The spring of 1917 he purchased 500 head. When the grass became too short he turned them into the corn to take care of themselves until November.
His investment of $8,000 through these sheep grew to $17,600. He has about 1,000 sheep and when the ewes have a good milk flow and do well he does not feed, otherwise he gives them oats. He says:
“I believe it is best to use self-feeders, feeding alfalfa-meal, corn chop, corn and kafir, or corn and barley mixed. I tried such a mixture with 100 head and for two days fed alfalfa-meal and corn mixture in the proportion of 2 lbs. of alfalfa for one pound of mixture. The next three or four days I fed half and half. The fifth day there was less meal, and on the sixth day I was feeding two-thirds corn chops and one-third alfalfa-meal. It took fifty-five days to feed them out. I did not keep track of the gains they made, but they did exceedingly well.”
This Kansas man is of the opinion that 1,000 head is all one man should handle since the lambing season takes all his time.
PLAN No. 797. BECOME WEIGHT CLERK FOR U. S. SEE [PLAN No. 217]
PLAN No. 798. WAREHOUSE INVESTIGATORS FOR U. S. SEE [PLAN No. 217]
PLAN No. 799. BECOME WATCHMAN FOR U. S. SEE [PLAN No. 217]
PLAN No. 800. WHAT SHE DID WITH CHICKENS
This lady in Spokane, Washington, kept an accurate account of the cost of her poultry and reports the following average results per year:
| Number of eggs per hen | 105 |
| Price received for eggs | $0.37 |
| Cost of feed per hen | $1.74 |
| Profit per hen from eggs | $1.60 |
| Total profit per hen, including eggs, fries and poultry sold | $2.13 |