Show sheep husbandry Is rest best adapted to small scale sheep husbandry Is well adapted to i operations on a small scale and tits fits in well with a perman permanent nt and productive plan of farm management asserts C CF a filing extension animal husban dryman at kansas X state agricultural cul toral college who keeps hepps tab on the results secured by a great number of kansas flock owners A farm flock of so 30 to CO 00 ewes on the avers average e farm in kansas adds a nice annual income in practically every section of the state where the management has been adapted to tile farm flork flock plan the flock has wide variation in size but bat should he be law large enough to justify the attention necessary fat success experience of kart kao bas shepherds has shown A good plan Is to start in with grade western ewes alling rig believes they are usually rugged good rustlers band together well and make successful mothers in both mutton find and wool production they are susceptible cep tible to rapid improvement by the use of good rams As a rule western ewes are quite free from parasites but it Is well to guard against and be on the watch for development of scab grub in the head bead and a damaging number of ticks these pests may develop and cause losses tile the first arst winter |