Show OUT THE OLD EWES good shepherds ds do not hesitate to get rid of grandmothers before they go down hill usually by the time that a ewe hats has reached ached re the age of seven years she has spent most moat of her usefulness as a breeder and mother good shepherds do not hesitate to cull out these old grandmothers before they go down donn hill they usually pick up in flesh shortly after meaning time and can be best marketed just as he come from pasture without fattening old ewes cin es break in the mouth BO 60 to speak and cannot eit eat naturally them the keep going down donn in flesh waste naste much of their food and frequently their mouths get so sore they m mil ill not tale take sufficient food to fatten them the wool becomes shorter and shorter with nith advancing age sas the farm press and lacks several pounds of the tha weights the shore in their prime lambs from old ewes enes are nener neer as satisfactory s atis factory the milk supply falls short and the lamb is dwarfed and stunted so that it neier neer makes a thrifty feeder their presence in the flock detracts from its appearance and value one or t two old ewes cues in a flock of prime breeders bleeders bre eders will often hurt the sale value e as much as a dollar a head for these reasons then cull closely and keep heep only the best prime breeding ewes with the price of mutton and wool so low lov as it Is ho he cannot afford to keep other than those from which thich the best returns can be expected |