Show SHEEP profitable ON FARM more can well be maintained in addition to live stock that are already kept thereon by WF W F BAIRD while it is not my purpose to try to induce stockmen stoc kmen to abandon cattle ind pork production and engage ex es in sheep raisins raising I 1 do claim that from ten to one hundred more sheep could he be profitably maintained on a very large portion of our farms 7 f k 04 X well bred specimen in addition to the live stock that are already kept thereon for a period of 0 23 years I 1 have been engaged in general farming and stock raising where I 1 now reside I 1 have been raising horses cattle and hogs dm ing this cn tile period and for the last 10 16 1 ears cars I 1 have kept from to breeding enn owes es of the mutton type I 1 have endeavored deavo red to produce as good stock of all kind as I 1 could and to keep them in the most profitable nin manner I 1 have found no other class of live stock more profitable in dollars and cents than the sheep aside from this fact I 1 find that I 1 can now keep keel a as much other stock as formerly in addition to the sheep sonic some of my fields produce twice tivice as much grain as folin foi meily cily and my grass lands are much mole moie productive than they were there is no great mastery connected with the care of the farm flock but there is more to do than to purchase liase a flock and turn them out to shift for themselves without proper attention and shelter if one expects to add to his bank account costly barns are not a necessity but some sort of a shed that will keep them dry is needed let your roofs be constructed of shingles boards iron or tiny any material that will keep off cold rains sleet etc I 1 prefer a shed extending east and west open or partly so on the south side so arranged that it can be prize mutton and wool sheep c closed if b bad ad stor storms ni s oc occur cu r give plenty of pure air a dry place to lie down donn and all the sunshine possible thereby adding to the comfort and thrift of tile the flock and the profits of the hie owner |