. Agriculture for beginners. i:m. 198 DOMESTIC ANIMALS 199 should have their flock. Another consideration that maybe urged in favor of sheep raising is that sheep improvethe land on which they are pastured. Sheep are docile, easily handled, live on a greater diversityof food, and require less grain than any other kind of live ■ wm f^y?^ . Y / 7% -^k ^■■-■■?^«?^ ■^ Fig. 180. In the Pasture Stock. In mixed farming there is enough food wasted onalmost every farm to maintain a small flock of may be divided into three classes : I. Fine- Wooled Breeds 1. American Merino. 2. Delaine Merin

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. Agriculture for beginners. i:m. 198 DOMESTIC ANIMALS 199 should have their flock. Another consideration that maybe urged in favor of sheep raising is that sheep improvethe land on which they are pastured. Sheep are docile, easily handled, live on a greater diversityof food, and require less grain than any other kind of live ■ wm f^y?^ . Y / 7% -^k ^■■-■■?^«?^ ■^ Fig. 180. In the Pasture Stock. In mixed farming there is enough food wasted onalmost every farm to maintain a small flock of may be divided into three classes : I. Fine- Wooled Breeds 1. American Merino. 2. Delaine Merino. 3. Rambouillcts. 11. Medium- Wooled Breeds 1. Southdown. 2. 4. Hampshire Down. 5. Oxford Down. 6. Cheviot. III. Long- Wooled Breeds 1. Leicester. 2. Lincoln. 3. Cotswold. Horned Dorset. 200 AGRICULTURE FOR BEGINNERS The first group is grown principally for wool, and muttonis secondary ; in the second, mutton comes first and woolsecond; while in the third both are important considera-tions. Wool is na

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