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another by Bullard Brothers for ^^1450, and many others brought 

 prices ranging from ^200 to ^400. These high prices were paid by 

 Western ranchmen, who had full faith in the future of the breed. 



The distribution of the Rambouillet is very widely spread. It 

 has been extensively bred in France, Germany, Russia, and other 

 countries of continental Europe and exported heavily to Australia, 

 Argentina, and the United States. In South America there are 

 large flocks of choice breeding. In the United States the 

 Rambouillet is extensively distributed from the Atlantic to the 

 Pacific, but it is found in pure-bred flocks to a notable degree in 

 Ohio, Michigan, Oregon, Washington, California, Wyoming, and 

 Utah, while excellent flocks occur in other states. 



The promotion of Rambouillet sheep in an official way is through 

 the American Rambouillet Sheep Breeders' Association, which 

 was organized in 1899 at Pontiac, Michigan, but which for many 

 years has had its headquarters in Ohio. Volume I of the flock 

 book was published in 1891, since which time, up to 1919, 

 twenty volumes have been published, registering 27,747. sheep. 

 In 1 90 1 the Von Homeyer Association of Rambouillet Sheep 

 was organized in Michigan, registering only sheep of breeding 

 that traced to the Von Homeyer flock. This association, now 

 defunct, issued one small flock book. There was also a Franco- 

 American Merino Association, organized in 1900, in which blood 

 lines combine the Rambouillet and American Merino. There is 

 an Ohio Rambouillet Sheep Breeders' Association, organized to 

 promote the breed, having in 19 19 a membership of about a 

 hundred. 



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