| Show iron fron county flocks prove profitable says county agent early lambing and proper feed n ng and care of animals are arc responsible spon ible for an average return of from 8 to 12 per ewe in the ann flocks of iron county according to the annual report rt of lamont lament E cultural a agent ent there are 23 f farm arm sheep flocks in in the he county average ng in size from 50 to ewed per flock these flocks have returned to breir t owners an average of per ewe while some have returned more than 1200 per ewe kept on the farm mr writes J al palmer of cedar valley with ewes reports a giess income of 1600 for the year where farm farin floach flo aks of sheep are fed adequately and otherwise cared for properly not no less than 1000 per par ewe gross return ha been rea aed newel K Was clen farm security supervisor or for iron county states that his clients who have small flocks of sheep seem to be the ones who are definitely making progress and repaying their loans the tendency is definitely towards en an increase in creasa of farm sheep flocks in iron county mr also reports that range sheep men 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 faster development due to the fact that the ewes have sufficient feed to enable them to produce an ade oude c ie i e milk supply the feed on the summer range is permitted by this method to become more mature and has a greater amount of f feed aea value and the feed is more abundant since the range has not been grazed too early in the s season eason |
