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Parowan Times | 1928-04-18 | Page 7 | Plant Scavenger is Hardy Sheep

Type issue
Date 1928-04-18
Paper Parowan Times
Language eng
City Parowan
County Iron
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Article Title Plant Scavenger is Hardy Sheep
Type article
Date 1928-04-18
Paper Parowan Times
Language eng
City Parowan
County Iron
Page 7
OCR Text PLANT SCAVENGER IS HARDY SHEEP there are sheep in new jersey at present to satisfy the needs of the market there should be ne according cordIng to william 0 skelley of the animal husbandry department new jersey state agricultural college in a radio talk tile flie sheep Is tile the plant scavenger of the farm arm lie said no domestic animal Is capable of 0 living on more linds of food grasses shrubs roots cereal grains leaves bark and even seaweed the resonant resl resi nant pungent leaves of evergreens ever greens fish and meat all serve as is food for this wonderfully adaptive an animal As they graze closely sheet are splendid weed destroyers especially since the weed seeds are more closely ground in their feces thao than in those of any other animal A flock of 25 25 to 50 breeding ewes can get a large part of their feed efrom from material otherwise wasted on the average farm with fair prices I 1 the he wool alone will pay for their M muio tit cenance te nanee nance for a flock of ewes cr can to be e I 1 fed upon leguminous roughage up un tit about a month before lam lambing brig time when some grain ts Is necessary to stimulate milk now flow another advantage air skelley 1 pointed outs out is the small cost of starting a flock foundation animals are relatively cheap and twins are not uncommon buildings need not be expensive as except for tie newborn burn lambs sheep need cool quarters to keep from s sweating eating sheep require the greatest amount of labor at breeding and lambing time when the other farm work Is usually stack slack during the busy sum trier mer season they need little attention they fit in well with general farm crops and iab with any anny class of tire live stock lambs call be marketed eight or nine months after the ewes are bred A premium la Is paid on early lambs which weigh from 30 to 40 pounds at the easter custer season because there are several foreign holidays at that time and foreigners are great lamb consumers
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