Show sheep ra sing in australia the greatest glea test industry of australia Is sheep raising mainly for the sake ot of the wool but also in part ol 01 course tor for the meat australia now ranks second among the great sheep raising countries argentina being first with sheep australia second with 72 and ressia third with 70 a few years ago australia wes was first pas no less than head ot of sheep that was in 1891 prolonged droughts were the cause of the destruction of many millions of aus aral an sheep but since 1902 there has been an annual gain yet these sheep were not indigenous to aus aralia they were first introduced in being of the spanish merino peces |