The northern galaxy. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1844-1848, 1845-07-23

lug oeeH DICu ueTt iOT some time nave De
come fully acclimated, has generally los;
something of lis original fineGess; but Tie Ca
pacity 10 bear larger quantity Of wool has
been evidently increased, accompaniedby i'm
proved hardness and visor of constitution, a
thicker skin, aud adaptedness TO the climate
which leaves nothing in this respect to be de-
sired. The increase IN the weight Of the
fleece has been in some Eases in a greater r;l-
ito than the increase III the weigh OF the car
cass,-lhe wool being both longer in staple,
and more thickly set on the body. Numer-
Gus cases were made known to US by honora-
Bile and yeraciOus men, Of breeding ewes Me-
rnos) rearing lambs every year, having for
several successive seasons yielded from five
and hall 10 SIX pounds Of well washed wool
per fleece; and OF bucks yielding from ten to
twelve, and in one or two instances thirteen
pounds. In most cases we examined the j.
IDENTICAL animals 10 which we allude, and took
from Them samples Of wool, which we San
now show. The flocks which came under
especial notice, were those of ). w. Jewett,
Wightman Chapman,a and Mr.James ofWey-
bridge; Nj. bingham aud 4. l.. Bingham, Of
Cornwall; l.. O. Burchard, Ex-GOv. Jenisou,
l.. C. Rcmelee. NJ. w. c. Wright and John
II. Rich, of Shoreham; Seth Lansdon aud
lac
Smith, OF Bristol; c. B. Cook, Of Charlotte;
Henry ;. Morse, OF Shelburne.
Mr.. Rich's flock consists mostly of the Ne
rino stock purchased by his father, the late
Hon. Charles Rich, Of Andrew Cock, late Of
Flushing, Long-Isldnd. They have short
legs, compact bodies, and heavy 1eeces, tho
not as fine in staple as some Mernos. Ola
lot of one hundred and forty-sevcn ewes which
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FIVE gave fraction over five pounds per fleece,
ON the average. Mr.. Rich has for the last
two seasons been breeding from Il buck bred
by the Hon. William Jeryis. This buck, call
ed Consul, now owned by MIR. Rich, is the
size Of Mr.. Jewett's famous buck FOrtsns.-
Consul is buck Of great VALUES ter years
old, yet he sheared last year ten pounds of
washed wool, of excellent quality for Meriuo.
Old as he is, his fleece is still well set, and
we presume will not this year fall much, if any,
short of lis former weight
Mr.. Jewetl's flock consists Of descendants
from the imported merinos Of Alessrs. Hum
phrey, Jarvis, D'Wolf, Cuff and Cock, with
some purchased of William Davies, Esq, Of
Pouehkeepsie. The buck Fortune was the
produce of Il eve Of the Cock stock, by the
buck of Mr.. Jarvis breeding before mention
ed. He isalarge bodied. short legged sheep,
carrying an enormous fleece of about medi-
um quality. His average fleece has been E.
leven and half pounds. He issn now sly
years old. The lambs of his get are large,
well formed and strong. When we were
there, two hundred and tweniy-sevcn of Mr..
is ewes had lambed, aud lie had two hun
dred and twenty-five lambs alive and we'll
The lambs of the other two ewes were yeah
ed dead-so that every lamb was saved that
was born alive. The loss from Mr. JeweIts
flock of six hundred and forty three. was on
ly two, from Nov. ! TO May l. Mr.. J. has
many good ewes.
Mr.. Wright and Mr.. Rcmelee have some
first rate sheep. We can hardly avoid par
ticular reference to two Of Mr.. Remedies
ewes, which he purchased Of Mr.. Jarvis
With the exception of trine more length of
leg than we should wish. they are in fleece
and carcass about all that could be desired in
Merino sheep. Ohe of them especially, is
almost model of excellence. Their wool is
beautiful. as all will admit ho will examine
the samples we took. The fleece OF one, last
year, weighed six pounds and IN ounce, and
the other six pounds. Each reared a lamb
one Of which. by Mr.. Wright's buck BLACK
Hawk" now has IA larib, and though but lit
tic more than a year old. will give, we should
think. six pounds of nice wool. The old
ewes have also fine lambs this season.
Mr.. Bun chard has heretofore bred The Sax !
ons. and many of his flock now show the I
characteristics Of that variety. lie has. how !
ever. been latferly inlusing INTO the flock the |
blood of the heavier neeced and stronger con /
stituiioned Merino. He has some very pretty |
stock-some of his bucks are i'll all respects /
good samples of the finer wooded class Of .
sheep.
We happened 10 call at Mr.. A. /. Bling
hams farm in his absence. and consequently
had not the opportunity Of seeing his buck
called Vermont Hero, which is own brother
to Fortune. He is represented to he Il re-
markable animal, and we regretted not heing
abe to find him. In The flock of Merrill Bling
ham, there are many large, well shaped heavy
Aeeced sheep. Seeing them in large fields
only, we could not examine them so parlcu
larry as if they had been in yards. lie and
his brother, A. l.. Bingham, have lately Pur-
chased of the Shakers flock Of very heavy
Merno ewes. Mr.. Chapman has some good
sheep from ewes having considerable Saxon
blood crossed with Fortune. Mr.. Laugdou
has also very good sheep. A yearing ram
of his, from 4 eve Of Mr.. Atwood's stock, Of
Liichfield county, CT, is very superior. Mr.
Cook las severa. ewes also from Mr.. At
woods stock. which are very good. Mr..
Squires has large flock. Many of his ewes
strongly show the Saxon blood. He owns
the bnck called Don Pedro. formerly owned
By Mr.. Jcweit. Though this buck is declared
to be full blood Merino. descended directly
from the importation of Col. Humphrey,
(which BY the way we see no good reason for
disputine.) we do not hesitate 10 say his wool
is too coarse-cuarser ihsn should he encOur-
aged for Mcrino. The quantity of wool he
has yielded, however. is unprecedented. He
is seven years old, and when we saw him had
been sheared six iimes-ibe fleece OF the
present year not having been shorn- The ag
gregate weight is sixty seven pounds and one
ounce Calling the weight Of his fleece this
year equal to that Of the last, IL lbs. ozs-,
aud il will not vary much from it.) the whole
quantity Of wool yielded by this buck in sew
en- years, would amount TO seveniy-nine lbs.
and seven ounces To do the animal justice,
we are bound to say thai he has great vigOi
of constitution, and the most perfect symc-