Norwich bulletin., 1914-07-23
ss4EEP IN NEW ENGLAND,
By GEORGE FRENCH,

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 when one thinks clearly about sheep In New EnxIand he is apt to get very. sr1pax1ent with the average New En- l1t1dor who owns and works land. Probably a majority of Farms In NeW England could support sheep, rom a few to . large flock. and make money on the shsep while the sheep were all the while adding to the value or the pasture lazras of of which they got meet of their living. There are rom two to three million acres of good sheep land In New England which IS now of little use. and there are otner thousands of acres now devoted to pasturaxe that might be made from ffSy to . hundred per cent. better 1T It wero to be used as sheep pastuTase.
 A man in Hampden county, Maessa- chzsettz. took palms to keep costs on soane of his ewes. They were Dorset Deinines. cross bred. One three-year- old that cost him $15 brought him in one year e cash income of $S1.60. which is 9io per cent Another eve, one of several that made up the same records, brought him an even 100 per cent net in one year-paid Tor nerseH lwloe within the space of 12 months. and in addition paid for her keep and care There are not many lines Aof business that pay better than this Or course, this man put brains and financial man aeament into his sheep-raising. The AE@E1&@ SCfuO SAACCPs hSPt AA eAA0 ess SN age careless way. will not pay out like this, at tho rate of S15 head. or even more They will pay all the way from S3 a head up to four or dve-&bout the same as good hens. There is no neces- sfty or rating sheep with hens. but many farmers continue to do so; though the farmer who makes no more than g per head per annum off of his sheep would not make $1 a head on of heua.
 Pro4ie from sheep is largely 8 qaes ton of sheep eugenacs. That man who can arrange to have his ewes lamb ten days ahead of the usual lambing date can get big money for his spring lambs- It can be done. A few men know how, It is a question of com mon-sense. and taking advantage o1 the habits of sheep and the hints na- ture Is always ready to give. The difference between g to s and $15 tc t2e for lambs. Is a difference that means large profits. The latter rates can be got for lambs sent to market ten dAyB or two weeks ahead or tho regular supply, wf1ile the former prices are about what good lambs will bring when the market is getting 8 normal seaSonRble spring supply. For ex- ample, the Bennington man I have mentioned got from $12 to SEQ for c large proportion of his spring laInDs A man in Connecticut who turns ovel %o,VV9 III SpI1u& lAzno8 every SSSSCI gets big prices for a fair proportion ol his lambs. A man tn Massachusetts, who came here from the Chicago pack ing houses, gets an average of $7 fol his early lambs. A Maine man, whose sheep pay him a gross return of S9.5t each, gets from $1o to $12 for his ea-ely lambs. A Vermont man got 1S2 lamba from sg ewes, and sold them for $s.5t eaoh- A Vermont man has been in thu sheep business for twenty years, ant gets $3 head for wool and $10 eacI for his hanns. And so it goes. Tn, man who makes good brain help il the business of sheep raising in New England can make good money. If h, cannot make as much as g a head oI his ewes he should get busy to dis cover what Is the matter with himself New England ought to be raising 2 sheep where she is now raising one Think what lot of money that woul< bring to the New England farmers and all of the sheep pastures woult be increasing in value at the rate O 10 per cent. per annum.