The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1880-07-01
WOOL GROWING IN BUTLER
1gs HI COUNTY.

Auts UE0uCu u DuSlucSS - really IN X
infancy here as vet, but is increasin:
very; rapidly. Many thousand shee]
have come in during the last year o.
two.
Some who have been here for scvera
years have as fine hocks of sheep ant
will clip as much wool per head thi
year as any one, we believe. To tn
advancement of the interests and tt
compare notes, public shearing wal
appointed at the farm of A. J. Uhl, Al
Douglas, Butler county, June LIST, Il
which all wool growers accessible to thu
place were invited to come and bring
their sheep;
There were many growers present
but few Of them brought sheep.
The shearing was done in the pres.
cncc Of a large crowd, and each fleece
taken off was the growth of II months
There were % sheep shcarcd. They
were bred from the flock of A. j. Uhl
with the exception Of one Cotswold
buck from Kentucky, and ono Mcrino
buck from Michigan, both owned by J.
W. Snotgrass, of Walnut township this
county.
The following are the results Of the
shcaring and comparing Of notes:
Weight Of fecccs Of ~ one year old
bucks belonging to A. ]. Uhl, "a, %, 25'
%, 26, Is, "a, %, "a, IS, %. % pounds
each. =
Ono buck, one year old, fleece IS IL
pounds, body after shcaring, l0S ga
pounds.
One buck, two years old, fleece 26 l-2
pounds, body after shcaring. 125
pounds. 9
Que buck, four years old, fleece 40
pound, body after shearing. l47 IA
pounds.
One bucd, five years old, fleece 20 IL
pounds, body after shearing $50 l-2
pounds.
E All belonging to Mr.. Uhl.
Mr.. Uhl has bred his flock for the
past ls years, having brought his orig
inal flock from Michigan. He has in
creased the yield wool per head over
IL pounds, and tho weight Of the car
cas- nearly onc-half. The flock only av-
eragcd 3 1-2 pounds of wool per head
the first year he sheared them, and this
year they will average 10 pounds per
head through the entire flock. lie has
1875 cws that produced 5000 pounds OF
wool this clip. These feeces are all
large and look well. When they came
out of the press, and were well wrap
ped with Irvine, they would fill bushel
basket. They arc not black tops.
Mr.. f. Copeland, of Richland town.
ship, this county, had three bucks shear
ed as follows:
"Denver,' two years old, fleece % IA
pounds, body after shearing, 1856 IA
pounds.
'Bcn Butler,' three years old, fleece
80 IA pounds. body after sheariDg l56
pounds.
"Beacher,Y two years old, fleece %
pounds, body after shearing, ia IA
pounds. -
Mr.. Copeland has bread his flock fer
=
three years, exclusively, to Uhl's stock.
lie has raised the average Of his flecccs
about 10 pounds each, and carcass about
20 per cent. His original flock was
from Ohio. Present flock, 800 sheep in
all-4OO ewes and $50 lambs.
J. w. Snotgrass, of Walnut township
had bucks shcarcd as follows:
One buck (Uhl's stock) two years old,
fleece 81 81 pounds, body after shcaring
lao pounds.
One buck (Michigan four years old,
fleece "A Ia pounds, body after shear
ing, 1Os pounds.
One Cotswold buck, two years old.
fleece Il IA pounds, body after shear
ing, 2l7 pounds.
Length Of longest wool, fourteen III
chcs.
Mr.. Snotgrass has 800 sheep in all, 200
of them ewes. His original flock was
from Wisconsin and has been bred by
him years to Uhl's stock, and has in
creased the average of his fleece IA
pounds.
Neil Wilkic, of Douglas, had bucks
shearcd as follows: - ~
"Woodchnck," two years old, fleece
u pounds, body after shearing, l2i
pounds.
Capt. jack" one year old, fleece 80
pounds, body after shearing, ia l-2
pounds.
Mr.. Wilkic has about 200 head of
Cotswolds from Kentucky, and is cross
ing them with This Merinos, from
which cross he has some fine lambs. lie
brought his flock in last fall aud they
are doing well in this climate.
The above statements and record of
the shearing l give just as the actual
weights weights made them and the
result in cacl, flock as they are given by
the owners. j. G.. ELLIOTT,
.. Secretary.