The Ohio farmer . BATEHAN 103S Jrenlech, RJ A LWAYS mention OHIO FARM EHwhen writing to our advertisers* Feb. 1. 1908. THE OHIO FARMER. 3—99 BEFORE YOU BUY AMANURE SPREADER We turned rams with three hundredewes in May. Twenty-five were old,having been in service eight or tenyears. One hundred and fifty wereyoung ewes, one and two years old. Imade the first shipment of lambs forThanksgiving, sending eight. The de-mand was light and with the generalcollapse at that time the returns weredisappointing. They brought but $6each. The next shipment was made atChristmas. They sold at an aver
The Ohio farmer . BATEHAN 103S Jrenlech, RJ A LWAYS mention OHIO FARM EHwhen writing to our advertisers* Feb. 1. 1908. THE OHIO FARMER. 3—99 BEFORE YOU BUY AMANURE SPREADER We turned rams with three hundredewes in May. Twenty-five were old,having been in service eight or tenyears. One hundred and fifty wereyoung ewes, one and two years old. Imade the first shipment of lambs forThanksgiving, sending eight. The de-mand was light and with the generalcollapse at that time the returns weredisappointing. They brought but $6each. The next shipment was made atChristmas. They sold at an averageof $9 each and three shipments since,from which returns have come, sold at$10 each. We had something over 200 lambsby the first of December and 250 byChristmas. The lambs are eating•about three bushels of corn daily, be-sides ensilage, cottonseed meal, somebran, soy beans and clover. Two cowshelp out the old and young ewes. Wedress them at 45 to 50 pounds. A goodlamb will not lose more than 15pounds. We use
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