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Background: A LARGE NUMBER OF SINKIANG FINE-WOOL SHEEP ARE BEING BRED ON THE KUNNUS SHEEPING-BREEDING FAR. THIS FARM IS LOCATED ON THE BANK OF ILI RIVER IN THE NORTH WESTERN PART OF SINKIANG UIGHUR AUTONOMOUS REGION.

SINKIANG FINE-WOOL SHEEP ARE BIG-BODIED, VERY ADAPTABLE AND HAVE A HIGH BREEDING RATE. IT IS ONE OF THE FINEST BREEDS FOUND IN CHINA.

ANOTHER LAMB IS BORN. ONE THIRD OF THE 7,200 EWES ON THE FARM GAVE BIRTH TO TWIN LAMBS OR TRIPLETS THIS SPRING. THE FLEECE OF THE SINKIANG FINE-WOOL SHEEP IS FINE AND LONG AND YIELDS A GOOD QUANTITY OF WOOL. EVERY YEAR, THE FARM CAREFULLY SELECTS SHEEP FOR PASTURES IN VARIOUS AREAS FOR BREEDING PURPOSES.

VETERAN HERDSMAN ABDUALONG, WHO IS OF KAZKH NATIONALITY HAS BEEN A SHEPHERD FOR MORE THAN 30 YEARS. THE STATE HAS GIVEN HIM THE FINEST SHEEP TO CARRY OUT BREEDING EXPERIMENTS WITH.