Show thrifty sheep produce more and better W wool 1001 the character of a cheeps fleece Is largely within the control of flock owners says the united states department part ment of agriculture an invest gatlon by the bureau of animal industry Ind indicates lentes that there Is a close relationship lation ship between the thriftiness of sheep and the quality and quantity of wool produced fibers were found to grow fastest and conr coarsest sest in summer and fall and slowest and finest in winter but generally the pe period of greatest wool growth was also associated soc socia ted with a thrifty condition of the animal least wool growth in ewes occurred during lambing time me and the 45 days preceding |