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Show CULLINC OUT THE OLD EWES Good Shepherds Do Not Hesitate to Get Rid of Grandmother! Before They Go Down Hill. Usually by the tlmo that a ewe has reached tho ago of seven years she has spent most of her usefulness as a breeder and mother. Good shepherds do not hcsltato to cull out theso old grandmothers beforo thoy go down hill. They usually pick up In flesh shortly after wennlng time, and can bo best marketed Just as .hey come from pasture without fattening. Old owes "brenk In tho mouth," so to speak, and cannot eat. Naturally thoy keep going down In flesh, wasto much of their food, nnd frequently their mouths got eo sore they will not tako sufficient food to fatten them. Tho wool becomes shorter and shorter short-er with advanclng'ago, says tho Farm Press, and lacks several pounds of tho weights they shoro In their prime. Lambs from old ewes aro nover as satisfactory. The milk supply falls short, and tho lamb Is dwarfed and stunted so that It nover maltcB a thrifty feeder. Their presence In tho flock detracts from Its appcaranco and value. One or two old owes In a flock of prime breeders will often hurt tho salo valuo as much as a dollar a head. For theso reasons, then, cull closely and keep only tho beat prime breeding ewes. With tho prlco of mutton and wool bo low as It Is, he cannot afford to keep other than thoao from which tho best returns can be expected. |