. Elementary agriculture . Fig. 21. A Merino ram. that of any other farm animal except poultry. A few sheep will pay their way and make money for their owner on any farm tliat is not wet and marshy. They will not thrive on low, moist land. Aside from their fleece and mutton, the hones are used for fertilizer. The skins make leather for boots and shoes. The tallow is made into candles, and the skins of the intestines are made into strings for musical instruments. Two Kinds of Sheep. We raise two types of sheep, because those that produce the best wool do not make the best mutton. If a farmer is
. Elementary agriculture . Fig. 21. A Merino ram. that of any other farm animal except poultry. A few sheep will pay their way and make money for their owner on any farm tliat is not wet and marshy. They will not thrive on low, moist land. Aside from their fleece and mutton, the hones are used for fertilizer. The skins make leather for boots and shoes. The tallow is made into candles, and the skins of the intestines are made into strings for musical instruments. Two Kinds of Sheep. We raise two types of sheep, because those that produce the best wool do not make the best mutton. If a farmer is raising sheep for mutton mainly, he keeps a herd of Shrop- shires or Southdowns or some other mutton type. If he is chiefly interested in growing fine wool, he keeps American Merinos or some breed like them. Merinos for Wool. The oldest races of the domes- ticated sheep are probably the Merinos (Fig. 21). They were very likely kept in Palestine in Bible times, and it may be that King David when a lad kept watch over a flock of Merinos. They came to xlmerica from Spain and have been greatly im- proved by American farmers. They are the best
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