, 1906-11-01
SEVEN SHEEP
FOR STATION
FIRST SHIPMENT RECEIVED FOR
EXPERIMENTS IN PRODUCING
IDEAL RANGE ANIMALS.
Came from Washington, Where They
Were Purchased by prof. Bell of
Bureau of Animal Industry and
Prof. Morton of Wyoming Expert
ment Station-Separate Tests.

Prof. B. c. Buffum, director of the
experiment station, this morning re-
ceived seven sheep sen here from Ia
coma, Wash, and to be used in the
range sheep breeding tests provided
for by the general government. The
seven animals received are ewes, large
and bony, and were bought by Prof.
G. M. Morton of the station and Hon.
G. Arthur Bell of the bureau of animal
industry at Washington.
Given Range Treatment.
The ewes will be taken first to the
station, where they will be allowed to
recover from the fatigues of the long
journey, when they will be sent to the
King ranges and run with the. herds
of sheep there, being bred to Rambouil-
lett breeding, but not full blooded.
They were selected for their size and
wool, and will be used in an effort to-
find the best range sheep for the condi-
lions in Wyoming as to wool product
and size and quality of mutton.
Joint.E>r- nts.
The experiment - joint work of
the bureau of animal industry and the
wyoming experiment station, a spec
ial fund of So 900 for the purpose hay
ing been set aside by the bureau. The
department Of agriculture is carrying
on a series of stock breeding expert
ments, horses being the feature at the
Colorado agricultural college, poultry
in Rhode Island, goats elsewhere and
other domestic animals at different
stations. Cattle tests are being made
largely abroad.
A Peculiar Fact.
Prof. Morton and Mr.. Bell have
visited a large number of places in
the west, but So far have made but
three purchases. These include the
seven received this morning from
Washington, eight head bought at
Sheridan, Wyo., and nine head in Ida
no. They are o at or near Pendle-
ton, Ore. 1t is somewhat singular that
in Montana, the leading sheep state in
the union, they were unable to find a
single animal they desired. The breed
ers of that state are paying no atten-
ton to scientific breeding, looking to
numbers of animals more than to quail
ity or to increase the product of wool
per animal.
Adams Fund Experiments.
The experiments under the Adams
fund will be different from this range
sheep experiment. In the latter the
bureau and the station are working to
produce an ideal range sheep for Wy
oming, combining heavy clips with
large mutton. In the Adams expert
ments the station is working to pro-
duce fine wool sheep without regard to
increasing the clip at the expense OF
the breed Individuals in this collec-
ton will include all the best breeds
from Great Britain, Australia n 9TH
er of the earth.
Coming With Imported Sheep.
F. H. Neal of Lucan, Ontario, has
now in transit a lot of sheep imported
by him from England for this station.
These include a buck and three ewes
from seven or eight breeds, and there
Will De lOUS from Cdudud anu lue UNIV
ed States, giving the Wyoming station
the benefit of specimens of some of
the leading breeds in the world upon
which to carry on the experiments.
Some Kerry sheep are coming from
England for experimental purposes,
and there will be Persians, a breed Of
shep which has not changed its char
acteristics for three thousand years.
PolIed Hereford Breeding.
Prof. Buffum yesterday shipped to
the Carey brothers, at Careyhurst, the
stations 14-months-old polled Hereford
bull, Mutation II, which will be used
on the Careyhurst ranches under a
two years contract for breeding pur-
poses, one-fourth of the product to
become the property of the station
here. The bull will be bred to forty
or fifty registered polled Herefords OF
the C%areyhurst herds.