Show RAISING SHEEP FOR MUTTON There Are Many Areas Especially In Hilly Regions Where Few An Ani mals trials Could Be Kept Sheep are not ery very generally kept kepton on farms for tor supplying Ing the home family fam ily fly with meat There are many areas especially In hilly or mountainous regions regions re re- re- re gions glons where nearly every farm could keep a few mutton sheep to advantage advantage advah tage says the United States department depart ment meat of agriculture Boys' Boys and girls' girls In some parts of ot the country have done much to foster home production production production pro pro- of mutton Sheep naturally graze aze over rather wide areas and seek a varIety of ot plants This habit particularly adapts them to being kept In large numbers on lands of sparse vegetation or furnishing fur fur- fishIng a variety of grasses or other plants They do better on short and fine ne grasses than on coarse or high feed They will eat a good deal of ot Sheep Do Best Beat on Fine and Short Grasses brush rush and if confined to small areas will do a fair fall job at cleaning up land When WIlen used in this wa way or on land producing brush only they can not be expected to prove very satisfactory Inthe in inthe inthe the production of good lam lambs s or good wool Farmers Farmers' Farmers Farmers' Bulletin 8 |