Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-05-20

are hard to care for and handle While
IL Is true that sheep have their pecu-
narities, one must realize that no man
can be successful win any class Of
i've stock without giving them some
attention There are no secrets nor
anything difficult in Tho care and man.
asement OF flock OF sheep. All that
Is needed Is an exercise OF patience.
perseverance and good Judgment. with
our dry open winters. abundance of
r0ughsse and splendid markets gives
the state decided advantage in this
business. The average farm would he
much benefited by flock of sheen.
winch could turn waste products into
Sash and at the same time increase the
fertility of the soil.
Sheep produces two crops annually
wool and !ambs-and II The anima,
Is properly cared for the income from
the wool will pay for the ewes keen.
Ihe!r value as builders of the soil
should not be- overlooked. great
many farms have been cropped year
after year and are rapidly losing their
productireness. and rnere is no class
or live stock SO we'll adapted TO build
ing Of the soil az Theep. Their drop
pings are extremely rich and are scat
tered over the fields in such manner
neither man nor machine can duplicate
Sheep are noted as scavengers. As
weed eSterminators they have no equal
Sheep VIII not only rid the fields OF
pests but VIII turn them into a mar
kslanie product and return the fertil-
ity of the soil TO the land In the form
OF manure
Roadside. lanes and fence-ocrners
ma Saiso be kept clean and tidy by
the use of flock of sheen. Fences
Tor sheep is problem that has CON
liohted great many A good woven
wire Is the best, but barb-wire prop
erly constructed will serve the nur-
pose. Inc belief that sheep cannot
DC pastured with other live stock is a
mistake where grass is abundant they
VIII Craze tigether very nicely. Sheen
WIZ eat the plants that the other stock
ieaVe' which tends TO give the pasture
c!eaner appearance. When a man
Is thinking OF going into the sheep
business he should ,ake an inventory
OF himself and find out what he know
ABOUT sheep and begin gathering ali
the Information possible.
me next thing is to determine how
many to get and what kind-for one
VINO mas had no experience, IL Is best
% ouy good grade Western ewes and
a pure bred ram.
S.eep is a much more economical,
ahihhai TO feed than the steer, return
ing larger amount OF gain per hun
"eiSht VI leeo eaten.
Sheep require twenty-four pounds
Enough we must remember the wooD
oi ory grain 10 produce one pound of
CT! human food in the shape of
mutton while the steer requires the
eAtraVas CANT conversion" of sixty-four
POUNDS LOT every pound Of meat that
IL Yields in the slaughter house.
What country is going to furnish
S.ocN TO rebuild SHEEP husbandry in
been slaughtered during the unfortu-
nate war The world has probab
lost seventy-five million sheen in IT,
last four years. This means :. re-
auctlon in the worlds clip of 40
100000 pounds.
Ihere are to-day between 40 nm
ooo and iS,o00.00o sheep in the United
states-and very high AUTHORITY
estimates we could proftably handle
150.0O0,0oO.
ne mountains of this State have
thousands and thousands of acres sls-
ceptible of being made into pastnre
iand Tor sheep. and owing to tho sbor,
winters afford pasturage almost the
year round.