Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1866-10-02

same for hardness and sure breed
ing above common; for endurance
and action rs oxen very greatly
above any others; for uniformity OF
limb, above but for purity Of blood
and for perpetuating stock through
several generations the Devon Stock
eycels all others so far as to give
them sway over any known kind
| deed, an eighth Devon blood
shows itself moro than half Dur.
ham, and in breeding half and half
OF each Of these stocks the offspring
may pass among Judges ever as pure
DevonShire These cattle, says
Richards, arc the cheapest to winter
and at all times the lightest feeders
OF any others. He is well informed
man, is familiar with the HERALD
He is also exhibiting Suffolk hogs,
sow and boar, for these he has first
premiums and second prize for
chester boar
Simon Ro6le, Beloit, Wis, is ex-
hibiting an enormous Yorkshire
boar, weight 500 pounds-premium.
| next come to some English cots
void sheep, imported from Canada,
Peck Il Cook, Kalamazoo, Mich,
bred for combing wool and mutton
THIS wool is now selling at 50 cts.
per pound One yearing buck,
weight 800 pounds, length OF staple
14inches, sheared 163 pounds. Pre-.
miums.
By the same a Leicester buck,
yearling, weight $50 pounds, length
OF staple 10 inches, fleece 1871 pounds.
Premiums Of course tor such sheep.
| have some of the wool from these
sheep to show at the HERALD Office.
n. p. Nash, OF Oak Grove, Dodge
Co, Wis, also, Gales x Billiard, Mad
ison, are exhibiting fine lots OF Meri-
no sheep, young ones, by them but
recently imported from that foreign
country known and marked on south
orn Biographies as Vermont. These
are offered for sale by them g 80
to 500 each. am inclined to be-
lieve thar these are among the high
est graded sheep in our state. Their
wool and their all over merinoish APP
pearance would certainly place them
among the first that | have seen.
Further along there are great
many lots Of Merinos, but these are
becoming so common everywhere as
"a preferred first class stock that there
appears no use in devoting much
space u them. There are here hum
dreds With the same rolling folds and
greasy, dirty wool. Breeders have
taken more pains breeding up this
species Of the wool producing ami
NAL than any or all others, and there
may oo perhaps yet something lQ"-
ther accomplished by close appli-
cation Of tire art by which inencss OF
wool, excess OF flap or fold Of skin,
diminutlon Of carcass and feed and
great quantity Of wool may be sccu-
red. IT by SO few generations Of
breeding up so much has been ac-
comPished, what may be done by a
century Of continuance Of tie same
practice
1t was thought in earlier times that
IN breeding up the ga rs and losses
are equal, or what il gained in wool
is lost in carcass. And the rule
would hold good but for this fact,
that though the sheep carcass is
diminished by up grade breeding, the
hide remains the same, banging about
the body in loose folds and leaving
the same wool surface. The chief
gain u therefore in the diminished
amount Of feed required, or diminish
ed number OF acres and tons Of hay
to support a flock of the same
number. There are other gains, as
fincness Of staple, and what may
seem unnatural, hardness and last of
life.
Up grade breeding is one among
the learned arts and requires great
study and thought to understand the
process. 1t is indeed one Of the
sciences, and of late has II department
assigned to it in the Agricultural
Colleges.
EVANSVILLE, Sept. e.
This morning | visit side show
of Pennoit 4 Ashley, an attractive
affair. On the right an enormous fat
lady, name, Mrs. Lizzy James, aged
81 native of Wayne Co, Ohio
Weight 712. Very feshy since in
fancy; when married II years ago
weighed 400. Three children-one
boy 9 years old, weighs 263 pounds,
two ( rls, one five years old, both
rather small Of age
Next young lady named Miss
Minerva Sherman. Onondago Co,
y. Y. Weighs $50, fat since infan-
cy, at y years old 500. The moth
er's weight 90 lbs. father 1870
Brothers and sisters all medium size.
Third, Albino, aged 81, home in
Madagascar, says he is an Afghanis-
tan and Circassian, speaks the lan~
guagc brought to America by Bar
NUNS agent Great snow white.
bushy head, can see best at night
eyes pink, unsteady and panied by
the lieht.
Fourth, fine looking tall man,
height Il feet, aged 10, born in Her