Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1953-04-03
SHEEP BREEDERS
TOPS IN STATE

EVI ~ uV VIn1L
Would you be satisfied with a
gross return of $3.50 per livestock
unit from your beef, dairy herd, or
from your sheep flock? That's the
kind of record you'd have to make
to equal three Ohio commercial
sheepmen who were recognized at
the 41st Annual Ohio Farm and
Home Week, Ohio State Univer-
sity.
Robert P. Wilson, Fayette county
won the commercial flock awards
in the Ohio Sheep Improvement
Association Program. They had a
gross income from sale of lambs
and wool of $227.04, $226.98, and
$295.98, respectively, per animal
unit based on six ewes as an ami
mails unit.
The Ohio Commercial Eve Flock
Production club program empha-
sizes pounds of lambs per eve ex-
posed to rams plus pounds of
fleece per head and the quality Of
basis for making the awards is a
score card which gives rs points
for highest gross returns per eve,
Is points for desirable feeding and
management practices, and 10
points for information in records
furnished. The records and prac-
tices were all checked by Animal
Science Extension Specialists or
local county agents.
Average production of all the
Ohio Commercially Flocks during
1852; 1919 percent lambs market
per 100 ewes exposed to- rams;
110.9 pounds lambs per eve ex.
posed; 9.3 pounds wool per eve,
$28. 40 from sale of lambs per eve
exposed; $33.73 from sale of lambs
and wool per eve exposed.
These awards are made accord
ing to size of blood eve flocks
exposed to rams in the fall. Top a.
ward in 20 to so eve flock size
went to Omar Scheiderer, Union
County, who had a gross return
per brood eve from the sale OF
lambs and wool of $49.33.
Second and third in this class
were Robert R. Bollenbacker, Mer
Ger County, and B. E. Crider, OF
Auglaize County.
The class for 81 to 100 : eve
flocks was won by Wendell Mil
burn and Son, Robert, Highland
County, with a gross return Of
$3783 per brood eve from sale
of lambs and wool. Following Mil
burn in second and third place.
were Dwight Bare of Marion
County and Wayne Jinks of Fa
yette County
Topping the class for flocks o.
101 and more ewes was Rober
P. Wilson, Fayette County, will
a gross return of $37.84 per ew,
exposed from rate of lambs an,
wool, for flock of 265 ewes. Ii
second and third spots were Wal
ter Grener of Franklin County
and Joseph C. Peters of Pickawa,
County.
Any babies or young children
to watch during the spring clean
ing, Are you sure his toys ar
safe to play with alone, Is it pos
sible for him to suck the whistl
of his horn into his lungs? Stuffe,
toys should have eyes of stitche
thread-not pins or other object
he can swallow. If you provide
place for toys you will find
easier to teach your children t
pick up after themselves, thu
eliminating another tripping ha,
, ard.
For baby's bed, buy or fix
blanket with sliding rings that G
around the crib bars and are a
tached to the blanket-baby ca
bounce all over his crib, the blal
) ket still won't come off. It ju.
"floats" when he kicks-baby
in no danger of suffocation or b.
I coming uncovered.
In case of any kind of an acc
s dent-do you have the telephon
numbers of your fire department
e doctor, or emergency number,
D plain view? Check these number
}. now to see if they are correct.
Now remember, ut Takes TW
To Tango" - in music = but "
Only Takes One To Tangle" in q
accident - 500 Let's Take Hee
With Less Speed for Safe Sprir
Cleaning.