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FIG. 92.— Over 60 per cent of the sheep and lambs a^f »" t^,%^ft^;^".^"\^,.^'J,^d 

 United States, largely because sheep can graze on more and lands than f, ^ «J^'^ Lf^'^ 

 of domesticated animal, and also are le^s subject to disease in f^^ * ;»" i° ^^^^^^^^^^ 

 climates. The dense spots shown in the West are owing J" P"t to the d^^' .^^ ^num' ra 

 tion January 1, when many sheep are l)eing fed in the irrigated distiuts ano in 

 pkrt of the «uimeration of sheep 'in that county in ,«;>»c^^t'r,,,S;^'L*i';,/:;';i' r,Vr the 

 though the bands of sheep be roaming over distant destn-ts The follow mg ^u>^^^^^^ 

 •larnfl sheen mav Taze on the alpine meadows of the national forehts an iitiiuiu'«i m ' rj* 

 o? more away The dense centers in the East, however, represent sheep on farms within 

 the counties indicated. 

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