The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1910-06-23

r, Southdowns, Shropshire, fiaihpshi'
,,o,,s oxford Downs, and Dorsets are aihons
the betterknown shor'"'o'
staple is the shortest - o,o tho
.a,n breeds The Cheviot Is sometimes
called n mddle-wool sheep' -,
NJ 1rench Deeds best known are the
c,boletaise. which carry good heece' 'he La
FAC. short thck-set amman WIN ione ~ 60
hut rather scanty wool, the Berrichome du gre
non hotter known for its heavy milking quar-
49,, tbor for wool, and the Manchamp sheep
known as La Chamois when PRODUCES mus
evcelIent long and nne-fbered combing wool
In addition to the domestic sheep introduced
into America by the English, Spanish ana ror'u
euese settlers South America possesses group
NJ Woodworking animals which are native to the
country This group, the auchenia Is one OF the
two branches into which the existing genera OF
the family of the camelidae is divided. The oth
or branch is the camel (camelus) OF the oio
World
Most authorities agree in dividing the au
chenia into four species, the guanaco, the vicuna
the llama and the alpaca. The two last named
are NOT known In the wild state, but were do
mesticated by the native Indians long prior 10
the coming of the Spaniards to South America
There Is no reason to doubt that the guanaco
and the yicuna might also be brought under sub
lection.
The vicuna is a smaller animal, about the
size of the fallow deer 1t is found in the high
mountains of Bolivia. Peru and Ecuador, seldom
descending below 1900 feet. Although 1t may
be tanned 1t Is to all intents and purposes
wild animal It yields an exceedingly fine anC
delicate wool of a reddish-yellow color, whcl
is worth about twice as much as alpaca.
The alpaca was the wool-producing animal o
the Incas, as 1t is yet of most of the people o
the Andes and the west coast of South America
1t is found principally in Peru and Bolivia. bu
does not thrive below about 5000 feet
All of the South American countries are pre-
ducers of wool from the domestic sheep, an
most of them are exporters to a greater or les
degree; but the recent development of the shee
industry in Argentina, Uruguay, and Chile lend
a particular interest to South America as pu
yeyor Of this one of the worlds staple article
of trade.
The annual wool clip of Argentina for the Sc
son Of 1S49-50 was 100000 Kilograms 17,6OOOC
pounds This was a respectable showing for IL
time and gave Argentina a position of impo
lance in the wool trade. The wool, however, WI
coarse grade, most of it what is known to IL
trade as Cordova, used by worsted spinners Il
Q carpet yarns. In so years the industry had
/ creased thirtyfold so that the clip Of the ye
1 lS991900 was 100000 kilograms-525S000
i pounds, This represented about onefourth
a the worlds production. The quality of the VIC
meanwhile had improved.
}. recent census of the country G90S) sho'
}, 67.211754 sheep 1t Is almost impossible for [
:. mind TO grasp these figures but some idea
Il their significance can be gained when 1t is stat
r that III the animals were assembled in a gigs
r. tic drove, ~ abreast they would reach acre
II the continent from New York to San Francsc
" This places Argentina second to Australia, viii
IS leads the world with over S3,10O,O0O, the Unit
"a States third, with about 56,00O,000. and Enga
IF fourth, with about 100000.
4. The export of wool from Argentina for
IN year 1908 amounted to 3S6,1S3000 pounds