Uncle Sam experimenting with Karakul sheep, Washington, D.C. Oct. 16. With today's fashions popularizing three types of fur, all coming from the same source--Karakul sheep --The U.S. Department of Agriculture is conducting breeding experiments at the Beltsville, MD., experiment station which may mea
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