THE LINCOLN 645 



South America, iii to Australia, 60 to Russia, 16 to Spain, 

 10 to Holland, 4 each to Italy and New Zealand, 3 to Canada, 

 and I to South Africa. During the first nine months of 1916 

 there were exported 1709 rams to Argentina. This gives one 

 an idea of the wide distribution of the breed. In 1908 it was 

 reported that 4000 pure-bred Lincolns were registered in Canada, 

 and mainly in Ontario. In the United States the Lincoln has had 

 a rather modest development. There are good flocks in Ohio and 

 Michigan, but the breed seems to meet with most favor in Oregon, 

 Idaho, and Montana, doing especially well in the Willamette valley 

 in Oregon, where the climatic conditions seem especially favorable. 

 The promotion of Lincoln sheep in an official way first began in 

 1 89 1 with the organization in the United State's of the National 

 Lincoln Sheep Breeders' Association. This organization has pub- 

 lished but few flock books. The Lincoln Long Wool Sheep 

 Breeders' Association, with headquarters in Lincolnshire, England, 

 was organized in 1892. 



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