Show LI LIVE IE E wi I KEEP SHEEP ON OH EVERY FARM Flock of From Twenty five to Thirty Ewes Can Be Maintained at Exceedingly Exceedingly Ex Ex- Ex- Ex Sm Small Cost COlt By J. J E. E Ohio E Experiment perl- perl ment mont Station A small flock fiock of ot from twenty five to thirty ewes should be found on every farm A flock of this size can be kept at little expense It will if it given a chance clean the fields of weeds pr provide pro vide a supply of ot wholesome food and return to the farmer a neat sum from the wool produced A strong vigorous purebred ram should b bd be used Ewes to be desIrable desirable desir- desir able sho should ld have straight backs and good mo mouths As a rule sheep havo have one of ot permanent front teeth when on ond year old two pairs when i two years old A ewe with a full I mouth may be five or more years old but if the teeth are neither broken nor Prize Winning Oxford Down Ram lost nor worn down down the ewe may be bred and kept for a year with good results A small flock of ot ewes can often be pastured during the winter on a wheat or rye field The best roughage for sheep is clover or or alfalfa hay and a afew afew afew few roots If It clover is not available however corn fodder supplemented with a little bran or linseed meal is sufficient As soon as the lambs are areld old ld enough to eat give them a little cracked corn the ewes cannot tet et it A fence that has been used su success successfully cess cess- tully fully by the United States Forest servi service in protecting sheep from coyotes coyotes coy otes is recommended This fence is built as follows A strand of barbed wire Is stapled to posts at the surface sur face tace of the ground three in inches hes above this is placed a inch 30 strip of ot close- close woven wire ire Ire fencing and above this ls are stretched two strands of ot barbed wire It sheep free tree from stomach worms are secured little trouble will be caused caused caused caus caus- ed by byth th these se pests The worms are small round whitish worms that infest the stomachs of ot the sheep The lambs become Infested by eating grass on which ti the young young worms worms have crawled It is recommended therefore that the lambs Jambs be placed on pastures that have not been occupied by mature sheep |