Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1852-05-20
". r. Farmer.

mine has always been spll at The depot
in Knderhook since It's establishment.
Those sales have all been made IN tie
winter. In 1913, it sold for forty cents.
aud for the three last years for forty
seven showing that there has been no
variation in the price of such wool
and | see 10y reference Ia my bills, that
the asserting has been very UNIFORM
The prices of low aud medium wool has
been more iluciuating, and understand
that such woods are now dull, and that
the prospect for another year is not flat
terlng.
As my object in writing this, is to
induce wOol-growers TO take more pains
in breeding and managing their focks,
and as any knowledge | may have ac-
CURED, am willing to communicate, |
shall briefly state how have managed
10 make mine differ from most others
In the first place, | have kept few or
no waihers consequently have raised
large number Of lambs in proportion to
the number Of my stock, and have been
able to sell about the number | have
raised and always, Except in the in
stance mentioned above } have selected
such as were most imperfect making
such selection when tag them. hive
made but little use of bucks of my own
raising, but have procured The heaviest
fleeced, stoutost built, and strongest con-
slituiioncd ones | could, without much
reference to trouble or expence and
when have found one near right, have
used him as long as he remained vlgor-
GUS on old ewes not related to him.
think judicous selection Of bucks for
any desired improvement, the most diff
fcult matter that fails TO the loi of
shepherd and for that reason have
practlced using a strange buck on few
sheep, so rs not 10 suffer too much, if
he should make bad cross and new
er buy buck out of flock that has not
been well bred for long time, fearing
their stock may run back on some de
fects OF their progenItoTs. 1t is well un
derstood by those who arc conyorsant
with the subject, that no important, de-
sirable change in any breed of animals,
has been made in short time but
rather that ii takes a long time, and much
attention, to produce a breed that will 7
generally have the particular qualities
desired. II, then, we are negligent in .
this respect, we cannot expect to inn
prove. The principal reason why we
have SO few good flocks, is, because the
sheep-owners are SO frequently changing
them. This beginning every few years
anew, gives no opportunity TO become
acquainted with the desirable qualities of
particular animals. Such exls, in all
docks that have any professions TO ex-
cellence and families, or The descend /
ants of particular sheep, nay be traced
By discerning person, in any flock o!
long standing thus little attention to
any particular defects, such as coarse
TANKS, thin wool, or short or long toes,
may be extIrpated from a flock by dis
posing of such as possess them.
| think it important for every wool
grower TO know how his wool asserts, TO
enable him to know whether he is going
astray, or not, in his efforts TO improve
and this is one important reason why !
approve of the depot system Of selling
wool, and the more see of It's operation,
the more am convinced that il is for the
interest of all who intend 10 have good
article, and in good order, TO have il sold
in systematic way. Any excitement
among spectators, which raises wool
above its value to the manufacturer, in
varably creates a reaction, and decline
on the next clip, which will more than
counterbalance the advance on tie pre-
vious one. DANIEL S. CURTIS. Cana
an Center, N, Y. March 6, 1852.