Show SHEEP not as attractive here as in australia of agriculture jut just corn com T investigation result results 4 are published in ass which recent bulletin tl ml by the united states depart am of 0 agriculture macid wd larger docks flocks of sheep are to the full development of agriculture in the middle mij arn states under present sheep raising in this coun rr b lot 4 proved as attractive as a A is and new zealand and in ce the department of agri i recently conducted an LR ini the results of at which have ask published la in bulletin basic principles of the in those countries zealand says this bulletin fag la Is conducted on lines those followed in ig g states aud those in the s in australia tho sheep sd i in the main what would aa america a range apropo with a total land area of core i than the state of wyo its edw zealand has about 2600 vv as against 4 in wyo list average size of the new ck ie to now 1124 and even seven the sheep are in flocks ot 1 tsoo bead head each in wyo size of at the flock Is to head from one to eight t 4 t 1 14 inning leicestes re 0 are maintained in new r land which has hsen j down to artificial grasses haa has been surface sown ying ing this number Is re one half to two sheep or R nd ad valued as high as A has as been profitably kept razing alone and near of t the occupied area Is to old for sheep the imbor us occupied by sheep in Is declared to be evi ovi of profit from devoted to well managed alze of these bocke flocks in in an interest and care cars so frequent in the farm america conditions more near those these in the tho american much of at the australian id d for sheep growing is in devoted to farming and 5 nt 1 la in taking en an active ng this development in D land Is plentiful and jave te much space in ito e Is 1 however Lo wever one ono funds important important difference be na at ement of the range in I 1 in ill tho the united i sheep owner Is permit public domain without the other band hand h he 1 is r of having bis his land lanit ler or persons flocks un 4 10 k A 9 4 wn shearling ewe ewa ve system employed in p thep owner secures lods 8 of time at prices ats its value absolute con tod d he to uses men the e ready to resume the to divide it int into small li the owner is for or whatever improve have made and is to in bitted to retain hie his own tead in the opinion vans the additional aeo 14 behe Derma permanence nence of the e than compensate for 10 to the state in amer t themselves are inclined point int of view as abbe trolling and improving ming ing lands Is believed needed sheep ralla differs from that a biege l in australia not kept collected and under the care of her gerders ders but are fenced into paddocks which vary from to acres in size here they are left to run at will under arao natural condition conditions in many cases they aro tire only rounded up once a year for shearl sh earlar nr even at lambing laai hing time thero there Is little necessity for or attention this plan not only lessens labor a difficult problem in all parta parts of austral australia la but put puts the sheep into better condition than when they am are in charge of even tho the best gerders her dera ders on the other band the fencing of at the sheep run ie is of course ourse an art added expense but this la is considered as lesa less important than the advantage al ready named nama the greatest difference of all however between the american and australian sheep industries Indu la Is probably to be found in the hanging handling ol 01 the after it has been shorn in aus tralle and new zealand the wool al most invariably remains the prope vt tr of the grower until it la is wid suld to the manufacturer under this system the cost of actually shearing the cheep Is only on ly about one halt half of the amount which the grower expends in preparing bis his wool for market lie ile himself divides the clip into various yarI lot and the grading Is done ith uniformity and exactness Over classing however Is avoided in one ono queensland shed two year old were shorn and the clip divided into 11 classes in a new now south wales flock of head composed of ewes owes year ling ewes and und rama rams 28 classes were made but this Is probably an insl ace of despite the expense that this practice involves the australian la in firm ly convinced that ho realizes more for bis his wool by selling it in such a number of distinct lots that the manufacturer can find exactly the kind of at wool he needs tor for a particular part kular fabric and can buy that wool alone an additional advantage ie Is the opportunity anity that this system allows of enabling the grower to determine the profit that he makes from each particular type typo of at cheep and wool |