Kankakee Valley Post, Volume 10, Number 30, DeMotte, Jasper County, 13 June 1940 — INDIANA SHEEP INDUSTRY PRODUCES MANY CHAMPIONS [ARTICLE]

INDIANA SHEEP INDUSTRY PRODUCES MANY CHAMPIONS

Indiana agriculture is both honored and profited by the large number of progressive breeders of pure bred live stock in the sheep industry, T. I. Ferris, president of the Indiana Wool (Growers association, said today. He called attention to the Lakewood Farms ir Johnson county ow led by L. T. Chvyer and managed bv Lawrence Poster, which ha- two v(*ry outstanding rams heading a flock of pure bred Hampsh : res. frx this flock] View Esqui*e, a si.c-yiar-old Hampshire rim has t* e r inest lecord of any individual sheep in America. He has never beer defeated in hh class, and has been made Champion fourteen times in Illinois, Wisconsin, Ohio, Indiana, and Kentucky fairs. This outstanding ram is not only a good individual, but is a fine breeder, having produced prize winners, asserted Mr. Ferris. The Lakewood Farms flock also has Polo Masterpiece that was Champion at thie Golden Gate International and i Chicago International last year. “The use of thijs type of breeding will add to the profits and pleasure of Indiana sheeps husbandry,” Mr. Ferris said.