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Show BETTER SHEEP VA KENTUCKY Gr&eders Improving Their Fic;ks by Uie of Purebred Rams Sl.-cs Recently Bought. In several Kentucky counties where sheep raising is one of the major farm projects sheep breeders are improving their flocks on an extensive scale, according ac-cording to the United States Department Depart-ment of Agriculture. One of tile outstanding out-standing developments is that purebred pure-bred rams are being widely used. This indicates the lncrecscd interest apparent ap-parent in many sections of the country in the Improvement of the home flock by the u-a of better sires. Recently a special "bet.er-sire" sale was held at Louisville, where 2."0 pure-bred rams of Hampshire, Shropshire, and Southdown South-down breeding were sold and distrib-I distrib-I uted In flocks throughout the state. |