Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-12-25
BETTER BREED OF
SHEEP is URGED
PROF. ELLIS RAIL. OF NEBRASKA
UNIVERSITY, FORMERLY OF
BIRMINGHAM, AND G. w. FRANCE
OF oSKALoosA TALK.

farm as the sheep, whose wool is valu-
able and whose flesh makes delicious
meat, occupies the center of the stage
in Ottumwa today. The Iowa Sheep
Breeders and Wool Growers associa-
ton is meeting in Rooms 106 and
1OS of the Ballingall hotel. Fifty sheep
raisers from various parts of the state
are in attendance.
Owing to the absence of President
G. w. Moore of Cedar, who is confined
to his home by illness, Secretary " G.
Warner of Bloomfield called the meet
'-7e to order at 10 o'clock this morning.
lis Rail, professor of animal hus-
ndry in the University of Nebraska,
of Lincoln, who is in attendance at the
meeting, was chosen chairman. Prof.
Rail Is the son of Samuel Rail of Bir-
mingham. Like many other Iowa boys
he has, by hard work, prospered and
now occupies one of the most import
ant places in the faculty Of the Ne
braska university.
OWrIg Writes Letter.
The first paper on the program was
letter from e. S. Owrig of Philadel-
phia. Pa, of the Lewis & Grove Co.,
mission concerns Mr. Owrig In his
letter stated that the Delaine wool of
Iowa was not as fine as that grown in
Ohio and Michigan. and as couse-
auence did not bring as much per
pound. Mr. Owrig offered many sug-
gestions to the sheep growers in the
way of tying their fieeces. He stated
that the wool merchants this coming
hot q
from the growers be free from foreign
matter or only take these grades at
their proper value. He urged the sheep
breeder to raies pure bred sheep.
Nebraska Professor Talks.
The second paper on tue program
was by Professor Ellis Rail Of the Uni
versity of Nebraska. Prof. Rails sub
iect was Productions Of Pure Bred
Sheep IN opening he told how man
kind had been dependent upon sheep
for their clothing and meat before the
birth of Christ. He showed how that
this had increased yearly until 1t was
one of the most profitable lines of
animal industry.
Peoplee are consuming more mutton
than ever before, was the statement of
Mr.. Rail, and with this increased con-
sumption knowledge of the various
grades Of mutton must be had by the
sheep breeder. The speaker told of
how the sheep raisers were breeding
only pure breed sheep and Of the great
demand for pure bred rams and ewes
An increasingly better grade Of sheep
must be raised to meet the demand
for wool and meat, stated Prof Rail
Tyt, 4 f,,A0 IL,
out and eagerly listened to by the
sheep breeders present
Favors Rolling Land.
The morning session was closed by
paper on the "Care and Management
of Large and Small Flocks," by G. w
France, q veteran sheep breeder Of
Mahaska county. About 100 sheep ol
the mutton type, or 200 of the De
LANES are as many as should be il
France. "a larger number will not fare
as we'll" said he, "and smaller f1ocl
would do no better" Mr.. France be
lieved that rolling land was more
desirable for sheep farm than 1eve
or fat land, as the grasses are more
nutritious. Mr. France discouraged
sheep go into the ravines to drink
and said that the water should be pu
In troughs. The speaker was not IL
favor Of allowing the sheep to sta,
out in the pasture all day during the
summer under the hot rays of the sun
and declared that this was what made
the hocks improbable. Good shelte
should be given the sheep in the win
ter This, he declared went long wa.
In solving the problem. The feec
should be variety, thought Mr.
France, and he gave the rations wbicl
he fed his flock. The lambing season
weS the most critical time the flock
master had to meet In the shearinl
of the fleece nothing should be put il
the wool that does not belong Their
and it all should be clean wool. !
spirited discussion followed Nj
Frances paper on the prevention an
cure of worm troubles In sheep. TIL
meeting adjourned at noon, but recor
froDtinIIa5 on Toa