PRESIDENTS SHEEP
WHITE HOUSE FLOCK TO BE SOLD. WASHINGTON, July 31. President Wilson is to retire from the sheep business. The White House flock of forty-eight 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 to the Salvation Army. In 19IS the flock produced 98 pounds, which was sold by the Red Cross, bringing more than n2,O(K) dollars. The original flock of 18 head was. obtained from William Woodward, of New York, who has a farm near Bowie, Maryland, where it was said to-day George Washington once obtained a herd of deer for the grounds at Mount Vernon.
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Southland Times, Issue 18935, 23 September 1920, Page 5
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114PRESIDENTS SHEEP Southland Times, Issue 18935, 23 September 1920, Page 5
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