36 PROBLEMS IN THE IMPROVEMENT OF SHEEP 



QUESTIONS 



1. Enumerate the problems that have been involved in the improvement 



of sheep and indicate which pertained to the products yielded by 

 sheep; which to the sheep themselves. 



2. What are the important problems in breeding at the present time in 



the United States? 



3. Show how breeding problems have changed in the United States. 



4. Why would you expect British breeders to excel American breeders 



in mutton improvement? 



5. Why did breeders in Australia first give attention to the improvement 



of wool rather than mutton? 



6. When does high degree of prolificacy become a breeding problem ? Early 



maturity ? 



