The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1910-06-16

hp SOuthdONnS, shropshire ttaulpSHEe
Downs. oxford Downs, and Dorsets are among
tho bettcr-known shortwool sheep Ihe Dorset
staple IS the shortest
The Cheviot is the best known among tho
maintain breeds The Cheyiot is sometimes
called q middlewoo sheep.
The French Deeds best known are the
Choletaisc which carry q good fleece. the Lar.
FAC. n short thick.set animal with long.Rbered
but rather scanty wool. the Ecrrichomc du Gre
van, better known for its heavy milking quail.
ties than for wool, and the Manchamp sheep
known as La Chamois which produces n most
excellent long and fne-fbered combing wool
In addition to the domestic sheep introduced
into America by the English. Spanish and Portu
guese settlers South America possesses a group
Of woCbcarng animals which are native to the
country This group, the auchenin is one OF the
two branches into which the existing genera Of
the family OF the camelidae is divided. The 9th.
or branch Is the camel (camelus) of the Old
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
mestiCatcd by the native Indians long prior to
the coming OF the Spaniards to South America.
There IS no reason to doubt that the guanaco
and the ycuna might also be brought under sub.
lection.
The vicuna IS smaller animal, about the
size Of the fallow deer. 1t is found in the high
mountains Of Bolivia. Peru and Ecuador, seldom
descending below 10000 feet Although It may
be tanned, It Is to all ntents and purposes q
wild animal 1t yields an exceedingly fine and
delicate wool Of a reddish.yellow color which
Is worth about twice as much as alpaca
The alpaca was the wool.producng animal OF
the lncas. as # 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 arc pro.
ducers OF wool from the domestic sheep, and
most OF them are exporters to q greater or less
degree; but the recent development of the sheen
industry in Argentina, Uruguay and Chile lends
Il particular interest TO South America MS a pur.
veyor of this one of the worlds staple articles
of trade
The annual wool clip Of Argentina for the sen.
son oil lSi9-50 was 5000, 900 Kilograms II GOO mn
pounds. This was respectable showing for tho
time and gave Argentina a position of impor
lance In the wool trade. The wool, however was
coarse grade, most OF 1t what is known to tho
trade as Cordova used by worsted spipners for
carpet yarns. In so years the industry had IN.
creased thirtyfold so that the clip of the wear
lSs9'l90O was 239000,000 kilograms-s:5s 500 000
pounds. This represented about onefourth Of
the worlds production The quality of the wool
meanwhile had improved.
recent census Of the country n9Os) shows
o',2ll,754 sheep. 1t Is almost impossible for the
mind to grasp these figures, but some idea n,
their significance can be gained when II is stated
that III the animals were assembled in a pipan.
tic drove, IL abreast. they would reach across
the continent from New York to San Francisco"
rms places Argentina second to Australia, which
leads the world with over S3,1OO,OOO the United
states thlrd' with about 100000, and England
fourth, with about 35,O0O,OO0
The export of wool from Argentina for tho
year 1908 amounted to 3S6,lS3,OOO pounds.