U. S. DEPARTMENT OF 



BUREAU OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY. 



SPECIAL REPORT 



ON THE 



HISTORY AND PRESENT CONDITION 



OF THE 



SHEEP INDUSTRY -OF THE IITED STATED 



PREPARED UNDER THE DIRECTION OP 



DR. D. E. SALMON, 

 CHIEF OF THE BUREAU OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY, 



BY 



EZRA A. CARMAN, H. A. HEATH, AND JOHN MINTO. 



PUBLISHED BY AUTaK^tr&F JES$ SSK^^fLY OF AGRICULTURE. 



WASHINGTON: 



GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE. 

 1892. 



