Show money in mutton the fact is the times are hard it is not easy to kee keep up I 1 one courage turn which which way we may there ia is not much money in farming but sheep raising rai ting for mutton and fat lambs seems to td be as promising as anything I 1 c can all think of the countr country y is is growing rapidly capital ij is abundant living ia is cheap our resources are unlimited there ie is plenty of w work ork to be done and no lack of machinery to fa ciliate its accomplishment ment the so called working clashes classes ere are or ought to be better off in this country than at any other time in the history of the world we have two country butchers but chere that come roun round d or twice ic e a week to supply farmers and others with meat the beef is only soso so so but it ia is far better than the mutton and the lamb which they bring us is a year old merino eo so thin and poor that in in cooking the flesh on the leg shrinks so much that it leaves an inch or more of the bone bare this ie is always a sure sign that the sheep are poorly fed and that the flesh contains a large percentage of water when sheep are fat the lean meat contains more invisible fat and the meat is tender and ju juicy iab and does not brink shrink away so 0 o m much in cooking it ie is no wonder that mutton is not ai as popular here as s in england the trouble is not in in the breed we have all the english breeds of sheep here and the merino in ad addition d and so far as m my y experience goes a little merino blood improves the quality of the mutton and gives us a hardier hardie and healthier sheep better adapted to our climate and system of far farming we do not feed well enouf enough it would pay us handsomely to fee feed our sheep more or br less grain malt sprouts bran aeed ed cake joseph harris al n american agri for sept I 1 |