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Show IRON COUNTY FLOCKS PROVE PROFITABLE SAYS COUNTY AGENT Early lambing and proper feeding and care of animals are responsible for an avarage return re-turn of from $8 to $12 per ewe in the farm flocks of Iron County according to the annual report of Lamont E. Tueller, agricultural agent. "There are 23 farm sheep flocks in the county, averaging in size from 50 to 150 ewes per flock. These flocks have returned to their owners an average of $8 per ewe, while some have returned re-turned more than $12 per ewe kept on the farm," Mr. Tueller writes. "J. M. Palmer of Cedar Valley with 120 ewes, reports a gross income of $1,600 for the year." " "Where farm flocks of sheep are fed adequately and otherwise other-wise cared for properly, not less than $10 per ewe gross return has been realized. Newel K. Wasden, farm security supervisor for Iron county, states that his clients who iTiave small flocks of sheep seem to be the ones who are definitely making progress and repaying their loans. The tendency is definitely de-finitely towards an increase of farm sheep flocks in Iron county. Mr. Tueller also reports that range sheepmen of his county are continuing the practice more each year of lambing their range herds on farms rather than on the range. This practice insures development due to the fact that ne ewes have sufficient feed to enable them to produce an adequate ad-equate milk supply. The feed on the summer range is permitted by this method to become more mature and has a greater amount of feed value and the feed is more abundant, since the range has not been grazed too early in the season. |