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"From that time to the present day the Tunis sheep have 

 multiplied and prospered beyond the most sanguine expectations 

 of their friends. Mr. Guilliams believes they have made a record 

 unexcelled by any breed of sheep on earth. 



"In June, 1894, Mr. Guilliams, with a few breeders, organized 

 the A. T. S. B. Association. 



"In June, 1906, the. first flock book of the association was 

 published with a list of 30 members and 874 sheep recorded and 

 financially clear of all indebtedness with a surplus in the treasury. 



"The Tunis are being successfully bred in almost every state 

 from Maine to California. Mr. Guilliams has all faith in the 

 Tunis sheep and firmly believes they have no superior as a hardy 

 general purpose sheep for wool and mutton." 



PERSIAN SHEEP. 



The Persian seems to warrant a place in the sheep industry of 

 this country. Of them my esteemed friend Dr. W. C. Bailey of 

 California says: "In regard to Persian sheep will say they 

 were imported into this state in 1892. We had about fifteen head 

 then. We distributed some throughout California, and a pair 

 went to the experimental station at Fort Collins, Colorado. Gover- 

 nor John Sparks of Reno, Nevada, also had a pair. C. .Goodnight 

 of Goodnight, Texas, has had several lots. We have found the 

 sheep very valuable for crossing on fine-wooled sheep. The cross 

 produces a cheviot wool and the crossbred lambs are very strong, 

 rapid growers, and make a fine mutton sheep. S.ome of the lambs 

 grow as rapidly as a pound a day for the first three months. I 

 have never seen a hardier sheep. They flock well, so are valuable 

 on the ranges. One California sheep raiser now has about five 

 thousand crossbred animals, and he thinks they are the best he 

 has ever handled. Your friend, Eountree, bought a few of the 

 sheep at the St. Louis show. He also had some muttons tested 

 which were very flattering. We consider the Persian valuable for 

 crossing on fine-wooled sheep to give hardiness, rapid growth, and 

 freedom from disease. 



"We have never had any disease of any kind in our flock. This 

 is rather remarkable, as our sheep have been exposed to scab, and 

 they have never shown any signs of the mite. I should not want 

 to be quoted as saying they would not take scab, but I do know 

 they are very resistant to the mite, and I have never seen a case of 

 scab in Persian sheep. We have a register for the sheep and there 

 are several hundred registered animals scattered throughout the 

 United States." 



At Kansas City the Persian Sheep Breeders' Association or- 

 ganized, just before the St. Louis World's Fair, for the purpose of 

 qualifying breeders to exhibit at that long-to-be-remembered event. 



