Show GOVERNMENT SHEEP FARM EXPERIMENTS Several Important Results Results' Ob tamed on Idaho Ranch I Flock Handled in Same Manner as Are All Similar Bands In Hands of Wyoming Stockmen Work Stockmen Work to Be Extended Prepared by the United States Department Department Depart Depart- Department ment of ot Agriculture Several results of ot Importance to western sheep men have been ascertained ascertained ascer ascer- h by experiments at the government govern govern- government ment sheep ranch near Dubois Dubols Idaho which has Ims peen been In operation two years ears Formerly it was customary for range sheep men to discard ewes which did not bear bem lambs when two years ears old Extensive Investigations b by the depart- depart in men of agriculture ha have hae e developed that such ewes are Just as ns valuable for future breeding as those which bear lambs as year two wo- wo ear Individual records are kept on time the government sheep ranch relative to the weight of fleece length of fleece character character character char char- acter of ot fleece fineness o of fiber and I mutton quality of each animal while detailed account is maintained of the offspring of ot each ewe The particular utility of ot the results obtained arises from the fact that the flock Is handled Just as are all similar bands of ot sheep sheel In the he hands o of Wyoming sto stockmen kJ e I I experiments are being conducted to develop a type of ot sheep more suitable to the time western range conditions than the t types pes now pre prevalent lent It Is hoped to extend this work In JU both tJ mutton Conformation conformation and len length h pp na 1 weight of ot fleece nece I Th There r tie are r al at ji ent nt about about 1500 u I mead head of purebred Lin Un Lincoln coin coln Cotswold Ram Ram- Leister and ond Romney on the government government govern govern- ment meat ranch Crossbreeding experiments experiments experiments ments are are being conducted with all these breeds and crosses as well as the u use of purebred which have been heen mated with crossbred ewes |