Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1868-11-20
AGritnltural.


Fer The Free Press.
Long Wool ". inc Wool sheep.
~uol growing In, been profitable in Vermont,
aud WHEN We make a carc.Il survey OF the state
We ind that those farmers who through every
change OF tsriH, and despite the cToakings Of
taat class who are always looking for the end Of
al, good, have persstentiy stuck 10 aud have
julic.uusy improved their docks have made as
much money and made II a> easily a. any other
class Of fu mers Nor -u ue now see any Justl-
hcation for the >tamurle 'hlt is sweeping the
State Of she, u TIL. fall g is "A trait Of the an
kee character that .on one business is little
dali, and another little lively, all rush as fast
ar possible into the better business until that J.
brought down below the level Of that which they
abandoned t. enter 1t, when back they 20 again
when another rush eku0W farmers who have
changed from sheep 10 dairy, and from dairy 10
sheep as often as once IN five or six years all
their lives, and are getting deeper and deeper in
debt with every change. just now another rush
seems to be popular. Many are going into the
production Of long wool, or coarse wool, OF some
thing else they hardly know what And we hear
much wise talk about - Lsice,ters,' Cotswold,
and South Downs and every long-legged, bare
bellied, coarse, lank, worthless animal in all
Canada, that a few years ago would not have
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MOCK WIN ~ i nne WOOL sheep-
MI Mn recommends crossing inc 'ois"oiI
most profitable sheep, next to the pure Cots
"oids, that Vermont farmers can raise.
non Harley VI. hal' OF East Burke, the
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Downs. and cot up q, Il al, second 10 none IN. DE
mis- 4 Sons, h. ne;rbl.5rs. and is now linz
his attention to Cotswolds exclusively. n. has
selected his flock with great care and cxaeuse
from the hest flock, to be found, and ha,'u. been
all his life engaged in breeding ha, turned bis
acquired knowledge to good account in the per
fiction Of ms Cotswolls. he agrees with dr.
mn IN cailinenlins TINS breed 81 sheep u De
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