Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1869-01-28
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". Filter 1t may interest some Of
souf long wool readers - note the obser-
.uion- below, cut from the market reports
the Boston Advertiser, Of last week
FINE Wool.
i y. Bis-ell sold 70 ewe sheep. fed by
himself. in Shsrrham. VT. averaging s.
,ound~. Ia Jerry Pratt. AT q cents per
1oubd. OF the,e sheep, 30 were Merino-
nd p e cross 81 the Leicester aud
cotswold They were all weighed to-
other but IL was e~tim 4tcd that the
,oar-e woods would average II pounds per
ieIi more than the fine woods. They
ycre however. fed separately. hut on the
same feed, and by the owner himself y, :
-des what good hay they would eat. they
nd, from Dec. to Jan. ,, one bnshel Of
aeet-. and one bu-hcl aud half of pea
neal, and the grain for that time was 20
pounds per head on both lots. Mr.. Bis
-ell, however, j. satisfied from careful
observation that tie - coarse wool sheep
onsumed a. much hay aud feed ~ the
20 fine woods. and consequently thar
he latter are the most profitable sheep 10
iced \ he has tried both kinds of sleep
III his farm, aud has been, we believe. -
member OF the. New England Agricul-
-ural S8cicty'S committee on coArsc wool
sheep for some years. we inquired what
vas hi- experience n to the orderly habit.
II the two races. We found his opinion
very decided that the coarse woods were
Jar the mo-, Troublesome and required the
hest feed. Fences that were sufficient 10
spitiiue the Meriuos to pasture were ut
.erly insult lent To restrain tile coarse
woods. And when the latter dill wander
they scattered like cattle. while if the
dcrino> left their pasture he expected TO
lind them somewhere together. In reply
70 another inquiry. he admitted that the
coarse WOODS maturei earlier than the
deriuo>, hut remarked that they also de-
lined earlier. and that when they once
commenced going down hill they didn't
nccd a kick, * they went fast enough Of
themselves. We hope Mr.. Bis,ell will
txru>e ~ for the free u-e we have made
u his remarks at the market. ~ Just NJ
tins time the question Of the merits of
these two classes Of sheep Is one of inter
ct To- farmers generally.
OBITUARY Dsiui-, E-q died
II Weathersfieli, December 18th. 1865.
aged - years. lie wa- born in Marlbor-
push. =. II, but something more than
fifty years ago, ia lis early manhood he
to Weathersfell, Vt. where he
las eyinred 0 deep and active interest in
he educational, moral and religious
questions which have { me up for consid-
ration Of bis fellow citizens: constitu-
ionally rcticent and hc-itating in giving
N opinion.yot when once fully committed
nd his judgment made up he adhered 10
rs conclusions with tcuacity, and knew
10 such word a. compromise with what
le believed TO be error Born and eiuca-
cd in that eyentful period Of our coun-
rvs history 1879, which schoolcd mei
n adversely, trial. and strict economy, ii
vas but natural that the rising genera
ion should have imbibcd those healthy
nd stern Puritan sentiments, 50 recently /
iniwar. then just closed
In his long and successful experience a. !
teacher Of common schools, few persons
nthis responsible vocation are able to take
retrospect Of their labors, with the con- .
ciousness Of having so well and so faith ,
ally performed their whole duty in the /
chool room His ideas Of school and ,
imily government were of the old Puri- ,
an stamp, obedience was asked, and obe- :
fence was secured. Il
He was a warm and earnest friend and I
dvocatc of the temperance cause from
IS infancy in 1929, through all its years
trial, opposition and progress, down to 4
$ partial triumph in the passage of the |
rohibitory law in 1853. /
During the great religious awakening j
4 1921, he saw and felt bis need of the c
aviation offered to lost men, in the gos- s
el Of Jesus Christ, and at this time, made b
public profession of his faith by uniting 0
18th the Methodist Episcopal church in 8
is adopted town, and from fhenceito the 4
me of his peaceful and calm death, was g
worthy and esteemed member. L
he will be missed by those who have II
with him in the business affairs y
the town; but especially will his q
emory be cherished BY those who, in 81
,sir school days, long years gone BY, n