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Fre. 71. Sheep raising is the only animal industry that is more important in the southern than in 
the northern hemisphere. Australia is the leading sheep-raising region of the world. 
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Fic. 72. Swine will thrive on the cheaper grains and on potatoes, and are found in settled farming 
regions where feed for them is cheap. Compare this map with Figures 39. 45. and 48. 
abundant mutton. The small merino sheep produces the finest wool 
— sometimes 48,000 fibers to a square inch of skin. Other breeds 
have large bodies, but their wool is coarse. For decades sheepraisers 
have been trying to produce breeds that will yield both good wool 
and a large amount of mutton. They have partially succeeded by 
producing animals of a *‘ general-purpose ”’ type. 
Where sheep are raised. Sheep are often more profitable to men 
than are cattle; for they thrive on lands almost worthless for other 
purposes. Thus they can live in rugged regions like our own Rocky 
Mountains, or Switzerland, Turkey, and New Zealand. Such rough 
lands are thought to be their natural homes.