. Our domestic animals, their habits, intelligence and usefulness;. plains of the Crau they arenever put into sheepcots except at shearingtime. At night they are kept in inclosuresmade with hurdles of willow branches, renewed every second day. The shep-herds stay night and day withtheir flocks in the open air,the dogs keeping watch out-side the hurdles against wildanimals. In the morning eachshepherd takes out his troopand leads it to the pasturageappointed for it. The Merinowas first brought to theUnited States in iSoi, be-tween which date and 1812large numbers, probably asmany as twenty thou
. Our domestic animals, their habits, intelligence and usefulness;. plains of the Crau they arenever put into sheepcots except at shearingtime. At night they are kept in inclosuresmade with hurdles of willow branches, renewed every second day. The shep-herds stay night and day withtheir flocks in the open air,the dogs keeping watch out-side the hurdles against wildanimals. In the morning eachshepherd takes out his troopand leads it to the pasturageappointed for it. The Merinowas first brought to theUnited States in iSoi, be-tween which date and 1812large numbers, probably asmany as twenty thousand,were landed and scatteredchiefly through New England,the Atlantic states, and in these importa-tions were David Humphreys,Minister to Spain; Chancellor Livingston, Min-ister to France ; and William Jarvis, Consul toPortugal. These gentlemen, mindful of the im-portance of the sheep industry in the UnitedStates at the time, which called for wool offine quality and fine fiber, carefully examinedthe sheep in these countries, and, being satisfied. Spanish Sheep THE SHEEP 185 of their adaptability and usefulness here, notonly urged the importance of these animalsbut even brought many specimens with themwhen they returned home. For a great many jears the Merino was ourmost popular sheep, and in the northern sec-tions of the country sheep raising was an im-portant industry even on small farms. TheSpanish Merino has been greatly improvedby American breeders; the type has beenchanged, the wool made longer and finer, andthe carcass improved. Changes have been suf
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