Ovinely

"Near-synonyms: sheepily, sheepishly, sheepwise"

"On the late December break the top fell to $12.50. That price was regarded as the season's low mark, and quickly reacted upward to $13.25, only to flatten out again to $13.00 on the early January decline, the general trade then emitting signs of again falling below $13.00, of probably dropping to $12.50, and all the while carrying the possibility of descending to $12.00 on a glutted badly distributed run. December was the lowest month of the year 1926; that year, while, with the exception of the fall fed crop, a satisfactory one ovinely speaking, was the lowest since 1921; Colorado lost money on their overweight crop, but native and western springers and the grass rangers were profitable. Having made money on the 1925-26 fed crop the cornbelt bought their heads off both at the market centers and on the range, and having taken on too much weight to the detriment of their pocketbooks and lost thereby, Colorado and Nebraska kept out of the thin lamb market, which was made in a high-handed fashion by the farmer-feeders in the cornbelt. And now having run into the rapids the cornbelt farmer will not be such a keen competitor this fall and the supply of fed lambs will more than likely approach their former sectional distribution. The average price of fat lambs at Chicago for the first month and latter part of 1926 was as follows: Jan. $15.25; Sept. $13.55; Nov. $13.00; Dec. $12.40."