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pastures that are overgrown with brush and weeds. 

 In the South and West, where the climate is hot, the 

 Angoras are sheared twice each year, in the spring and 

 fall. In the Northern states they are sheared only in 

 the spring. The mohair is used to make cloth, plush, 

 and carpets. Much of the plush used on upholstered 

 furniture and car seats is made of mohair. The skins, 

 when tanned with the white, silky hair on them, make 

 beautiful rugs and lap robes. 



QUESTIONS 



1. What are the two main classes of sheep? 



2. What are some of the leading breeds of each class? 



3. What are the leading sheep-raising states of the United 

 States? (See Yearbook of Agriculture.) 



4. What products are obtained from sheep? 



5. What products are obtained from goats ? 



6. What are the leading goat-raising states? 



7. Why is the extensive raising of sheep and goats generally 

 confined to rugged sections of a country? 



REFERENCES 



Farmers' Bulletins : 49, Sheep feeding ; 96, Raising sheep for 

 mutton ; 137, Angora goat ; 159, Scab in sheep. 



