The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1910-06-18

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 the
mountain breeds The Cheviot is sometimes
called middle-wool sheep.
The French Deeds best known are the
Che etaise which carry a good fleece, the Lar
zac a short thick-set animal with long fbered
but rather sCanty wool, the Berrchome du Gre
van, better known for it's heavy milking quail.
ties than for wool, and the Manchamp sheep
known as La Chamois, which produces a most
excellent long and fne-fbered combing wool
In addition to the domestic sheep introduced
into America by the English, Spanish and PoItu.
guese settlers South America possesses group
of woobearing 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 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
INVESTIGATED 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 vicuna 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 1900 feet Although 1t may
be tanned. 1t Is to all intents and purposes a
wild animal, 1t yields an exceedingly fine and
delicate wool Of a reddish-yelow color, which
is worth about twice as much as alpaca
The alpaca was the woolproducing animal OF
the Incas. as 1t 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 nro
ducers of wool from the domestic sheep. and
most or them are exporters to a greater or less
degree; but the recent development of the sheen
Industry In Argentina, Uruguay and Chile lends
a particular interest to South America as a mr.
veyor OF this one of the worlds staple articles
of trade
The annual wool clip of Argentina for the sea.
son or lS49-50 was 5000 900 Kilograms = soo oon
pounds. This was respectable showing for the
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 the
trade as Cordoya, used by worsted spinne-s for
carpet yarns. In 90 years the industry had r.,
creased thirtyfod so that the clip of the wear
lS9sl9VO was 23900Q.0O0 kiograms-595 so0 00n
pounds. This represented about one-fourth az
'ne "ot!a production. The quality OF the wool
meanwhile had improved
a recent census Of the country Q9OS) shows
~, ~ 81 sheep II is almost impossible for the
mind TO grasp these figures but some idea ~
lueH sl8nlheance can be gained when It Is stated
that II the animals were assembled in pigan.
NC drove II abreast they would reach across
me continent from New York to San Francisco
ms places Argentina second TO Australia which
leads the world with over s3,lOOOOO, the rnitad
States third with about $4,000 900, and FngIan5
fourth. with about S5,00O00O
me export OF wool from Argentina for tina
year 1878 amounted to SSs,1s3ooQ pounds