New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-05-10
THE STATE SHEEP sHoIg ar AUBURN

THIRD ANNUAL TAR or IlIE NETWORK STATE siLLP
BREEDERS AND WOOL GROWERS ASSOCIATION.
Pom Our Special Correspondent
AurrES May 1867
The third annual exhibition Of choice and blooded
ccimcn, OF native and imported sheep opened here to-
day under the auspices Of the State Association on tho
spacous and wei arranged grounds Of the Cayuga County
Agricultural Society adjoining the western bounds OF the
city now partially submerged b. weeks rain
As everything that relates to the Improvement in quail
ity aud the increase in quantity Of the productions OF inc
country used to feed aud clohe the millions is Of great
Importance on the Of economy and comfort II w9s
reasonably anticipated that ths SNhnioI OF orc IL
poriont source OF both food and clongthe sheep OF
H., -t1tcwoud BE- very numerOusly attended On the
r. view OF grounds in the early part OF the day the
nearly hopeless Many hundreds Of the bone and siney
ara brain OF the state bad been expected with many OF
the not specimens Of the laey Hoo KS cap5pe OF 9u.
Ing excellent materials Tor both stomach aud back But
sic Uonst- sick 81 the weather aud no transit a., IT,,
On the grounds m noon today were no. more IMAM sx
Exhibitors aud sheep These six men are Interested IN
npOVi- t,t DeIS pO, ~ ti'o ~ 80 % 20 ~ 49,
Interest and oNcrlOns have been Wei rewarded rs well
fol Themselves a for the oealues where thty hye,
The 300 pens provided los me o,cas.o co'alheo ms
day al noon, only IS sheep. some OK them are OF tho
Iarcst excellence unlike many OF tle uneuuIatGu, maj
ere scarcely worm we grass lHSy hlpIc IN sIhgy sun
mera sort OF hybrid that might be imagined rs the or
long legs short lnr aud good to scale the iences ana
leap cXulting like the bounding roe some such should
be here, show what sheep may be, and would be,
without cultivation The sG0O specimens on oAhiptiah
by OK our prominent WOOL growers, SHOWS NAat az
erighCned ard liberal cultivation OF hrtcdS j caQlOo OF
ccctns-prJddCls animals thl 10. Dotlns pIip Oses'
arc Invaluable There are contributors mere ron seye-
ral portions OF the state, and one le Tot nom vermont
The samples expected from Canada ana other hhs-
Gou5" have not come.
TACT of fr greater consequence than It seems to pos
scss 10 80 Thought Is. tHat the cxht1s arc not Gt-
tended, q, itri"'s iuo rufuy ats 10y iAe canine per
pctIat6ls cf Lydui ho1Ia and Killers OF sheep. Those
Who dGubt thc Usdcm OF woOigowciS reputation OF
the dog sAoG yanilt point IN relation thereto CON
tanned in the last Agricultural Report. lrC.n that they
viii leara that u 1866 from only onequarter Of the terri
tory tie statistics should cover 1927 sheep were killed
hot ffIga lf al
not less than half million. But notwithstanding al this
destruction, by worse than worthless ANIMALS, TO me
fact 90 De regretted that outside the pale Of the wool
growing farmers domains,
In ,rey house dog is found
Aad. sometimes tSo or th,eei -,
And And ours ,at'5 Il oT T'55s sstt,ea '- '-
from among Which, at night steal forth the clingtaed
rebel Gucrilas TO pun tie wool and do the WORK OF
wolves can be exicrnnated by law, and bountes paid
by the state for the work. because wolves kill sheep
pared with the numbers torn TO pieces by the tanned
woycs There some noble dogs, but they should he
Legislature dared do its duty In this matter as they have
regard to the Wild KILLERS OF the ilocs they would put
wolves aud dogs in tho category, and cxerminate
tho brutcs alike, with tho honorable exceptions OF Tho
good and useful shepherd dog and few OF the honest
breed. The Chicago policemen. who patrol the city, and
foed the ours aud mopge on beef boiled IN an infusion
~ yomica, would Ind full employment al,oyer the
country, and the death Of each canine would save the lie
several of Tho prominent breeders Of sheep arrived
hero yesterday with their sheep, and their shepherds
MIR VIM H. Sanford brought his Fitzpatrick" valued at
S,s 90 in gold, and his Butcher" $4,000 IN currency
AWorr, vi yesterdays arrivals Is Mr.. John d. Wing ~
M,pio shade Washington. Duchess County New-Ioik:
With Ave Cotsw0lds rcS:sab'e Tor sue ana snHn OF
Wool The textile growth OF one OF the big celebrities Is
between 10 and I6 inches Long ana MS pine lofaSnP
measures around his body over his thieh neecy rOVi
feet-equa in cirenmferenee to Halnahrs wooly
horse II each Of the millions Of his unshorn PQ stood
ont like the quilts the porcupne nothing could be seen
OF him but fleece 10 feet in circumference, but hot rc
narkabo for hueuess.
The celebrated Dew Drop" looking more like bale
OF soed cotton than drop Of dew was 'asO brought
upon the lonnd yesterday, by his owner, Mr. Freeman
OF Bemis flights, N. y
John Lynch OF West Brighton Monroe County exhibits
good specimens Of SOuthdoWns OF the kind said To have
been first imported y Jonas Wall and later by Mr. Thorn
OF Dutchcss County. These middle sheep and
worth from SO TO SIS each.
Isaac Bower, North Chill Monroe Co., has brought two
Paular merino sheep, with fine, long wool, called the
broadcoth sheep the fleece OF which brings in the mar
ket from 10 to 10 cents more than shorter wool Another
from his flock Robinson Pauer, with the ine delaAe
fleece, is valued at s5Od the ether two, 500 each
H. q A. II. Miller, Grcenwleh, Washington Co, exhibit
beautiful Spanish mern0 ram, "Y0ung Dictator sired
by Fercys Gold Mme," Hammond ewe bred and owned
by tho exhibitor lie isyaluod at $780, one OF Detators
daughters is with him. She is exceedingly beautiful
little pct, only six weeks old, and worth si25.