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Table 5. Returns to owner’s labor and management from a 300-ewe milking flock with<br />

different levels <strong>of</strong> milk production<br />

Non-dairy ewes<br />

1/4 _-dairy ewes<br />

1/2_-dairy<br />

ewes<br />

150 lb. milk/ewe<br />

350 lb. milk/ewe<br />

550 lb. milk/ewe<br />

$2,806<br />

$9.35/ewe<br />

$38,806<br />

$129.35/ewe<br />

$74,806<br />

$249.35/ewe<br />

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