Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 279, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 November 1910 — CHOICE YOUNG LAMB DEMAND [ARTICLE]

CHOICE YOUNG LAMB DEMAND

Industry Has In Recent Years Developed Feature in Meat Supply That Has No Limit. In speaking of the demand for choice young lambs the Live Stock Report says: “The mutton lamb industry has in recent years developed a feature in meat supply that seems to have no limit in price or demand. The consumer wants lamb, and the smaller and younger the better his sense of taste seems to be satisfied. This industry now offers great opportunity tor the farmer sheep raiser who can keep a small ewe flock and produce a few lambs for the market that will fit in, any time from the early Winter to the early summer. The fat, light weight lamb is in best demand, and this kind of meat is now so fixed in the taste of the mutton-eater that price is no barrier. The large western flocks that supply the general market with the young class of mutton cannot compete in the young lamb supply because they are too remote from the market, and because this class of lamb is quickly produced by extra feed and care. There is a good demand for the 40 or 50 pound lamb, and this lamb can best be produced where feed is plenty and shed and housing suitable to grow it without any of the checks or embarrassments that too frequently accompany such work where large flocks are handled. “The farm in the corn belt is the place to carry on successfully the early mutton lamb industry. It is the place fitted by crop production to make the mutton lamb industry highly profitable. These farms are now usually fenced into pastures, and inclosures to safely handle the breeding flock. There is no kind of stock that can be put onto the farm and be made to produce larger profit for the money and labor invested than a small flock of good mutton quality ewes.”