. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. Washington, D. C. November 13, 1915 FEATURES OF THE SHEEP INDUSTRIES OF UNITED STATES, NEW ZEALAND, AND AUSTRALIA COMPARED. By F. R. Marshall, Senior Animal Husbandman in Sheep and Goat Investigations, Animal Husbandry Division. CONTENTS. Introduction 1 General conditions in New Zealand's sheep husbandry 2 General conditions of sheep husbandry in Australia 4 Tenure of pastoral lands 6 Flock management 8 Breeds and types of sheep in Australia 9 Breeds and types in New Zealand 17 Shearing and wool classing 21 Page. Expen
. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. Washington, D. C. November 13, 1915 FEATURES OF THE SHEEP INDUSTRIES OF UNITED STATES, NEW ZEALAND, AND AUSTRALIA COMPARED. By F. R. Marshall, Senior Animal Husbandman in Sheep and Goat Investigations, Animal Husbandry Division. CONTENTS. Introduction 1 General conditions in New Zealand's sheep husbandry 2 General conditions of sheep husbandry in Australia 4 Tenure of pastoral lands 6 Flock management 8 Breeds and types of sheep in Australia 9 Breeds and types in New Zealand 17 Shearing and wool classing 21 Page. Expense o fpreparing wool for market 28 Selling graded or classed wools in the United States 29 Cooperative shearing sheds in New 31 Education of wool growers and their em- ployees 31 Sheep raisers' organizations 33 Probable extent of future importations of mutton and wool from Australasia 34 INTRODUCTION. In July, 1914, funds became available to the Animal Husbandry Division to be used " for the importation of Corriedale and other promising breeds of sheep for breeding ; In August, 1914, the writer reached New Zealand to study the breeds of sheep in that country, and later spent six weeks in Australia visiting sheep sta- tions, shearing sheds, wool markets, and officials of agricultural de- partments conducting experimental and educational work relating to sheep raising. As a result of these observations and study, it was decided to use the funds available for the purchase of a foundation flock of Corriedales, and 53 ewes and 10 rams of that breed reached the Federal quarantine station at San Francisco on December 31, L93 I. The adaptability of these sheep and their offspring to condi- tions in the Rocky Mountain States will be tested and reported in the future. The history and characteristics of Corriedale sheep are dis- ed later on in this bulletin. 6880°—Bull. 818—10 1. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that ma
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