A 1912 magazine article describing the U.S. government's experiment station at Laramie, Wyoming, which aims to breed a typical American range sheep suited to the dry Western high plains. It explains why imported breeds such as the Rambouillet deteriorate in the West, covering forage, water scarcity, alkali, climate and effects on wool yield and fleece weight. It also mentions a private Wyoming breeder's gains and the station's prizes at the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition. Illustrated with photographs of sheep and the station.