. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. OCTOBER 28 1905, CUe gJrct'Ocr auo gjpartsmtm 11 THE SHEEP OUTLOOK. The general outlook for the sheep business is so flattering at the pres- ent time as to almost amount to ex- citement in sheep raising and sheep trading circles, says Twentieth Century Farmer. The effort to acquire flocks for future demands, which seems to impress alike both the novice and ex- perienced flock master, is a feature that promises an expansion in prices. Increased demand for wool invari- ibly creates excitement, and increase! prices for sheep is sure to follow. In addition to the d
. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. OCTOBER 28 1905, CUe gJrct'Ocr auo gjpartsmtm 11 THE SHEEP OUTLOOK. The general outlook for the sheep business is so flattering at the pres- ent time as to almost amount to ex- citement in sheep raising and sheep trading circles, says Twentieth Century Farmer. The effort to acquire flocks for future demands, which seems to impress alike both the novice and ex- perienced flock master, is a feature that promises an expansion in prices. Increased demand for wool invari- ibly creates excitement, and increase! prices for sheep is sure to follow. In addition to the demand and higher prices for wool there is a steadily growing demand in our markets for mutton. This demand is of a character that exerts an influence on the local grain markets and general feed supply. The sheep feeding business has de- veloped into an industry in the grain and hay districts, that is a recog- nized factor in trade, and to an ap- preciable degree directs and controls the production of crops in those dis- tricts. It has been clearly demonstrated [luring the last few months that the mutton demand in our home markets has passed the state of prejudice and that people now regard lamb and mut- iton among the choice food products These prices have been such as to stimulate the trade in choice mutton, and this is first noticed and appre- :iated by the professional sheep feeder, ind his demands for choice lambs and sheep for the feed yard soon reach the jsheep raiser, who discovers his inabil- ity to supply this demand. This lat- ter condition has been brought about by the demand from among the new recruits in flock enterprise who are making heavy draughts upon the es- tablished flocks for foundation stock to start on. It is also reported from the market enters that the demand for mutton is so strong as to take a quality of lambs and sheep that formerly found their way to the feeder division. This ab- sorption of the feeder classes of sheep tor immediate mutton supply me
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