Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1922-05-17
SHEEP, THE GOLDEN HOOF"
IS A QUICK MONEY MAKER
The Prowling Four-Legged and the
Lazy Two-Legged Dogs Nam
nie's Worst Enemies.

but what has its periods of depression
and the sheep business now recover
ing form two-years depression that
well nigh ruined it entirely, but just
as swift and unexpected as it came, il
has ended and the industry is back
in tip top condition.
While wool is not bringing as much
as we should get, lambs are selling at
very high price, considering the price
OF other things especially cattle.
Every stock and farm journal read
is full of sheep news and propaganda
telling the farmer he must raise more
lambs to satisfy the appetites of those
who love lamb chops.
When Mr.. Bishop asked me to write
this article and to tell you all wnat I
thought about us farmers here rails
ing more sheep l grabbed my pen and
paper and wish to use it in Old Nam
ny's defence. Just as | grab my
shotgun every time | hear a dog howl
ing around my place for I know they
love lamb chops a. well as the idle
rich folks, only dogs are robbers
while rich folks pay good money for
what they eat.
1t is up to us farmers to produce
the things that are in demand Some
ten years ago | started into the sheep
business, they were very low then, I
purchased my first ones at $500 per
head.
| got pure bred buck and started
breeding and each year my wool just
about paid my feed bill and made the
lambs clear. | sold wether lambs and |
aged ewes each year. Sheep COM
menced to rise in price and continued |
to do SO until 1910 When | sold all
my herd but a few to start from again
1 received that year $I62s for ewes !;
II cents per pound for wether lambs /;
SIS each for eve lambs; 65 cents
pound for WOOL in all 100000 worth.
Since that time I have been busy
building another herd and would have
had as many as | wanted but pair
of good fox hounds took a notion
they would rather chase sheep than
foxes and they we'll nigh wrecked my
herd. That was one year ago. Since
that time we have been getting along
fine and now have As head and aim to
increase to 50 head of ewes.
| consider sheep one of the best
animals a farmer can raise and if
taken proper care of will yield a
greater return than any other animal
on the farm, for the amountof labor
and money invested.
This country is especially adapted {
to growing sheep or account of all ;
grasses and vegetation growing so t
1uxuriantly and fitting in so nicely /
with other stock raising.
This country is adapted 20 the growing ,
of the many different kinds Of crops,
so that to get the best results from ,
the feeding of these crops, one must ,
raise different kinds OF stock. {
Every farmer should have all the {
way from a dozen TO 30 head Of good +
ewes They should be looked after
and bred to a good, pure bred buck,
fed and housed during lambing time.
A bunch of ewes should raise a 100 S
percent lamb crop. Of course some /
will lose their lambs, while others will a
raise twins. No stock when kept on |
land will enrich it any faster a
Folks you had better stop fooling
your ewes away at $500 per head, and
keep them and raise some more.
Since the season started lambs have
been bringing from II to II dollars
Der hundred pounds in Nashville. 7
We have one great draw back here
IN regard to early lambs. Our winters
are more severe and we can't raise 4
lambs so ear1v and the early lambs
are the ones that bring the most mon
,y but orr eve lambs and ewes will
,e as high as anywhere. Keep your F
,est ewes, wool will be higher as the V
,1d stocks are about worked up
IF YOU have no sheep get few and L
nv EN- out. Give them rood attention
md YOU cant help but make some e
money out Of them. Don't forget to :,
wat the rowing, proving dog for he's < <
he greatset enemy Our sheep has. b
Also it paws to keep one eye open to o
he two-leoeed cur, who loves NUT A
on chops and is too lazy to work tor Y,
This county should raise and seif L
oany thousands of dollars worth OF T
heep. lambs and wool and they do II
.ot cost much to raise as they get {,
ear1v their entire living on the range. ~
Vc have never fed our shep but very
ttIe and for that reason what we get 7
ut Of them is nearly all clear gain.
Give Old Nanny chance!
Give YOUR boys and girls eve
,rb and see how quick they will be-
-. so,,,e return Out of them