UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
N; BULLETIN No. 313 
Y, 2 ge Contribution from the Bureau of Animal Industry 
A. D. MELVIN, Chief. 
Washington, D. C. W November 13, 1915 
FEATURES OF THE SHEEP INDUSTRIES OF UNITED 
STATES, NEW ZEALAND, AND AUSTRALIA COMPARED. 
By F. R. MARSHALL, 
Senior Animal Husbandman in Sheep and Goat Investigations, 
Animal Husbandry Division. 
CONTENTS. 
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General conditions in New Zealand’s sheep Selling graded or classed wools in the United 
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General conditions of sheep husbandry in Cooperative shearing sheds in New Zealand. . 31 
AOS EUR NE At SRO ae eee a 4 | Education of wool growers and their em- 
Tenure of pastoral lands..................... 6 DIG VCOS er NIT SE Be CL a ee we ae 31 
Ho cksmlanaremente se 0/68. oe 26. eee o 8 | Sheep raisers’ organizations.............-.-. 33 
Breeds and types of sheep in Australia...... 9 | Probable extent of future importations of 
Breeds and types in New Zealand.........-.. 17 mutton and wool from Australasia........- 34 
Shearing and wool classing.................. 21 
INTRODUCTION. 
In July, 1914, funds became available to the Animal Husbandry 
Division to be used “for the importation of Corriedale and other 
promising breeds of sheep for breeding purposes.” In August, 1914, 
the writer reached New Zealand to study the breeds of sheep in that 
country, and later spent six weeks in Australia visiting sheep sta- 
tions, shearing sheds, wool markets, and officials of agricultural de- 
partments conducting experimental and educational work relating 
to sheep raising. As a result of these observations and study, it was 
decided to use the funds available for the purchase of a foundation 
flock of Corriedales, and 53 ewes and 10 rams of that breed reached 
the Federal quarantine station at San Francisco on December 31, 
1914. The adaptability of these sheep and their offspring to condi- 
tions in the Rocky Mountain States will be tested and reported in the 
future. The history and characteristics of Corriedale sheep are dis- 
cussed later on in this bulletin. 
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