Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1930-03-07
NY EIGHT YEARS or cLun WORK

Jay, ana / thought | would take TINS
time to write and thank you for the
subscription you presented to the first
five who placed in showmanship, of
which was one, at the South D1kota
State Fair. l want to tell you
think ii is one of the best papers have
seen ON sheep. | am also including
''The Store of My Eight Years of Club
Work. Noel r. Edwards, Spearfish,
S. y.
]. | started club work in Lawrence
County in 1921 when Mr.. Hall was
county agent The club that was start
ell was called "The Spearfish Rambouil-
let Club. l bought three purebred
Rambouillet ewes, one of them came
from the then well noted Butterfeld
herd, which cost me fifty dollars and
fifteen cents ($50.15) laid down here.
The other two which were also very
good sheep came from the Frank Cock
herd of Vale, S. Oak. My receipts for
that year were eleven dollars and nine
ty cents ($11.90), and my expenses
were ten dollars and thirty cents
($10.30l. l also retained three eve
lambs valued at Fifteen dollars
t$15.00) apiece in the flock.
II. In 1922 l purchased an interest
in ram number WEBB 1887 an
Ohio ram, for Seventeen Dollars and
Fifty Cents ($1750). sold two ram
lambs for Sixty Dollars C$60.0O), and
retained one eve lamb in the flock. The
wool for that year amounted to Four
teen Dollars and Ten Cents ($14.10)
My total receipts were Seventy-four
Dollars and Ten Cents (S7410, and
my cash expenses were Thirteen Dol
lars and Seventeen Cents ($1317), and
my net income Sixty-one Dollars and
Twenty-eight Cents ($61.2S). In my
closing inventory my six sheep were
valued at One Hundred Forty-seyen |
Dollars and Fifty Cents (S147.50).
III. The third year, 1923, sold
one ram for Thirty Dollars ($30.00), |
and retained five eve lambs in the
flock. The wool that year brought me
Twenty-nine Dollars and Thirty-fve |
Cents ($29.35), and my prizes at the
fair mounted to Ten Dollars $4,000. |
My total cash receipts were One Hun |
bred Seven Dollars and Eighty-five |
Cents t$107. 81, and the expenses were /
Thirty-eight Dollars and Forty-nine I
Cents ($3S.49). I had a net income /
of Two Hundred Fourteen Dollars and 7
Thirty-six Cents ($21436). Ny closing |
inventory showed eleven sheep valued |
at Two Hundred Eight Dollars $3.50
00). / won a trip to the "InternatiOn
al Live Stock Show at Chicago where
l had a very enjoyable time, l also
bought a bicycle with some money l
had saved up from the sheep.
". In 1924 | bought Hartman eve f
from Frank Hartman of Longmont
Colo, for Sixty Dollars (S60.00). l
also bought an interest for that year,
in ram number Hartman 43" for
Thirteen Dollars $4,000, and two
ewes from Frank Cock for Fifty Dol
lars IS5000). / sold my ram lambs
for Two Hundred twenty-five Dollars
($22500), and the wool brought NE
Seventy-two Dollars Thirty-eight Cents
($72.3S). My fair prizes amounted
($1450). The total cash receipts were
Three Hundred Thirteen Dollars and
Eight Cents ($313.08), and the cash
expenses were One Hundred Ninety
five Dollars and Seventy-three Cents
($195.73). The closing inventory
showed eighteen sheep valued at Five
Hundred and Ninety-three Dollars
($593.00), leaving net income of
Four Hundred Thirty Dollars and
Cents ($43035).
V. In 1925 l purchased an interest
in the Willard H. Warren ram which
the club used that year, / also purchas
ed two yearling ewes from Frank Cock
for Ninety Dollars $4,000, and sold
two aged ewes to Henry Rebbe for
Forty Dollars, and I sold two lambs
for Fifty Dollars (S5000. My prizes
at the fair were Two Dollars $4,000,
and my total cash receipts were Ninety
eight Dollars and Twenty-Five Cents
($98.25), and One Hundred Sixty-two
Dollars and Sixty-one Cents ($162.61).
My closing inventory showed seven
teen sheep worth Six Hundred Fifty
eight Dollars. That year my brother
who was in the club, and / leased the
sheep to V. S. johnson & Sons on the
share, because we did not have pasture
enough.
VI. In 1926 bought three eve lambs
from the Riggs brothers, who retired
from the club, for Forty-six Dollars and
Fifty Cents ($46.50). / sold seven ram
lambs. and my interest in the Willard
Warren ram for Two Hundred Nine
Dollars, and my wool, and prizes
amounting TO Sixty-four Dollars and
Fifty-four Cents ($45.54). Leaving my
total cash receipts Two Hundred Seven
ty-three Dollars and Fifty-four Cents |
(273.54). My total cash expenses were
Eighty Dollars and Nine Cents $780,
09). My closing inventory showed
thirty-one sheep valued at Eight Hun
bred Ninety Dollars.
VII. In 1927 bought ninterest In
"RambouiIlet Club 49,, ram owned
BIZ my brother, for Thirty Dollars