BREEDS OF SHEEP. 



865 



of sheep was greatly neglected ; and it is mainly within the present 

 generation that it has assumed proportions that will bear favorable 

 comparison with this branch of industry in any part of the world. 



Fig. 1152— Romney Marsh Ram. 



Fig. 1153. — Leicester Ram. 



In the past quarter of a century the number of sheep in the 

 United States has more than doubled, being now about 50,000,000. 

 Within the same period the number of pounds of wool produced has 

 more than quadrupled, being at present, as nearly as may be esti- 



