Management and feeding of sheep . fication based on use—The classification ofsheep based on use divides them into wool-producing andmutton-producing breeds, and also into breeds which aregrown for the dual purpose of furnishing both wool andmutton. In the United States and Canada sheep arenever grown exclusively for one purpose, though they arefrequently grown with a view to give prominence to woolproduction in the one instance and to mutton productionin the other. In well-managed flocks, the aim now is toproduce a maximum yield of both wool and mutton fromthe breed or grade of sheep that is b
Management and feeding of sheep . fication based on use—The classification ofsheep based on use divides them into wool-producing andmutton-producing breeds, and also into breeds which aregrown for the dual purpose of furnishing both wool andmutton. In the United States and Canada sheep arenever grown exclusively for one purpose, though they arefrequently grown with a view to give prominence to woolproduction in the one instance and to mutton productionin the other. In well-managed flocks, the aim now is toproduce a maximum yield of both wool and mutton fromthe breed or grade of sheep that is being grown. The time was when sheep were grown in the UnitedStates much more for the production of wool than for theproduction of mutton. Wool was the primary objectsought, mutton being the secondary or incidental held down what may be termed the AmericanMerino age of sheep husbandry in the United period covered practically the whole of the nine-teenth century, although during the last quarter of the 33. 34 SHEEP FOR WOOL, MUTTON AND BOTH TJSES 35 century the current had set in toward increased muttonproductioii. During the greater portion of this centuryit has been claimed, and the claim would seem to be cor-rect, that Merinos and their grades constituted fully 95l)er cent of all the sheep grown. On the ranges especiallywere sheep grown mainly for wool, and to further theproduction thus obtained they were kept in manyinstances to a reasonably advanced age, in striking con-trast to the comparatively early age at which such stocksare disposed of at the present time. It would seem cor-rect to say that under no conditions are sheep kept in theUnited States only for the production of wool. This,liowever, has been done doubtless in pastoral countriesbefore the era when the shipping of frozen mutton began. Whether wool or mutton shall be most sought in thegrowing of sheep under American and Canadian condi-tions will be determined chiefly by the conditions u
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