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Sheep Projects in the Corn Belt States

University of Missouri

Abstract

Sheep farming in the Corn Belt States offers an unlimited opportunity for extension work. In general the products are not up to market requirements and the possibility of keeping a small flock of sheep on an increased number of farms might be made a profitable project. The inferior quality of Corn Belt lambs is due, in part, to numerous advocates of the policy that farm sheep are kept primarily for ridding a farm of weeds, brush, etc., but to a more pronounced degree to a lack of experience and understanding of the business.

Problems and Methods

The three outstanding problems on this project are: (1) use of inferior rams; (2) the large percentage of lambs that are dropped late and marketed in the fall in competition with fat range lambs. Such lambs must go through the hot summer months when it is the exception if they do not fall off in condition, and they are constantly subjec to the attack of internal parasites;