CHAPTER VI. 

 HANDLING SHEEP ON THE RANGE. 



There has been a great development of the sheep- 

 raising industry in the Rocky Mountain states during 

 the last ten years. The tariff on wool placed the busi- 

 ness upon a stable basis and at the same time a rapid 

 growth in the call for mutton became apparent. Up to 

 ten years ago the American people could not be said to 

 be a mutton-loving people. 



A Sheep Wagon or Camp on Wheels in Wyoming. 



The sheepmen fostered this interest in mutton by 

 turning attention to the breeds of sheep that were noted 

 for the quality of their mutton, such as Shropshires, 

 Southdowns and those breeds known as mutton or 

 open-wooled sheep. Up to this time wool was the sole 

 object for which they raised sheep, mutton being a side- 



