. Agriculture, its fundamental principles. Agriculture. 26o AGRICULTURE. Merino Sheep — a Wool Type Grand champion of St. Louis World's Fair, 1904. wool. The sale of a thousand dollars' worth of corn takes about three hundred dollars' worth of fertility from the land, the sale of an equal value of mutton takes about fifty dollars from the land, and of wool only three or four dollars. Breeds. — While all breeds furnish both wool and mut- ton, sheep are usually divided into wool breeds and mutton breeds, according to their chief purpose. Wool Breed. — The best- known wool breed is the Me- rino s
. Agriculture, its fundamental principles. Agriculture. 26o AGRICULTURE. Merino Sheep — a Wool Type Grand champion of St. Louis World's Fair, 1904. wool. The sale of a thousand dollars' worth of corn takes about three hundred dollars' worth of fertility from the land, the sale of an equal value of mutton takes about fifty dollars from the land, and of wool only three or four dollars. Breeds. — While all breeds furnish both wool and mut- ton, sheep are usually divided into wool breeds and mutton breeds, according to their chief purpose. Wool Breed. — The best- known wool breed is the Me- rino sheep. It is a native of Spain, is hardy, well adapted to warm climates, and is the only breed which is not subject to disease when kept in large flocks. The flocks of the southwestern states are de- scended from them. More than half the sheep of the United States are raised in the section west of the one hundredth meridian, known as 'the Range,' where they flourish on native grasses. M u 11011 Bree ds. — The sheep raised in the eastern states are chiefly English mutton breeds. The most hardy and prolific of these and the most popular in the United States are. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Soule, Andrew MacNairn. [from old catalog]; Turpin, Edna Henry Lee, 1867-1952, joint author. Richmond, Atlanta [etc. ] B. F. Johnson publishing company
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