Show livestock L pvc h sto ck dd 4 0 at tho of tile sheep business lit in thu west Is ono of tile the epics of animal him husbandry bandry the fact that hint sheep men generally aro are lit in prosperous ito rolls conditions in ia not inere chance but Is 1 tile result of a concerted in effort on oil tile part of wool growers to give tile consumer what aliat lio wants A gone generation ration or so ago tile slice sheep p inon wil wnm was it in business lit mainly to profit front from wool mutton was a stile Is 1 stio bilo 1 kheel I were bred to produce wool fleeces which would command tile highest prices and it was tho custom to carry sheep of both boxes for several years in ili tact fact they wore carried along vory very much the sanie same its as tile alio dairy cow Is carried today AM alt long its aa a shoop wai waa rood good amounts of valuable wool the animal was wan carried just as an the dairyman today carries a milk cow as aa long ah is title la Is producing sufficient tent mleh and butterfat it to realize tile tho owner downor a 1 profit ro 11 t in the end aged owes and kotlier H wore slaughtered for anut tolland tile demand was narrow on such moat meat because of tile tho strong flavor and of tile tho meat ineat it lias has only boon in tho the last genera it alon that be gan producing inniss tor for the market twenty five live years aro ago tile tho only time sheep nion realized a market on haby baby lainas was waa at rahter easier time tito tho very fact that easter lambs wore lit in grenado demand find at satisfactory prices brought to tile realization that tile the public actually liked baby lambs iambi As a result the entire sheep industry baa ins been revolutionized today the nion realizes lila ills real profits on lambs lamba and the wool business might almost lo be 10 termed alio sideline tills this change did not just happen tito tho sheep men found that the public wanted lambs and they changed their entire breeding brec dinK methods lit in orter order to produce a choice lamb lain carcass carcase at times at the expense of a salable wool pelt the spring lamb of today Is regarded as one of our elloid ost food moreover tho the young lanil today tit nt tile ago of iau flau months tit ill weigh 70 to SO 85 pounds pound almost as much as aa tile yearling anti anil two year old ld of tile preceding generation are arc still working on oll their problems for like every other group they havo have their problems in tile case of the alio sheep men ninny many fool feel that hint there la Is tit at present grave clangor of overproduction over production many cut cat elenion havo have turned to cheop production nil and many small farmers have turned to sheep as a means of table diversification and for tile bono ut fit of cheop op manuro manure ono ile of tile the best of fertilizers for tillers r advertising Is in being baing resorted to 1 in n ord order 0 r to build up tit a market for the increasing ing volume of lambs marketed in ili other words instead of cutting down production as sonio some farm leaders advocate with other oilier farm commodities I 1 ties tile the farsighted far sighted leaders in tile sheep world believe that through ugh acquainting tile public with tile the value of lamb lit in tile tho diet there is less danger ot 0 overproduction over production they believe that through intelligent in which newspaper advertising is 14 otto one of tile lie most important factors tile cheop population may inay bo be reasonably increased to tile the benefit of tile the site sheep op industry tile tho packing business and tile tho welfare of tile the public in general there is 19 grent great room for development of the sheep business on thi ninny many small farms and ranches in the fertile valleys of the pacific slope tile inter mountain country and the southwest thit dut it must bo be borne in mind that tho the sheep hu business alness requires patience pat lonco skill and knowledge there are reasonable profits in silv business for those who enter into it an fn an intelligent manner it Is ia a business which Is going forward right along and the man mail who takes it up ill must bear in mind that it 1 la a t an n industry which requires constant attention to changing methods and ini improved bre breidling edling and feeding |