The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-05-13
MAKE a START WITH SHEEP.

a. ~ 81 1bllNNcft
A letter was received By the writer
today from b sheer raiser in Conan
che country The following Is an ex-
tract:
81 for ono have found there Is p
greater profit IN raising sheep on the
Oklahoma farm than in any other
lines 0f live stock. have been IN the
sheep business hoye IN Oklahoma FOR
eight years. In Cnmauche county, and
by hard talking have induced many
farmers to start with few sheep on
their farms and all find them to be
tho bost paying liYe stock on the
farm
g0odly number on letters reach
the College from time to time. in
quiring about sheep where sheen
may be bought" Tie best kind to
purchase. etc, which would Indicate
quite a general interest In this class
Of stock The writer feels sure that
It would add to the revenue OF many
farms If a flock Of sheep was kept
Besides being profitable, sheep are Q
great assistance in keeping the farm
clean, as they arc great weed GATORS,
where they are turned into fields
when the weeds are young and ten.
der They are reported 10 eat five
out Of every six Of our known weeds
where COW or horse viii eat only
enc ont of every SIX.
The chief difficulty that the aver
age person will have az this time in
Getting a start IN the sheep business
Is to find sheep TO purchase, There
are not more than $4,000 sheep in OK.
laboma. and the greater number oi
these are located Ia th0 range sec
tons. The establishment ot the stock
Yards IN Oklahoma City should help
materially IN solving the problem q
securing a supply Of breeding sheep
Any OF the commission flrln8 AZ tht
Oklahoma CITY stock yards wil b
able TO fil orders Gor range bred sheeF
VI given considerable time " fill the
orders Now, these range bred sheet
are the right klod for the average
farmer 10 buy. such Sheep will b.
grade Merin0s and If they carry d
cross 0f Shropshire. Lincoln OF Other
mutton blood. 80 much the better, Il
would NOT DE- advisable 10 buy Mex
lean sheep or low grade sheep 81 ang
other kind The ewes purchased foi
the foundation flock should be good
large ewes from one to four yeaf.
Old, and weighing over one hnndref
pounds Who're possible u would sel
DOM bc practical to start with lesl
than fjftg ewe8, and larger NUN
bor would be better siill flock q
/ dozen would fentira almost Al muei
csge as fifty of one hundred Thes'
range bred grade MerInos should b.
/ bred IL N0reei ram II possible
High Price Lambs.
The writer believes that ~ insufi
SUCCESS and profit wlih sheep, fan q
winter lambs must be faised Thi
gestatiou period Win sheep IL ia
days. Therefore, IL they arc 70 dro
carly fali lambs, they must be brel
about June Or earlier D0rset eheel
! breed AZ this time more readily thai
fauy other kind Msrino sboep corn
+ second ia thls respaet Shropghif
and most other breeds cannot IN gen
efal be g0steu ~ maie before Sel
tnniber During the Not mpnths d
Iuiy and August. not even The D0rss
+ and Meflno shaep can he gotten I
breed and they mugt be bred earile
than tiia j sall and winter lambs af
Nd lie ralspd 1he reason why II
recommended 10 purchase range hre
grade Marino a1es Is thar thousand
~ these arc available while Dorset
+ are not 20 be bad IN any large nun
bers. Fairly good results may be- "a
pecfed, however, by using az recon
menaed, grade Merino ewes and tn
Dorset matos Those fali Or earl
winter lambs, BY good leading an
care can be made To weigh ninety |
nue hundred pounds bY May + whn
tha9 will fnd featls uarkal aud WI
aisavs he III demsnd sprh lamt
slousd bring from s % inward
4 pure bred Dnraet lamb. tie 40
onehalg months old belonging TO q
lApsfiAasAt Station walshel g9ata
day BY tno writer. weighed l2e pound