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Show A Few 8heep Pay Well. I have a flock of 30 half-blood Shropshire ewes which hnvo proved very profitable. I feed then In winter on benn foddor nnd shelled corn stnlkB, writes n Ton-nesseo Ton-nesseo correspondent of Farm nnd Homo. I begin to, feed grnln nbout February 1, which consists of shelled corn and oats about equal parts and I give them 14 quarts per day. Lambing Lamb-ing usually begins March 1, Last year I had 208 pounds of wool and xaved 45 lumbs. In August I sold 2C inmbs nt six cents per pound, and on November No-vember 17 lambs nt six cents, or n total Incomo of $213, besides tho wool. |