Excerpt from Self Culture, Vol. 5 Of the sheep on farms in 1890, or per cent, were reported as merino, fine wool (one half to full blood), and or per cent. As English breeds, long or medium wool (one half to full blood), leaving or per cent. Enumerated under the category all other. Massachusetts was the only state having a majority of its sheep mainly of English blood. Vermont had the highest percentage of full blooded and graded sheep. The percent age of lambs sold is highest in states convenient to the Chief centres of popu lation, New Jersey standing at the head with per cent. In Texas, on the other hand only one out of seventeen was sold for consumption, while in Ari zona there was practically no sale of lambs for market. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.