700 SHEEP INDUSTRY OF THE UNITED STATES. 



and to dispose of full-blood rams to farmers on reasonable terms. Bet- 

 ter still, Government would find its advantage in establishing a grand 

 breeding park somewhere in the Appalachian region, where every breed 

 of English sheep will thrive. When Government appropriates money 

 to maintain an expensive zoological park, abstract discussion on its 

 right to do as much for the sheep would appear superfluous. The 

 national welfare would be promoted by the increase of an industry 

 which would furnish the people a cheap, healthy, nutritious food, and, 

 incidentally, material for their clothing. 



