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Region 2, Oregons. This region is noted for producing 

 a uniformly high type of fine-wooled sheep. Ewes are 

 heavy shearers and are raised for breeders, being sold as 

 yearlings to Western flock owners. They make excellent 

 ewes to cross with coarse-wooled ^ or Down rams. Not 

 many of the lambs from these sheep reach our Eastern 

 markets fat, for they are shipped so far that the heavy 

 shrinkage makes them feeders, though exceedingly good 

 ones, by the time they reach the East. 



Region 3, Idahos. This region produces a very fine fat 

 lamb that is the first to reach the markets, shipments be- 

 ginning in July. Lambs show a high per cent of Down 

 blood, with dark faces, quite smooth pelts, and medium 

 bone ; and they bring high prices, for they are known on 

 the market as " high dressers." They weigh from sixty to 

 seventy-five pounds. 



Region 4, Montanas. This region produces a type of 

 sheep showing both fine- and coarse-wooled breeding, with 

 white faces, and in some cases quite heavy pelts and bone. 

 They make better yearlings and wethers than lambs, for they 

 have large frames and do not reach the market fat. They 

 have quite a feeder demand, and are marketed from Sep- 

 tember to November. The lambs are from five to seven 

 months old when marketed, and weigh from fifty to seventy 

 pounds, wethers weighing from one hundred to one hundred 

 and ten pounds. 



Region 5, Dakotas. This region is going out of the 

 sheep business, but at present produces a high-bred Down, 

 with a black face, smooth pelt, and medium bone and wool. 

 These sheep reach the market in October and November, 

 but are not fat, hence go as feeders. 



1 " Coarse-wooled " refers to the Cotswolds, Lincolns, and others, 



