Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1869-09-03
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Objection 81. They are not hardy, having
been enf.eblei in constitution and health by the
hot-housc plan Of keeping The only answer TO
this objection for which We can afford space at
this time, Is that it is uufoundei in fact and not
sustained by evidence. The method Of keeping
the sheep in houses is necessary in order to Sc
cure that complete isolation which alone gives
warrant q purity, and is the only economically
practicable method Of protecting 50 valuable
property, while it has been e1perimentally
proved that no injurious results follow.
As we have before remarked, not every farmer
may be a successful breeder of pure stock, but
every f,rm-- may profit from the labors Of good
breeders and grade up his stock with great
profit to HIMSELF and herein lies the chief adj
/ vantage TO the community at large Of having a
cool and reliable breeder in the midst Of it. Il
is uy. 70 be doubted that a very large percent
age Of increase Of wool may he secured by each
cross # a pure ram upon the ordinary grade
focks Of the country That they are capable
Of transmitting their own good qualities beyond
any other race is generally admitted. Even
! Lewis +. Allen, the most earnest sticsler for
purity of blood, as established by pedigree in
this country, says Of them 50 This much i alb
solutely certain, that they are a race whose
Qualities are inbred to an extent surpassed by
no others
Hon. John Stanton Gould in his retiring adj
dress As president Of the New York state Agri-
cultural Society at the annual meeting. Albany,
February 18th, 1867, remarked There was
nothing more truly instructive at the Saratoga
fair than Mr. ChamberIains grade Merinos
The farmers saw before their own eyes s.lesian
Neriuo buck Of unriyaled beauty; the wool was
fine AMI well distributed over ,he clscass; the
proportions ezquisitely symmetrical, and hay
ingal the points well known to shepherds, ap-
prl1imatins very closely to perfection.
On the other hand there was common eve
such as could be purchased for four dollars :;
there vas also grade eve the offspring Of these
two animals, with a noble carcass and very tine
+ wool the uarke; value Of the eu- being at least
three times as great as that Of her mother. There
vas also descendant Of this grade eve ay the
/ same ram, with carcass less il weight than IFS
mother, but having greater symmetry of form and
greater fueuess Of wool Hundreds Of farmers
were at Saratoga who had been earnestly asking the
question how much they could afford TO pay for
a good ram, The question was answered before
their own eyes, and in language which could
not deceive them. They saw the very thing H.
self, and they could answer their own question
as well as Mr. Chamberlain, or any other breeder
in the world"
Its not any part Of our present purpose to
discuss the question O; the demand and supply Of
Merino wool, as no man can for a moment doubt
that it, Ill some of its various grades, must con-
tnue in the future as in the past to be the great
clothing staple Of the country, aud prices areeven
now " picking up" and the demand becoming
quite active,