One Thousand Ways to Make a Living; or, An Encyclopædia of Plans to Make Money

by Harold Morse Dunphy

PLAN No. 607. SHEEP ON SUMMER FALLOW

Here is what one farmer accomplished:

“On September 1, 1913, I owned 123 head of sheep worth approximately $613. During the following year I fed them $50 worth of feed and pastured them on summer fallow. I figure they saved me $150 worth of labor in eating off the weeds. During the year I sold $375 worth of sheep and $125.80 worth of wool, and at the end of the year I still had 135 head worth $675. I therefore figure my net profit, exclusive of labor, $660.80. I cannot understand why more farmers do not run sheep on their summer fallow.”