(;OOD AND POOR MUTTON TYPES 



A valuable leg of mutton can be secured from the ewe at the left, while the one at the right, 

 although costing as much to keep, will yield much less meat. The ewe on the left is of the 

 Southdown l)rcctl, one of the best for the small farm. Photograph from the U. S. Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture. (F'ig. 5.) 



course of events, wool would become 

 dearer in the United States. Early in 

 April, a committee of wool merchants, 

 inspired by ])atriotism, offered to allow 

 the Army to contract for all the wcjolen 

 cloth it wanted at the then ruling' market 

 price. The offer was not accepted; 

 and when, several months later, con- 

 tracts were finally let for woolen ^'oods 

 it was necessary to pay the current 

 price, which had in the meantime 

 advanced 30%. 



The Xavy endeavored to avoid "bull- 

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inj^" the market by contracting; for as 

 much wool as it needed in Austi^alasia, 

 and offcrinj^ to deliver it to American 

 manufactiux-rs, to be turned into cloth 

 at a fair profit. The arrangement 

 seems to have worked well. 



But nothing is likely to prevent fur- 

 ther increase of the cost of wool; and 

 it is noteworthy that clothing manu- 

 facturers are among those who are trying 

 most actively to stimulate sheei)-raising, 

 in some of the middle western States. 

 They reason that if woolens become 



