Show H HI I j I QUALITIES OF THE KARAKUL Belongs to Long Wool Family c Fc Which All Broadtail V Descend Descend ls Is Hardy By my C. C C. C YOUNG The Arabi or Karakul sheep ba has it Ib t origin In the he of central Asia and belongs to the 10 Ion wool family from which all ali varieties descend For centuries Ar Ara Am bi bucks have been smuggled M late Afghanistan Persia Turkestan China Palestine Syria Asia sla Minor and antI Eg Egy and ard because of the Ignorance of th tha native who seem to have no conce tion of p proper oper breeding have been bees crossed with native shee sheep of the lon long lone i. i wool wool short and hairy class classed s 5 which In all of at those countries belon belong t to ip the most inferior type of domestic sheep Imaginable Were It not for tor the fact that tha that the Arab strain was as from Crom time tithe to time injected Inject d into t tha native sheep of at the named above coun cou It I I Yearling Full Blood Karakul Ewe tries their sheep Industry today would amount to absolutely nothing As the tha Arabi is essentially ly a desert animal and able to withstand any amount ot of hardship evidently not minding the tM Intense heat In the summer nor the severe severe cold cold In the winter often otten going days das without food and water water- it can readily be seen why the people living In the arid countries countries' of ot central Asia Asli found It advantageous to cross their native sheep with tho the Arab Arabi w which s h Is the heaviest sheep known The batten barten semi mountainous sem country of J Jin in which the Arabi thrives certainly d does e not show much evidence of f grass except here and there th in the email valleys val val val- leys and nature has made it possible for this animal to store In in a short time Ume large quan of fat in its immense ian tail weighing from 25 to 50 pounds upon which it draws for sustenance 1 when necessity demands it and these properties are In a large measure transmitted to th the offspring resulting 1 from crossing the Arabi rabi with the na ni native na- na 1 live tive sheep Orie Ore One has as to eat the mutton of the the but once to realize that Is J has absolutely no taste but possesses a delicious and very appetizing appetizing appe 1 flavor avor Ii |