QUESTIONS 19 



Pounds 



Greece 16,000,000 



British Canadian Provinces 11,210,000 



Portugal 10,000,000 



Peru 9,420,707 



Mexico 7,000,000 



QUESTIONS 



1. Where were sheep first domesticated? What uses were probably first 



made of sheep? 



2. In what condition was sheep husbandry in Spain when Columbus dis- 



covered America? 



3. How does Spain rank as a sheep country to-day? 



4. How did England and Spain differ in methods of sheep raising? 



5. What was Bakewell's contribution to the sheep industry of Great 



Britain? 



6. What of the importance of sheep raising in North America at the time 



Bakewell lived? 



7. What of the importance of wool growing in new countries? 



8. When did significant expansion of sheep raising in North America take 



place and what were the circumstances that augmented it? 



9. Recount the changes in the distribution of sheep in the United States 



between 1840 and 1910; the changes in the breeding of sheep during 

 that time. 



10. Of what importance was sheep raising in your state at the time it was 



admitted to the Union ? 



11. Compare the sheep industry of Australia with that of New Zealand. 



12. What are the leading sheep countries in South America? 



13. Name the countries which produce the bulk of the world's supply of 



wool. 



14. Where do Australia, New Zealand, and South America market the bulk 



of their mutton and wool ? How far are they from these markets ? 



