The article published elsewhere in this issue in regard to raising sheep on the farm should be read by every farmer in this section. It is an important subject. The author says he has made from $3,000 to $5,000 a year on a 160-acre ranch stocked with sheep, and the profit was made in an irrigated country. It is said it is possible to make this profit when there is plenty of pasturage. In time there should be a great abundance of pasturage in the Bend country. The soil here needs to have humus put into it, and one of the best ways to do that is by planting fields of alfalfa and clover and eventually plowing them under. This method will undoubtedly be followed extensively in this section and will afford much pasture and hay.

Farmers should plan ahead and figure out how best to make their farms pay when that condition exists. The article above referred to gives some good pointers in that line, and Mr. Mullen seems to have solved the question by going into the sheep business. It does not take a great amount of capital and brings quick returns. Hence most farmers will be able to engage in it, at least on a small scale.