. Elementary agriculture. Agriculture. SHEEP 35 Where Sheep Live. TIig sheep can live on rough liillsides and mountain cliffs where other domestic animals would starve. They thrive best in cool cli- mates, because of their heavy coats of wool. They re(juire less grain and will eat more kinds of food than the horse or cow. So they are more easily cared for (Fig. 20). The Use of Sheep. A flock of sheep increases very rai)idly, for ewes, or mother sheep, often bear twin. Fic. l!0. .1 <i()o(l animal cats no more but pai/s better. lambs every year. The lambs become full-grown in a few months, an
. Elementary agriculture. Agriculture. SHEEP 35 Where Sheep Live. TIig sheep can live on rough liillsides and mountain cliffs where other domestic animals would starve. They thrive best in cool cli- mates, because of their heavy coats of wool. They re(juire less grain and will eat more kinds of food than the horse or cow. So they are more easily cared for (Fig. 20). The Use of Sheep. A flock of sheep increases very rai)idly, for ewes, or mother sheep, often bear twin. Fic. l!0. .1 <i()o(l animal cats no more but pai/s better. lambs every year. The lambs become full-grown in a few months, and their flesh makes excellent food, while the fleeces make woolen clothes for the people of many lands. When prices of wool are fair, a good ewe will pay her board and keep through the 3'ear with her fleece. The flesh of the sheep is worth about half as much as the wool. If she raises two lambs they are clear gain to the farmer. Sheep have no equal as weed-destroyers, for they eat nearly every weed that grows on the farm. In small numbers they build up and enrich the land, for sheep manure is worth moi'e as a fertilizer than. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Nida, William Lewis. Chicago, A. Flanagan Company
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