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By fV. H. Lynt
County Agent Prospects for increased profits in the commercial sheep business seem excellent; lamb prices are higher than a year ago, the price of wool is good and holding, costs of good purebred rams are down, and prices of good western ewes are reasonable. Get out, or get in, is for you to decide as you will be the one to reap the profits, or losses, depending on which way the pendulum swings, however right now it appears to me the economics of the sheep business is swinging in the production favor. This year more of our sheep sheared between 6 and 7 pounds of wool than those which produced but five. With wool fetching 58c that is $3.48 - $4.06 per ewe. Ray Snead’s, a new flock of 20, sheared 164 pounds, according to wool pool weights. It is not unreasonable to average IV. lambs marketed per ewe—1/5 pounds of lamb at $25.35 fibres $31.67 or a gross of $35.15 to $35 73 per ewe. With good yearfi„g
selling lor $21.50 th«v| should pay for themselves and their winter feed the first year. Compare this with income from beef cows, if you please. Nottha 1 am advising you to go out of the commercial beef cow enteipme, no, but there are too many farms with commercial cow herds and no sheep. The two go, and do well
T° What about the ram—you say I haveen’t allowed any income tor this cost? Well, a ram is ajej
£.rxrfia yT
they went cheap, mighty cheap, at 'the Eastern Stud R-m &k. Wasn’t there, but was told excel lent Hamp rams fetched but $65.
Manv of us have seen the tail coders at a commercial ram sale
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