WHITE HOUSE SHEEP.
President Wilson lias decided to retire 'from the sheep business. The White House flock of 48 prize sheep, which has kept the lawns cut for three .summers, is to be sold. The yield of wool has gone to charity. This year it, went to a the Salvation Army. In 1918 fhe flock produced nine y-cight pounds of wool, which was sold by the Eed Cross throughout the connfry, bringing in more than £IO,OOO. The original flock of eighteen head was obtained from William Woodward, of New York. Mr. Woodward has a farm near Bowie, where it is said George Washington once obtained a herd of deer to stock the grounds at 0 „ Mount Vernon.
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Taihape Daily Times, Volume XII, Issue 3592, 2 October 1920, Page 3
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117WHITE HOUSE SHEEP. Taihape Daily Times, Volume XII, Issue 3592, 2 October 1920, Page 3
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