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"A good skin from a lamb two or three days old with short hair, 

 tight curls and good lustre is worth from #10 to $20 in wholesale lots. 



"Furs with more open curl and less lustre sell for prices ranging 

 from #5 to #10 each. 



"A good fur-producing Karakul ram will produce lambs with 

 just as good fur when bred to a native coarse wool ewe which has 

 no fine wool admixture as when bred to a Karakul ewe free from 

 fine wool. If a Karakul ewe has fine wool besides coarse wool she 

 will not produce as good a skin as a domestic coarse wool ewe would 

 if free from fine wool. 



"Tight pipelike curl and high lustre are what makes the fur 

 valuable. 



"The United States, according to a circular issued by the 

 Department of Agriculture in 191 2, imports $14,000,000 worth of 

 these furs each year. 



"There is a big future in raising Karakul sheep of either variety 

 for breeding stock before any will be slaughtered for fur in this 

 country. 



"If you want a ram for the production of mutton almost any 

 good big Karakul ram will prove satisfactory and you will find your 

 lambs to be strong, vigorous, good rustlers and quick maturing 

 besides producing Astrakhan fur. 



"If you want a ram for the production of fur it is safest to buy 

 only a tested ram who has produced progeny with the tight curled 

 fur of Persian Lamb grade as shown by the accompanying illus- 

 trations. 



"It is important that the native ewes used for crossing be free 

 from fine under wool, and be the coarse wool class, such as Navajos, 

 Mexican Hairy, Corientes, Persian Fat-Rumps, Black Faced 

 Highlands, Lincolns or Cotswolds. 



"It has been found that inbreeding is detrimental to the pro- 

 duction of fur. 



"As Wool Producers : 



"Up to a few years ago, few Karakul breeders paid any attention 



