A graphic summary of American agriculture, based largely on the census of 1920 ... . 92 Over 60 per cent of the sheep and lambs are in the western half of the TTnitoii States lareelv because sheep can graze on more arid lands than any other kindof doSipsticated aniial. and also are less subject to disease in arid than in humidplimatps The den;^* -^pots shown in the West are owing in part to the date of enumera-tiran TanuarT 1 when many sheep are being fed in the irrigated districts, and inrart nf the enumeration of sheep in that county in which the owner resides, eventhmiiTh the bands of
A graphic summary of American agriculture, based largely on the census of 1920 ... . 92 Over 60 per cent of the sheep and lambs are in the western half of the TTnitoii States lareelv because sheep can graze on more arid lands than any other kindof doSipsticated aniial. and also are less subject to disease in arid than in humidplimatps The den;^* -^pots shown in the West are owing in part to the date of enumera-tiran TanuarT 1 when many sheep are being fed in the irrigated districts, and inrart nf the enumeration of sheep in that county in which the owner resides, eventhmiiTh the bands of sheep be roaming over distant deserts. The following summer theSme sheep mav srraze on the alpine meadows of the national forests an hundred milesor more away. The dense centers in the East, however, represent sheep on farms withinthe countiesindicated. 486 ? TearbooTe of the Department of Agriculture, Pig. 93.—Over half of the goats in the United States are In Texas—nearly all on theEdwards Plateau. Cattle, sheep, and goats (see Figs. SI and 92) are grazed on thesame land in this district, the cattle pasturing on the grass, the goats browsing theoak scrub and other brush, retarding its adyauce upon the grass land, while the sheepeat the weeds as well as the grass and brush. In the South and in western Oregon thegoats are used in large numbers in clearing up cut-over land. In Texas and Oregon thegoats are mostly Angoras, in Arizona and New Mexico Angoras predominate, but otherbreeds are common, while in the South practically none of the goats are raised fortheir fleece. WOOL AND MOHAIR PRODUCEDVALUE. 1919
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