Jasper County Democrat, Volume 18, Number 68, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 November 1915 — HAS 23,000 HEAD OF SHEEP. [ARTICLE]

HAS 23,000 HEAD OF SHEEP.

Another Big Feature of the Kelley .j Ranch. Manager B. B. Curtis of the Kelley ranch shipped 1,000 head of sheep to rhe Chicago market the first of the week. But this did not exhaust his supply of these frisky little animals, as there are still 23,000 in his sheep-fold, largely representing a production of the ranch this year. The mammoth structure used for shelter and food is said to be the largest in the world, ho that facilities for taking care of extensive flocks is almost unlimited. Everything done on the Kelley ranch is of broad gauge proportions, and right here in Monon township we have the largest wheat producing farm in the state as well as the largest sheep producing farm, all under one management. Notwithstanding the large production of hay and grain on this ranch, it is a large buyer of foodstuff from outside, and just now large quantities of alfalfa shipped to this point, is being hauled out for consumption. Many acres are devoted to corn, and yet the ranch buys a great deal of this cereal ip order to supply the needs of live stock. The ranch is a good-sized community to itself and represents farm life more extensively in several particulars than any other in In-diana.—-Monon News.