SHEEP FARMING IN AMERICA 



gust and continuing until cold weather. Idaho es- 

 pecially and Utah are noted for their fine lambs. 



THE BLOOD OF THE HERDS. 



The basis of the flocks of this region is Merino, 

 but there has been added a great deal of mutton 

 blood, where the ability of the range to produce fine 

 lambs has been recognized. The Cotswold has 

 worked great changes in Utah and some adjacent 

 territory. Shropshires have been used in many 

 places. Hampshires have been introduced also, and 

 upon good ranges and in the hands of generous men, 

 able to give good care and liberal feeding, they have 

 proved worthy. 



THE DIVISION OF THE RAXGES. 



There is at present a general move upon the part 

 of sheep owners in these mountain regions to get 

 in some way possession of parts of their ranges. 

 They seek ownership of the summer range, or of 

 parts of the fall and spring ranges, and are estab- 

 lishing farms where forage may be cut and stored 

 for winter use. There is a large body of good citi- 

 zens engaged in the sheep industry in these regions 

 and also unfortunately some of the most selfish and 

 degraded of men. A nomadic sheep herd under the 

 management of an ignorant, lawless and irrespon- 

 sible man is a curse to any land over which it travels. 

 It sheds off scab germs to infect other herds so un- 

 fortunate as to follow in its trail, it pollutes streams, 

 devastates young forests and destroys the range by 



