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MODERN SHEEP: BREEDS AND MANAGEMENT. 



on New Mexico ranges. We can't wind up this talk on different 

 breeds without saying a word or two about greasy-fleeced bucks. 

 It seems to be the custom among the most of our Merino buck 

 breeders to breed a greasy, heavy fleece, and, when they start to 

 a fair with their sheep or anticipate the arrival of a buyer, if the 

 buck hasn't enough natural oil in his fleece they add more or 

 less "standard oil/' as the case requires. 



ADVICE ON SELLING WOOL. 



Now, Mr. Eangeman, when you go into the market for bucks 

 we would advise you to steer clear of bucks that have so much 



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Range Scene in "Lonesome Valley," Arizona. 



natural oil or "standard oil" in their fleece as changes them 

 black. This is in case you are in the sheep business for -all there 

 is in it and sell your wool accordingly, but if you are in the habit 

 of selling your wool to the first buyer who comes along and makes 

 you an offer, and if you believe him when he tells you your wool 

 will scour out 68 per cent dirt, when, in reality, it only scours out 

 63 per cent, why you had better buy the greasiest, heaviest fleeced 

 buck you can find, for pounds of wool is all you want and the 

 more pounds you get into your sacks the richer you will be. 



If you sell your wool to an honest buyer, who will give you 

 somewhere near its real value, or if you are lucky enough to have 

 competition among a number of buyers for it, the buyer is going 

 to buy it on its scoured basis. The buyers will make all kinds of 

 talk about fineness and length of staple, but it is the scoured basis 



