Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1808-04-02
Address oE Nix. Casts,
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bred wsta great reference - TIC slaaiASts 81
is, &c possible to leave an exceptions 10 the ger
neral Introduction OF sfeir aseees from saae
ssseagine. of lass May, will be seen the ee,a-
pxTsssye Tisa of aseee, and Carcase, IN which
tise OF vxooa was Seve,s pounds aud tie
carcase sssr qaas4er about atae szilae' lac
Z length vf vecol MAS also estimated by mea-
sarerent Al nine inches,
Ths Persian, frsni whence this Stock was
oeiosaaslv Derived, carried a wool OF great
leagth, hsas scaarse, yst possessed high sornl
ss,s GOOD constitution, Upon this long wool
am. sssod Eorsa, I engraiied the fine and thick
wool ct Baksweil my capital premium ram
of 1895. and have in variably bred him upon
his descendants so the present day, thus IN
great measure following the doctrines nitro
dscea and pf4ctised at Bish3ey. Previous to
tie institution OF the premiums IN 1893, had
20 far succeeded IN the improvement OF my
Own domestic stock, as to produce very ca
pital RAM. at the shea1iag OF ApHi' isoo,
wnose wool measured Il inches Oh sse back,
and wssase heightn and size were also very
great. Tlis capital sheep IS called Mount-
8 Vernon, and has been transferred TO the Waite
House in the county of New Kent, where ms
long wcolied race will hereafter be approved
by tups of finer quality in the heece, per-
hans started rather new system, In COM
Taeaciae with the long though coarse wool,
but I have found If attended with the happiest
effects, and tnay venture to recommend 1t as
the more speedy and certain method OF breed
ing 6ne long woolled sheep MY Arlington
& improved, derived from the same cause, have
lost nothing In the hneness OF their wool, hy
being originally derived from ancestors whose
fleece. was less fine: On the contrary unless
race SO desirable as theirs could 90 mad at once,
IbeIieye the best method would be to rear
tslenlupoa thesfoundationof coarse long Woolled
sheep We know that nature IN this climate
yearly ameliorates the staple OF wool, as may
be seen in the native sheep of Smiths Island,
which will be spoken Of hereafter. 1t we
were to breed from fine yet short Woo!led
sheep alone, very many causes must neces-
sarily occur, before the staple could be length
ened, and the quality at the same time re-
tanned, hut In founding your stock upon long
woolled, you at once possess the material
q1isity of length and may improve IN tne-
ness. A very superior tap, OF my early
improvements, in the Persian race. is now IN
possession of William H, Foote, Esquire, OF
Havheld he is hornless Or polied, which Is
rather an advantage, FOR the horns are supPos.
ed to weaken from the sustenance they re
s ouire of the body, and are of no utility what.
eyer. Descended from this tup is the very
superior animal OF his race called Mount-Ver-
non, now in the county OF New Kent, and CO.
temporary with these are the tne breeding
ewes at Arlington, of the first class, which
have been improved by the cross and subse-
quent continuation of Blackwell the prize ram
of 1905, and whose offspring form the Ar
lington improved or American long woolied
,heep-a race which offer to public inspec-
ton for the benefit of my country. A series
of specime ms of the Wool, comprising the I'M
provements from the Persian IN 1903, to the
present date, duly arranged in regular graea-
ton, may be seen by application to the Agrl-
cultural Society of Philadelphia, and In pos
session of Dr. Mease of Philadelphia, may be
seen an Arlington improved eve OF the hrst
quality-To the southwark may be seen III
possession of John LIE Messurler, esq. OF Pc
tersbargh a tup of the same quality, and I'M
provement as the eve Just mentioned, ana at
the White House in New Kent, the race OF
Mount Vernon, will, trust excite the PuDiic
energy In the cause of Domestic Manulac-
lures. The reason why the improved sneeP
have not been offered for sale ere this, is from
fearof their not falling into hands which would
preserve THEN quality, and duly estimate
their value, and because the public sentiment
was as yet not sufficiently warm, IN the cause
of the Woollen Manufacture, and sunlclent
public spirit not yet manifested TO warrant The
measure.
But recent events have awakened the peo-
pie of the S. to due sense Other inter-
nalsituation, and imperiousiy called forth the
latent energies of the state. 1.-THE same pub
lie spirit, exists In the internal policy OF our
country, as that which has been manifested on
the infringement of our rights,the happlest Ell
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