The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1807-05-19
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e. AlENANDEtA, May =.
driinston Sheep SEsa-ias.-The annual meeting
took place on 1hurfday the Soth Of April The bad
hefs of the day prevented many of the company from
attending nevertheleis the meeting was very ref
peaably attended.
| Ar O'Clock the premium was adjudged to very
tine lamb bred by Johp Scott, eiq Of Straw berry
Vale. in the county of Fairfax. This lamb was bred
from SPaniih fhecp imported from the ntains Of
Andalula his fleece j, of fine and beautiful texture,
and weighed fix pounds and three quarters IA great
weight for the defendant of Spanih iheep)
| Mr.. Curtis has met with every iuccsis he could
with for thus far in his improvements. The presnt
tate Of the weather has prevented his fearing any
of his improved lambs, except III inftance, where
the fleece of fheep, whole weight would not exceed
ten pounds per quarter has produced fix pounds OF
very long and fine wool. Bakewell, the prize ram
of 1905, continues to be the itua ram a, Arlington
ten Of his lambs intended for Smiths Tiland this
fall and will greatly improve the native Reck in the
length of the wool
final! ipecimen of Smiths Hand wool was ex-
hib,ed a, the meeting, and obtained freh celebrity.
AS foon the eafon will admit we fhall endeavor to
obtain an account of the ihearing the Arlington
improved lambs, and tranmt it to readers, feel
ing much Pleaiure in being able to lay before
the public any thing which may intere( the caufe
| OF agriculture or dome0ic manufacture.
The premiums Arlington for the next and fix
fucceedng years. so dollars, FLYER cup of that
value, bearing appropriate INTERRUPTION and
at the will of the fuceefsul candidate alto, thirty
dollars for ten yards of what is commonly called Vir
GINA Cloth, being compoied of cotton alone, and
fPun and wove by native Ameyieans only. The fpe-
cimens are to be fubmitted to judges in the uiual
way.
SIaeriag Of four Lambs sft5e ellington Iwp,.,ed or
Asreriean i 0ry Wooiedbreed Of SbetS.
Agreeable to promife readers, we have
tral -.
| OF the Improved Lambs, with the Ultimate of the
weight of careafe; from which may be formed a
comparative view OF the value of the fleece.
Mr. Vint and Mr.. Young, from the city, both of
whom in the habit of breeding Hheep in Erp-
land, from long experience bef calculated Judge
IN the preent iniance attended on Saturday, at Ar
lington, s. lheared the four Lambs above mentioned
whole fleece aad weight were follows:
/. AN eve OF one year old, carcalc eliminated fe-
ven pounds per quarter. Fleece feven pounds
Length OF wool nine inches.
2. a Ram Lamb of one year old carcafe ten pounds
per quarter. Fleece ieven and half pounds Length
nine inches.
3. Ram Lamb of one year old. carcafe l pounds
per quarter. Fleece feven pounds and quarter
Length nine inches.
4. An Eve Lamb of one year old. Careafe eight
pounds per quarter. Fleece five pounds and three
quarters. Length eight inches
The Lambs were all bred from Bakewell the
prize Ram of lso6, and cro1ed upon the laft i'm
prOvementS.
IRELAND.
Balirgfoe fair.-our lste Oaober fair was the
iargeG known for fome years pa0, and the improve
ment of this great fhew both in numbers and quality
of ock, exceeded every thing that could have been
expected. The attendance dinner, at the new
rooms, was more numerous and conlant than before,
which added much to the utility of this fine national
tcene ieldom 70 little hundred members dined
together each day, and forty members were pro.
poied, which, their election will make this dilin-
guiihed ociety full nine hundred firong An evident
change Of opinion has taken place in the old light
breeders, of their hiring thorough bred rams
and bulls of the new light than ever.-AsrLEY, of
Leiceerhire, left twenty three ,ups hofe old light
graziers, who clearly deirous to ihut their
eyes any longer aganit the THE fales at the
fair itand thus the toll book:
iheep, 1898 fold
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