Mt. Pleasant Pyramid | 1912-01-19 | Page 3 | Increase in Value of Sheep

Increase In Value of Sheep. While the number of mature sheep in the United States shows a slight decrease during the past ten years, according to the last census. I there has been a remarkable rise in values, amounting to 57.3 per cent. This would Indicate a healthy condition con-dition In the sheep business, although al-though the big open ranges of the past are bidng encroached upon in ail sections by the Email farm. In many section of the country the small flock is more and more in evidence, and future restrictions of range will probably have no effect upon the total to-tal number of sheep, except one of Increase.