Raising Sheep The Modern Way Summary

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Raising Sheep the Modern Way, an informative written by Paula Simmons and copyrighted in 1976, was composed with the intention of providing ignorant small-scale shepherds with useful information to improve profitability from a flock of sheep. The book efficiently provides needed information to a novice shepherd. Yet it is unsuccessful in providing knowledge to an experienced shepherd. However, I did enjoy reading the book because it showed me the drastic differences in sheep breeds from then to now.

I would recommend this book to anyone who has a desire to learn methods and tactics to raising and caring for sheep. In the book Paula Simmons discusses tasks such as tail docking, record keeping, usage of retainers, and what to do during

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