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Show Sheep Give Big Profits Besides Clearing Land Thirty farmers who raised sheep chiefly for the purpose of clearing land in 1923 made a profit of $26,823.53, compilation of their reports to Oklahoma Oklaho-ma A. and M. college shows. Fourteen of the sheep raisers said feed for the year did not cost them anything, because the animals lived on weeds and waste. They did not include in their profits the value of the land the sheep cleared, or the cost of clearing by other methods. Combined flocks of the group of 30 farmers counted 3.G17 ewes January 1 last year, P. H. Lowery, live stock specialist in the extension division of the college, reports. They were valued val-ued at $22,7G5, thus showing the profit to be nearly 120 per cent. From the ewes on hand, 3,115 Iambs were raised which sold for !?21,853.2S. Wool sheared from the combined flocks weighed 23,477 pounds, and was sold for $8,450.45. Sixteen members of the group made a total charge of $3,G71.20 for feed, reports re-ports to Lowery show. |