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demand. April 1, 1909, saw about 42,293,205 sheep 

 shorn, aceo-rding to statistics of the National Asso- 

 ciation of Wool Manufacturers. In five years there 

 has been an increase of about 4,000,000 sheep. 

 Doubtless the hard winter of 1909-10, with the sub- 

 sequent poor lambing, cut these figures down materi- 

 ally. It is notable, however, that there has been a 

 great deal of restocking of eastern farms by sheep 

 brought from the ranges. In the main, the results 

 secured have been good, yet the high prices for grain 

 have caused such a general plowing up of pastures 

 that the movement to restock the East with sheep 

 has been a very noticeable one, except in particular 

 regions like parts of Kentucky, Tennessee and the 

 Virginias, where early lambs are grown in consider- 

 able numbers. 



.'if The National Association of Wool Manufacturers 

 supplies the following figures : Montana, 5,000,000 ; 

 Wyoming, 4,800,000 ; New Mexico, 3,200,000 ; Idaho, 

 2,800,000; Ohio, 2,500,000; Utah, 2,200,000; Oregon, 

 1,850,000; California, 1,900,000; Texas, 1,325,000; 

 Colorado, 1,450,000; Michigan, 1,500,000; Pennsyl- 

 vania, 1,000,000; New York, 825,000; Washington, 

 450,000 ; Nevada, 875,000 ; Arizona, 825,000 ; Indiana, 

 850,000; North Dakota, 650,000; Iowa, 700,000; Mis- 

 souri, 873,000 ; Wisconsin, 850,000 ; Illinois, 700,000 ; 

 Kentucky, 750,000. All other states each below 600,- 

 000. It will be seen that in comparison with the 

 ranges the states make rather a small showing in 

 the sheep industry, Ohio and Michigan excepted. The 

 fact of free grass upon the western ranges and the 



