. Elementary agriculture . 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 the
. Elementary agriculture . 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
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