Show SMALL IAL FLOCK IS PROFITABLE l' l The farm flock nock method ol of sheep well le production is is well adapted adapted- to t almost every farm in the state and and andin i in some in-some some isome sections sheep constitute an excellent source of or income laconic on cut cut- over lands according to conclusions conclusion drawn by Henry Christ superintend superintendent i cut ent ent of of the the- Sandpoint substation I farm o of the University of Idaho college college col col- lege of agriculture Breeding sheep for range management involves considerable con con- considerable capital but the farm I flock method is within the reach ot of all farmers I Records kept for the last four fOUl years show show- sho w the average length of 0 pasture season to tobe be d days ys They can be pastured l longer nger than most mot other forms of livestock ant anI tills this permits permits' turning lg the them on pasture in inthe the spring before the spring worn wont starts and amid they do not need to bo be I brought Hn lin in the fall until after acter tin tho ho late work is complete Superintendent Superintend Superintend- I ent Christ explains It is his opinion that there art ait but few farms in Inthe the state that could not sl support from fifty to heat hene of breeding ewes without any considerable considerable con considerable con con- difficulty I I During the same years ears utilized In making the 1130 o experimental records were kept on the actual cost of ol I maintaining a lock flock of sheep on the station farm The Tho flock consists or ora ora ora a well bred bred group of ot registered ewes ewes' and is always ys headed lead head leaded ed cd by a u class t ram the superintendent superintendent superintendent says The numbers numbers in tae tio flock have varied in the various years between twenty-five twenty and thirty five head In this conne connection tio Mr 11 Christ adds it Is well to recognize recognize recognize nize that the labor costs costs on caring aring for a flock of or from seventy five to 1007 head ead Is is not much very greater than thal for the tho management of a n small flock like the oi one used in the exp or 1 Jul ii lu Iu tabulating the returns from i rl this small flock flack the actual profit ore tai taff and above all expenses for the last 1 fro from ll 24 9 S Sper three years rears has ranged ka kaper e I per pet cen cent t to per c cent Dt f Cat d d. d |