The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1865-05-24
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ltaceordnct with ru,khsd notice given Nv
E.lhadlcv. OF White House, Lucas county, Ohio.
alserc puabSr met thsrecn thc STD inst, 4, Wit
nts..thc public ttearing q his aOck of spanish
M0rino Sheep.
90 motion Hon. Cbariss revers, Of saa'usky
county, was chosen President, aud James " Ross,
Of Wool county, SECRETARY.
A committee was oproinledto weigh sheep aud
H,eccs. consisting oC Msssrs. a. z. Road. or Ton.
trgn,y; Nmelius Robertson. q Hull Prairie, aud
ID, c. Gilbert, vi Lucas eOunya
a Acomwiuec was appointed to award prcwpws
tu lest shearr eeusSlhg of r, g. Thompson, of
l-Sytauia; J. Il, Rudolf Of Wood county, aud J.
lirchdod, Of Springfield,
Mcst Of the sbrep in pcr 10 shear belonged to
Mr.. Bradley, aud were represented by him as
I hropght lrom Vermont last year; wvrc shrrn late
in Jruc, 1854; wcyo bred, by II. $. Mlrsc, Esq
aud Mr.. Newell ~ Shclbourne. iu s,iA state; sur.
tered considerably in loss Of coplilou by thl our-
newt all the bucks ware used last tall with 6oeks
IN hc field and som, Of them different dncks; con
scQucntly. were not in cool condition, aud extra
I large yield of wool was n0,and could not be cx-
pccted
The first lot shoru belonged to f. Bradley, and
were mostly two year old bucks, and weighed as
follows;
1st fleece Q lbs, carcass G lbs.
"a 0eecc lotS lbs, curcsss lo2 lbs
! 80 fleece tbs, carcass 50 lbs.
| 4tl,icece ~ lhs, carcass 9S Tbs
bth fleece lSih lbs, carcass 81 lbs.
Gsh fleece 4 lbs, carcass 50 lbs.
/ It'll iaScce IBIS, carcass 81 lbs. s..
After these, were shorn some ewes having lambs
| and some buck tcgs. Tft-h i ..
The ewes weighed as follows:
lst fceco lOl { lbs carcas, 6S lbs.
1 2 ! fleece lbs, carcass ~ Tbs.
80 fleece So lbs carcass ~ lbs.
1 lsttcg flecegis lbs, carcass 81 lbs.
"a tcg fleece S}a lbs, carcass % lbs.
The last stulmei being over % per cont, compar
/ ative weight Of wool to carcass.
Usual Mullen had two ewes and u two-ysar-cl
buck shoru, which weighed as follows
lst eve, fleece g., lbs, carcass g. lbs
2lewS, fleece 0 lbs, carcass sc lbs,
buck, fleece II lbs, carcass so lbs.
A. 7. Read had one two ycarod buck shcr
which had been exposed to all the mi rains an
yielded H., lbs of uico cleau woel, carcass 93 lbs
j. BirehAed had one buck tcg, Ue two year-ol
buck, and on, four, ear -o|d buck (Dick shorr
which Welded as follows;
Tcg fleece | lbs, carcass 0l lbs.
yr. old fleece 1874 los, carcass % lbs.
yr. old fleece 22lg lbs, carcass los lbs.
Mr.. Birchheds "Dck" was bred by IT. S
Morse. Of Vermont, aud purchased of him b
Messrs. Bradley and Brch6cld in February, 1856
His fleece of last year was exhibited with him. an
weighed loi4 lbs. Dick is beautiful sheep an
gives evidence Of being appreciated AM well care
for by his owner. All of above were full bloc
Atwood stock.
a. l.l
Gibson as best shearor.
This being the first public s'caring ever attend
ed by the President an Secretary, we will Ion
remember tn pleas INT time enjoyed there, aud c,
pecially the snmptu u Dime gotten u, by Mr..
Bradley aud grItuituu,y served to all present, il
cuding quite a number of ladies'.
CHARLES POWERS, p resident.
j. W. Ross, Secretary.