COST OK RUNNING STOCK o.\ RANGES 



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TABLE 2 SHOWING GENERAL AND RELATIVE COSTS OF RAISING SHEEP 

 IN THE WESTERN UNITED STATES IN THE FLOCKS INVESTIGATED 

 BY AGENTS OF THE TARIFF BOARD. 



This difference in .the number of men employed is 

 due to several causes. The ranges in the Southwest 

 are somewhat rougher, water and feed scarcer, the labor 



