Show sheep heep raising pretty well spread over globe washington Washingto under turkeys recently announced five year Indu industry plan wool production and manufacture will be among the four major industries encouraged by tile the government it Is natural that the wool industry Is included in the new turkish plan because wool Is one of the worlds basic commodities says a bulletin from the national geographic graphic c so society clety A meeting 0 of f nil the worlds w wool ool growers would reveal a motley g gathering of nil all creeds and colors from Ic elanders to south Ar africans rIcans from canadians to Ar gentines from Sibe siberians rians to InillA indians ns there also would be present natives of many of the islands of tile seas continues the bulletin sheep raising Is pretty well confined to the temperate temp prate zones sheep do not like very cold countries nor do they thrive well in the tropics except at high attitudes altitudes sheep population the worlds sheep population Is more than a quarter as great as the human population the annual world clip of wool Is more than enough to fill one ton trucks australia although a comparative youngster in the wool industry ta Is tho the worlds leading wool producer india and china rare the outstanding sheep countries of asia argentina and uruguay have the heaviest sheep population lu in south america the greatest concentration centen cent ration ion of sit sheep ep h herds ads in africa la Is along the mediterranean coastal zone from gibraltar to tunisia and in south africa every country of europe raises sheep but in nor way sweden and finland there are few flocks scattered ed over wide areas area the U united states with up wards of BO head of sheep Is the only country in north america that has taken to wool growing in what could be called a big bl gway way about four fifths of the sheep in the united states ganze in the mountains and on the plateaus and plains west of the mississippi river As in the case of cotton I 1 lil 1 ans and naturalists natura lists have been stumped by the query when and where was wool first used sheep and wool are mentioned in the hl bf ble find and it Is known tant the artom nna practiced sheep breedl breeding ng some of their prize animals wore jackets to protect the fleece the growth of the wool indus try in the united states has been phenomenal by 1810 just two centuries after the first sheep arrived from england there were sheep grazing over er the settled area of i en eastern stern united states owe much to sheep to sheep many regions of the world owe at least partially their discovery and growth for these ant mals often have been the companions of pioneers JV while hIle in a few remote regions of the united states homespun Is worn factories have almost entirely erased the he home industry from crom this country one of several hundred modern american manufacturing coffil companies milles normally operates 60 10 wool mills that employ workers i wool greatly differs in quality the same breed of sheep in the same country coti may produce different qualities of wool the best wool grows growa on a cheeps shoulders and sides when a sheep Is sheared the leece fleece holds together the whole fleece then Is tied and with other complete fleeces Is placed for ship ment anent in angs containing from to WO BOO pounds each at the factory expert work workmen m en so sort r t the wool some sorting ta tables bles anre covered with wire in netting L eting through which lust dust and other loose foreign matters falls while the sorters tear the fleeces apart in some wool growing crowing countries wool Is washed vii shed before it Is sheared from hie the sheep unwashed fleeces contain grease from the skins skills of the animals after sorting the wool Is scoured hy by passing it through n series of ants of warm soapy wat or prom from the it Is conveyed to crying rooms and thence to tn card fine rooms where it begins the ting |