The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1910-06-25

The Southdowns, Shropshire, Hampshire
Downs Oxford Downs, and Dorsets are among
the better-known short-wool sheep. The Dorset
staple Is the shortest
The Cheviot Is the best known among tbs
mountain breeds The Cheviot Is sometimes
called a middle-wool sheep.
The French Deeds best known are the
Choetaise, which carry a good fleece, the Lar
zac short thick-set animal with longfbered
but rather scanty wool, the Berrichome du Gre
van, better known for its heavy milking quail
ties than for wool, and the Manchamp sheep
known as La Channels, which produces most
excellent long and ine-1bered combing wool.
In addition to the domestic sheep introduced
into America by the English Spanish and Portu
guese settlers, South America possesses group
Of wool-bearing 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 9th
er branch is the camel (camelus) Of the Ola
World.
Most authorities agree In dividing the ar
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 te
the coming Of the Spaniards to South America
There Is no reason to doubt that the guanace
and the vicuna might also be brought under sub
lection.
The vicuna Is a smaller animal, about the
size Of the fallow deer. II is found in the high
mountains Of Bolivia, Peru and Ecuador seldom
descending below $4,000 feet Although It may
be tanned, 1t Is to all intents and purposes .
wild animal. It yields an exceedingly fne and
delicate wool of reddish-yellow color. which
Is worth about twice as much as alpaca
The alpaca was the woolproducing animal Of
the Incas. as It is yet Of most Of the people Of
the Andes and the west coast Of South America
1t Is found principally In Peru and Bolivia, but
does not thrive below about 5000 feet.
All Of the South American countries are pro
ducers OF wool from the domestic sheep. and
most OF them are exporters to a greater or less
degree; but the recent development Of the sheep
industry in Argentina. Uruguay, and Chile lends
particular interest to South America as q pur
voyor Of this one Of the worlds staple articles
Of trade.
The annual wool clip Of Argentina for the ses
SON of 1849-50 was 100000 Kilograms 17,600,00o
pounds. This was respectable showing for tho
time and gave Argentina position Of impor
lance in the wool trade. The wool. however, was
coarse grade. most Of II what Is known to the
trade, as Cordova used by worsted spinners fol
carpet yarns. In so years the industry had In
creased thirtyfold 80 that the clip Of the year
1s99-1900 was 239000.000 MISREPRESENTATION 900
pounds. This represented about onefourth Of
the worlds production. The quality Of the wool
meanwhile had improved.
recent census Of the country (1s0S) showA
67.211.7B4 sheep. It IL almost impossible for the
mind to grasp these figures. but some idea Of
their significance can be gained whom Il II stated
that III the animals were assembled In gigan.
tic drove. ~ abreast they would reach across
the continent from New York to San Francisco
This places Argentins second to Australia, which
leads the world with over ss.1Oo,o00, the United
States third. with about Be.000,000 ana Hneland
fourth with about Sgoo0.0o0.
The export Of wool from Argontina To- u
ssar 1875 amounted 70 se4lsaeeo pesa1A