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Show Purebred Mutton Ram. of sheep ate 20.7 pounds of dry matter mat-ter a day and gained 11.73 pounds In weight. Tho sheep thus ate 48 per cent more feed per 1,000 pounds llve-wolght llve-wolght and made 7.r per cent better gains 1 1 ut ii cattle. Itut this wus not all the advantage In feeding sheep; they will grow n fleece In addition worth from 75 cents to $1.B0 a head. Sheep are close grazers and will thrive on short grass or destroy woods that cattle will not eut. They will thrive better on short pasture than either hogs or cuttle and when given richer food will make better gains than cattle. |