Putnam patriot., 1926-01-15

hand The success Of various classes of live stock runs in cycles and it has been proven that there is more profit at the present time in a flock of sheep than in a herd of dairy cat tie
 Floeks Deerease
 New England was once the center of a fourishing sheep industry. for at the time of the census of is40 Yer mont alone contained million and a half sheep, By 1920 sheep had practically disappeared in the region about the Atlantic seahnard. and Yer mont contained only a few thousand head Tine reason for this large de cline vas economic After is40 the move in population was westward and with them went the sheep The rapid expansion af the far West with it's wealth of free all year round graz i ing, the cheapHess in proportion to its value with which wool could be i transported the mall capital required tu commence 2 successful sheep en- Hterprlse caused large aaeks of sheep ta suriHs un uH the Western ranges. Gradually the hpep dra ped out of sight in the East and became legend
 Until the comparatively eart orea- HizBtiaH af he eXfsHoH abartments af the various HefiruliHaI colleges and the assistaHeH rendered. log them the Eastern farmer Was helpless ta contend with The rpHi mcuarcs 0f sheep rHisIHV fha stomach wnrm and he dog decimated the New Enslaud flocks
 Sheep have alwaye ezi ited ia mos. numbers on the frontier uf eiyiizH- tion During the last twenty year. however. the range lands 8f the West have been much eurtaiied by being taken up for general farming purpns. es. Free grazing on large scale has l become thing of the past With these factors causing the decline in l the number of range sheep there was no balancing increase in the size of | farm hoeks. The United States reached is maximum sheep popula- tion m 1884 with fifty million head exclusive of lambs This number dropped to thirty-nine million in 1925. which is far too small a number Co meet with the needs of our ever ex- banding population
 Excellent Home Market
 New England provides an excellent market for farm products Whenever farmers have organized and pooled their resources they have found this ta hr the case The consuming power of this region is immense New EHgland is the center of great wool en industry which depends on foreign countries for great amount of its ak. ..- D ton have stated that they would vel come a lHree New England clip. and do all in their power to revive this industry The state of Maine has a well organized weel pool which has secured a high price for its clip
 New Fngiand has a specialized mar ket for Easter haby lambs. owing to the large foreiru population concen- frated in Tho cities New England sheep raisers are comparatively near such great consuming areas 1s Bos- ton and New York the resources of which ha4e hardly been tapped as et We'll grown domestic lamb should Dc able te compete on an even basis with the Western product
 The annual per capita consumption of mutton and lamb in this country is only 5.3 pounds. as against 25 pounds in Great Britain \ well or ganized Eat More Lamb Campaign would yield profitable results in the East for there is no meat more de- licious than we'll cooked tender lamb
 The man who is near a good city market and who has invested m good equipment. will probably choose a specialized field such as raising hot house and Easter lambs For those who prefer the more natural and less pampered type of sheep raising there are great tracts of unused land in 1 New Hampshire and Vermont that ican be secured at little cost. on which Ieonld be nastured as many as .500 breeding ewes \ different way Co handle sheep Is hy the farm flock me. thod where they are considered as only one part of the farm scheme and run as a sideline Co dairy cattle That this method is profitable has beer proved by farms in the Connecticut