has hns been uc brought about LUOU by bv D advancing been uc brought about LUOU by bv D advancing prices for wool wool a steady Jamb amb market and good profit made In feeding lambs during 1921 Stocks of ot wool which accumulated during the war an and Immediately after have now been converted Into disc dise Manufacturers short of ot mill supplies sup sup- plies and eager to keep the mills going have become anxious t to bu buy causing the price to go up Prices of ot lambs have been at 12 to 15 per pounds for a long time with a variation of ot 2 to for or shorn lambs says Professor Anderson Such prices should be an Inducement for many farmers to have flocks of ot 25 to 35 ewes or more which will consume green reen food perhaps otherwise wasted and and convert conver It Into a marketable product With wool and market stock high in price because of ot a decrease in the number of ot sheep in the United States and the action of ot the new pro pro- tariff our sheep breeders can surely compete with the breeders nf other countries |