SHEEP. 



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excellent is the native pasturage that a sheep frequently yields 

 from eighteen to twenty-five pounds of tallow. But the gov- 

 ernment is so unstable, the native laborers so worthless, and 

 that great pest, the scab, so prevalent and severe that the re- 

 markable natural advantages of the country are more than over- 

 balanced. As proof of the miserable management of the shep- 

 herds, it is sufficient to mention that the actual annual increase 

 of the flocks is only thirty to forty per cent, while the average 

 fleece is only about four pounds of unwashed wool, worth ten to 









COT8WOLD RAM. 

 Property of Beiison, Muule & Co., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 



twelve cents per pound. Sheep are generally let out on shares 

 in Buenos Ayres; the herder has one-fourth or one-third of the 

 clip and actual increase, "finding" himself. The rent of one 

 hundred squares (450 acres) is about two hundred dollars in 

 gold per year, with house and corral furnished. 



Mexico offers attractions much superior to the above. Good 

 grazing land can be had for $500 the league (4,400 acres); and 

 fairly good land can be had at $270 to $300. Twelve to eighteen 



