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Show THE PLACE FOR SHEEP ON THE FARM 1 By ELMER HENDERSON. Every farm in the corn belt, whether wheth-er large or small. Bhould maintain a few 6heep. They are docile, clean and easily handled. Compared with the cost of maintaining main-taining other stock, the up-keep of maintaining a small flock is quite small They do best upon a grass diet, with a little grain in addition The profit comes, not from keeping them as a main issue, but from a few head Of well-bred, well-fed ewes kept to j clean up the fence corners, kep down the lawns, graze on the hillsides, and ' other kindred places Tho keep of a flock managed this way, Is practically nothing, for what they eat would otherwise go to waste A flock of 10 or If. sheep, so managed, man-aged, will yield a very handsome income. in-come. Fifteen ewes can easily be de- ' peuded upon to raise 20 lamb9 which at even tho low price offered by the country buyer, will bring about $100. I The wool from the 15 ewes 6hould I amount to 150 pounds, worth from 20 II to 30 cents the pound, say from 10 I to 35 dollars, or a net Income of about $135 a very neat little eum, when it Is considered that It reprsents prac- ' j I ticnlly a clear gain Of course the greatest profit comes to the man who, instead of keeping ' J the ordinary grade sheep, has a flock 1 1 of high clas" pure-breds. The outlay on these need be no more than that for the ordinary grades. However, by handling them carefully a much greater income may be secured Ten ram lambs to sell each fall would bring anywhere from $15 to $30 each It Is best to keep the choice of the ewe lambs to re- J plenish the flock Tho rest could be sold to supply the pure breed trade, together with those of '.he maruro ewes that for some reason or other are takon from the reserve flock j FIHm in t ' tAmel 0f hire Ewe Lamb at the New York State Fair. |