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Show SHEEP HELP ON MANY FARMS Besldas Being Money-Makers, They Will Destroy Many Noxious ' Weeds Range Bred Best. (By W. A. LINKLATER, Oklahoma Experiment Ex-periment Station.) It would add to the revenue of many farms if a flock of sheep were kept. Besides being profitable they are great weed eaters. They will eat five out of six of our known weeds, where a cow or horse will eat only one out of every six. Range bred sheep are the right kind for the average farmer to ' buy. Such sheep will be grade Merinos and i if they carry a cross of Shropshire, Lincoln or other mutton blood, so much the better. It would not be advisable ad-visable to buy Mexican sheep or low grade sheep of any other kind. The ewes purchased for the foundation founda-tion flock should be good, large animals ani-mals from one to four years old, and Excellent Type. ' weighing more than one hundred pounds. Where possible it would seldom sel-dom be practical to -start with less than 50 ewes, and a larger number would be better still. A flock o a dozen doz-en would require admost as much care as 50 or 100. These range bred grade Merinos should be bred to a Dorset ram if possible. i The reason we recommend buying range bred grade Merino ewes is that thousands of these are available, while Dorsets are not to be had in large numbers. , These fall or early winter lambs, by good feeding and care can be made to weigh 90 to 100 pounds by May 1, ivhen they wil find a ' ready market and will always be in demand. Snch lambs should bring from five dollarB upward. Paradox. ' "What makes you think those rumors are groundless?" "Because they are so much in the I air." |