Show total returns from ewe estimated at about 50 A sheep or lamb carcass has value only once as such and that Is when sold for slaughter speaking generally a ewe when bred for or her first lamb Is at the most valuable period of her life if the sheep and lamb market does not fluctuate if bortt 10 then she Is worth on the average only about 4 when discarded after having produced say five lambs during her useful life of seven years she produces seven fleeces of about eight pounds each and worth 45 cents a pound at present prices she therefore grows wool to the value of 2520 on the average she will raise about tour four lambs during her five breeding years and one of these will be retained to replace the dam three being sold for slaughter or fattening at 7 each or 21 for the lambs the ewe will sell tor for about 4 making 23 25 received from animal sales and 2520 from wool sales or a total of |