The Cleveland leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1865-1865, 1865-05-17

The sheariDg and exhibition of sheep
under the direction Of the Ohio Wool
Growers Association, wss held at Newark
on the 10Th and llth days Of May instant.
The weather wss cold and the incesssnt
rains would have discouraged any but en-
thusiastic wool growers, VINO seemed to be
made Of warmer rs well rs sterner stuff
than to be quenched by two days Isin.
The sheariDg opened on Wednesday
morning, With goOdly number of the best
sheep Of Licking, Muskingu1n, Knox, Nor
gan, Franklin and Delaware count on
the ground, and large attendance of wool
growers from al parts Of the State.
The ample shesring tables were well oc-
cupied, and the clipping Of shears was live
ly all day. The visigorScrOwded the large
hall Of the Fair Grounds TO ses the shear
ing, and also to keep cut of the rain, so
that the operators were seriously incom-
moded for room.
The quality Of sheep snd the quantity of
fleece was the best evidence of the progress
this business is making in Ohio. There
we're rams valued at So 600, and ewes ut
$1,000 All the sheep on exhibition were
Of the Spanish Iherino breed, and all heavy
shearers. The splendid ram Hamburg, the
propsrty of 5. ). Mathews, of Outville,
Licking county and Jared Forsmsn, of
Columbus, yielded the enormous fleece of
twenty eight pounds and two ounces of fair
WOOL the sheep, sitter being shOrn, weigh
ed one hundred and fJrtY-fOur and half
pounds. This Is the sheep which took the
first prize In sweepstakes, at the last Ohio
State Fair in Columbus. He is truly u
very desirable qualities Of excellence for
both wool and mutton. Another ram be-
longing to Ei Keller produced fleece of
twenty live pounds and thirteen ami half
ounces his carcass weighing ene hundred
and eleven pounds. Q lite nun Der of the
ewes feeces overweHt twelve pounds and
nine and q half ounces. The shearing con-
tinued through Wednesday and Thursdsy.
Meetings for discussion were held in the
Court House during the evenings of Tues
day and Wednesday, and on Wednesday
evening an address wss delivered by Hon.
Columbus Delsno, Of Mt. Vernon This
address WIS 80 extempOre production, and
devoted parity to the consideration Of wool
growing and the financial aspect of the
wool busin ess, and partly to kindred topics
of agricultural production, commerce and
education.
The discussions were upon the wool
market and what should be the price of the
incoming clip of wool in Ohio. 1t wss ar
gued that the close of the grest campaigns
of the wa does not do away with the ne
eessity for large use of woolen fabrics,
since all our people must still be clothed,
and to large extent clothed in WOOL
Taking the present value Of gold, the tsrilf
impOss, the bsrreBness of the a merican
market Of foreign wools, ana the prospec-
tive consumption of the article, the gentle
men. who spoke on the subject, could see
no reason why our wool should not COM
msnd q good prics. At the close Of the
discussion, the second evening, vote was
taken TO test the sense of the Convention,
with full house, and resulted in the sdop-
ton of the resolution tbst Ohio wool should
be held this season, at eighty-fVe cents
per pound. This was understood to imply
the ruling qualities of our wool in fsir
market condition.
The Convention and also the exhibition,
wss Of very spirited and intelligent
ehsrs ter, and its influence will be felt all
over the county Col Harris Of the Ohio
Farr,e7, very truly remarked, that Ohio
makes the price of wool for the United
Stztes, and while Ohio wool-growers respect
their portion, there need be 10 Bull Run
psnics in the wool maIket, even at the end
oftBe wsr--Ohio State JOURNAL