Show c MUTTON no flo 1 sunn mo valry 1 itley talon talc aal II 11 in lit ill three peari iago I 1 bred my merin ewes ewed t to 0 a gereb scrub coarson v cold col d rain tho the result wn ivas a lot u of which fattened well an ani and I bron bronwit lit adonil price when sold nold in ill july next griir I 1 purchased a thoi highbred ratio lam hisgen his got WUI marceil fili improver prove carnit oler tile tho vt t when hen placeit ou on the market t they brought lint but little more thrill thin the samba the improve ic ment was wilt to justify nn lne in buying it at WAIT high priced rain lint it boull nowhere cou ilare with that which tire keepers of arti A locks blahn to remil thereat 1111 iii vie ienni ei win vrea area eq url prices which S 11 1 told and others gt get g t for or winter fed hilf half blued front froin ol oll oli I broken down merino io ewed in deuced me to try v winter inter feeding ci eighty aty poil rids li being lieffrig the alvi age weight find allo six MX rents cent tile puce pi co 1 stio 81 was tile the ni lit reali realized cpr hoid head it lit ten months old this was far fr below tollas aw and ka H cpr head bead last beir var I 1 purchased led cil fifty grade ewes and another ram mm I 1 was disappointed in getting the rim rain lit the time I 1 wished to turn in fit and ani 1 I 1 alc hv limbs lili iba dill did riot not bein begin to come until april I 14 from li oin the iho statements of anim bre br reders eders I 1 hawl hal ha l every leafon to expect seventy civo nau lambs from the fifty ewes it was a soro sore disappointment when tho th dropped but fourteen pairs of twins twill tin co owes owea were barren leaving zaw ii only sixty one iambi dropped five dve ul ol which died 13 but tit this is ia not the worm when the hot weather cal camo calno no tho the did no good Pt got aifong them and in spite of all the remedies I 1 tried more than one half of then klicin died and the tha others not lit fit for market the ewes averaged 2 pounds of woo wool 1 it at thirty cents waking making ils i for wool I 1 have tile the surviving twenty four laman worth f bout sa 21 30 per head so bo 11 i the realized per hend bead front from the ewes while fifty merino paid me 50 in ill wool and there was no money laid out for ram and extra care in lambing femon such eluh its ia h necessary with ewes although I 1 am sick of sheep I 1 shall give them another trial I 1 bred my grade enes ew es and tv anty half bloods of iny own raising to lamb in fc binary I 1 had a tow few lambs to como come in february last year they paw mo me much bettor bette r than the april but forty flie im pounds when frilly two lays days old was the best I 1 could do I 1 expect to be more sue suc ma tul this car but I 1 have learned not to expect such crops of lambs and enormous weights as ai boa boasted steil of by so go many breeders bleeders bre eders when ahei 0 hills tells of three quarter blood 1 hrop shires bring being mistaken for imported owes and of if a fi friend bend of his who bred common ewes to sin SILL up oil bairo rams and sold the lambs cambs at four mouths months old for fourteen dollars a head I 1 become skeptical nearly ill all the men clabin an air average of from eight to ton tell pounds of wool from froin their entire flock I 1 do not wish to dispute word but everything in my experience ice tends t mak make e we me doubt their statements ants my fains shear 3 ga and 7 i respectively my half bloods were from heavy shearing ewes and averaged 5 3 1 pounds only and pow poor quality qu alit nt fit that I 1 have peen several stu stud 1 fl li icka examined many sheep at t fairs fails arid think su tir far na as wool is ii concerned my iny sheep are fully up with tho the average this one sided representation by thoroughbred stockmen stoc kmen tire the telling of everything cac ay iy thing goud good arid and the secret g guarding guardin g of every loss is often the cause of if men investing in ill such stock avith expectations far be cowl that winch which they licy can ever realize li Is it any wonder they find a ivady sale for their stock at prices far beyond its real value when their articles never tell of the sheep they loe the lamba that die or tile the oli old ewes which do not produce enough wool to keep I 1 the lie still frum front blistering their skin akiu or the llie lambs they send to tile the bilal shambles libleS so that they may keep their fi ont degenerating the political puhl icil liar is condemned in L no terms et the thoron ed stock are to go on oil from car to year g tilling gulling like liu unwary by their system of and if any uno one is so loald lild as baiso their voice agaid t them lie ho brings down upon hita himself self a p of if ind jeers and i io reminded thal t lie is still in thu tho old I 1 luis and dues does nut not I 1 lead cad the papers no ono one can call welcome twin oved ineth methods moie than 1 both lit in breeding arid and care of stock but I 1 think too much importance I 1 is ii placed apua tile it is all right well if alou ou wn cin afford it lint but if firmer 5 would do their own thinking ix lic thoy they would learn that t alie ile tv romped illi ped up tip when vilen placed on their birins barins ind and ll 11 alie in indifferent caie and anse iiii breeding v bicci their t flucks gr gl g l would in a i lew few yeara year bo be lebs stock than that of which N aich they took look the llie place and probably they would learn thattie that the present hyst m of caring caling for l if applied to their cornmon common bi eeds cells would be iu loss less and 1111 11 1 moio satisfactory altan tile the abt ebli ait aleut of new hocks flock sat it exor exorbitant bitaut prices cor ohio bartner Fart 1 aquier ner |