Show specialist ADVISES CULLING OF SHEEP FOR BREED BREEDING I 1 N G F FLOCK LOC systematic culling and selection of ewes prior to the breeding season will bring profitable results to wool growers throughout the state alma C esplin professor of sheep husbandry at the utah state agricultural college states the ewes to be kept in the flock should be selected according I 1 to 10 type health teeth vigor deep wide roomy bodies their record of production and the weight of the f leece fleece the ewes that are culled should be sent to mari maricel cei when selecting the ewes ewe s for the wi winter anter herd the heaviest wool producers can be branded for breeding to rambouillet or columbia rams the ewe lambs from these can in turn be kept for herd replacements this selection will increase the wool production from 10 to 20 per cent in a few years if followed professor esplin explains ewes which are given liberal a mount of nutritious food and arel are 1 gaining weight during the breeding i season are more apt to produce brodu el twins and triplets than those in pa poor or flesh dr esplin further j points out that there is an addan 1 tage in getting the ewes bred at ap proximately a tely the same timi ti mi lambing next spring will i in M I a short period this in saving since lambing vy i 1 1 kept on the job day and ty i ing the time the ewes should sho uld be civi giva feed and care during the ite fe fore and after lambing v plenty of good pasture d da gr oving season conlU oll sites sit I 1 and producing thes the lambs that are in demand ing lambs ready for marl time of 0 f the year when high h agh are important bactol i management m ana gement professor E P eludes t |