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AGRICULTURE 



The fine-wool breeds. These include several breeds 

 of Merinos (Fig. 199). Merinos are most valuable for the 



FIG. 199. A MKRINO 



production of wool, but are not the best for mutton. The 

 wool is much greater in amount and contains more grease 

 than that of other breeds. 



EXERCISE. Write in your notebook the month in which shearing 

 is done, asking older persons if you do not know. If any member of 

 the class has seen sheep sheared by machinery, he should be prepared 

 to tell how it was done. If there is a flock of sheep near you, watch 

 them while grazing and notice the weeds that they consume which 

 other live-stock would not eat. 



