The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1907-02-08

his farm with hogs or cattle and dis
aster is sure to follow.
In my thirty years OF experience ia
the sheep business l have always
found that my sheep have always
made me more profit for the feed con-
sumed and the capital invested than
any other stock. 1 nave made 150 per
cent profit on grade ewes raising ear
ly lambs for the Eastern market
Manifold Sources of Profit.
Sheep, in fact, turn Into money in
various ways: first in the meat, wheth
err from dollhouse lambs, ripe wethers
or fat ewes that have raised several
lots of lambs; then there is the wool,
which is commanding a good price
and which is harvested in the spring
of the year, so to speak, when the far
mer has the least to sell from any
other source, and as u wealth n
population increases greater is the de
warm fannels are and always have
been one of the first essential things
in mans infancy, and as we pass the
prime of life lat enter our second
childhood INC these old and frail n
decaying bodies become rheumatic
there is nothing that revives, stimu-
lates and makes us feel like the spring
of life once more han the good old
flannel shirt. And last, but not least
is the constant improvement of the
land which sheep with their golden
hoof" and rich manure new fail to
bring to the tired and worn out Guilt
waited field.
The sheep is the 100 per cen profit
animal, whether it be grazing on the
rocks of the OZarks or on the rich n
rolling bluegrass pastures or fertile
fields of this great state of ours. n
there is nothing that beauties or ex-
cites the artistic eye or makes the
farm more attractive and pleasant
han a well-caredfor flock of sheep.
1t is. not my intention to tire you with
dry figures of what some individual
has done in the sheep business to
prove the sheep is the 100 per cent
profit animal, but if there is a o
ing Thomas" here, if he will come to
me personally, l will prove to him
beyond a doubt that the sheep, proper
ly cared for, is the most profitable
animal that walks upon the face of
his green earth.
Bright Prospects.
The shepherds star never shown
brighter in the State of Missouri than
it does to-day. There is every e1cour-
agement for a prospective shepherd
to start in the sheep business. If
you have never la any experience il
the business let me arm you to go
easy and buy a few ewes mi figure
on improving in the future. One of
the principles of ucces is to raise
each year lambs that are better ildi-
viduals than their mothers. Have
your ideal. You know the ones that
answer to the accepted type and to
your ideal. Study your flock; you
know the ones that raise the best
lambs and shear the heaviest fleece,
thu you ISdIn " uloCdIu Liz COdIoS
head, the heavy ear, the long leg, the
cloudy wool and dark skin. Hold on
TO the ones that conform the 1earest
to your ideal. and the most essential
and important part is good care. AS
some one has said, "A wise shepherd
feeds his lambs a month before he
sees them and the foolish shepherd
a month afterward."
l want to impress upon the minds
of all that in all my experience the
one essential and most important
thing to remember to make the sheep
business profitable is care. Care will
will make constitution; care will
ward off disease; care will make size;
care will save feed; care will maxi
fat, and fat makes more and better
wool. Yes, and care will convince
any man that the sheep is the 100 per
cent profit animal. Now, in conclu-
sion let me say hat the aim of every
farmer in our state should be to Keep
a small lock of sheep, and it can be
shown by figures of the most truthful
character, and that cannot lie or de
ceive, that this can be done on what
is now wasted on thousands of Misso-
uri farms, and the profit from the
flock well cared for will be 100 per
cent, if not more.