The Sheep Industry

D. A. Spencer, M. C. Hall, C. D. Marsch, J. S. Cotton, C. E. Gibbons, O. C. Stine, O. E. Baker, V. N. Valgren, R. D. Jennings, G. K. Holmes, W. B. Bell and Will C. Barnes

No 402747, USDA Miscellaneous from United States Department of Agriculture

Abstract: [Contents:] World Distribution of Sheep --- Development of the Sheep Industry in the United State --- Improved Types of Sheep --- Sheep Management (Farm Flocks – Range Sheep – Fattening Sheep for Market – Losses Among Sheep [Poisonous Plants – Predatory Animals – Parasitic Diseases] – Cost of Producing Mutton and Wool [Cost of Carrying Range Sheep – Cost of Keeping Farm Flocks – Cost of Fattening Lambs for Market] --- Financing the Sheep Industry --- Marketing Sheep and Wool --- Marketing Sheep and Lambs --- Market Prices of Sheep and Lambs --- Problems in Marketing Sheep and Lambs --- Marketing Wool --- Methods of Marketing Wool in the United States --- Grades of Wool and Their Uses --- Prices of Wool --- Problems in Wool Marketing --- Wool Import Duties --- Outlook for the Industry (World Trend – Trend in the United States – The Outlook for Sheep in the East – The Outlook for the Industry in the West).

Keywords: Agricultural Finance; Farm Management; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; International Relations/Trade; Land Economics/Use; Livestock Production/Industries; Marketing; Production Economics; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 82
Date: 1924
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.402747

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