Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 272, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 November 1911 — Notes on Sheep Raising. [ARTICLE]

Notes on Sheep Raising.

For poor lands and short pasture sheep are better adapted man cattle and should be kept in preference. It is Impossible to raise big mutton Sheep on short pasture and without gi Ain or roots. A sheep that* will not yield a profit, no matter hoar well bred it may be, should have no place on the farm. The most unfavorable conditions under which sheep can be grown are to constantly subject them to feeding on low marshy pastures. r BV grading the flock of sheep for sale Into bunches according to size, kind and quality, they will appear to a better advantage and will sell at better prices. The fleece and the carcass make up the sheep, and If either is inferior, the sheep is inferior, no matter how good the other may be.