Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-02-05
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Nv every SuduG, COlOt anu tOA III dAC OAoO
mainly produced in the same way. And
that novelties IN this line are not merely
curious aud interesting, but often have a
money value as well, a quite recent in
stance may be mentioned. The geranium
"New Life" produced by Henry Camel,
an English florist, is doubtless known to
most Of you, as it is now quite common in
this country. A brilliant, scarlet flower,
lstriped and often irregularly faxed and
dotted with white, was regarded as nov
city so unique and desirable, that he was
enabled to obtain 1000 subscriptions for
plants at one pound sterling-nearly So
each-before sending it out OF his hands.
/ GEO. w. CAMPBELL.
| DELAWARE, @.
-*Read before the Ohio State Horticultural
Society, Dec. 9. 1881.
The Ascood and Paslar Merino Sheep.
The following particulars in regard to
the introduction of the Atwood and
Paulr Merino sheep into this country
furnished the Prairie Farmer, will be
read with interest by persons engaged in
sheep raising:
The breeders of the Atwood Merino
tsheep claim for their family pure,
direct. nnmiked descent from the i'm
portation of Col. David Humphreys, of
Connecticut. who, some eighty years
since. on returning home from Spain, at
the close Of his term as minister at the
court OF Madrid, by permission of the
Spanish government, brought select lot
of Infantado family of Spanish Merino
sheep There were seventy-ive in all,
which were placed upon his farm at
Derby. Conn. Colonel Humphreys at
once began experiments for the i'm
provement OF his Merinoes, both in size
and fleece. From this flock many ima
proved hocks were established in the vi
cinity of Derby, Conn. David Atwood,
an intelligent and observing farmer of
Middlebury, Conn, purchased an eve,
and bred her to one of Col Humphreys
rams. He was careful and discriminating
in his breeding, his methods and practice
resulting in decided improvement, both
in size Of the sheep and in the quantity Of
wool The distinction produced by Mr..
Atwood's breeding was SO marked as to
attract the attention of breeders. He af-
forwards bred in-and-in from rams and
ewes of his own raising His sheep were
| in active demand, and it is now claimed
| that he founded family of pure Spanish
I UlClsUSCo Will ShC<Ssay 1AAlhO'Su NOAA2-
lions in size, hardness, weight and quail
descendants of his flock purport to have
Thus we have briefly outlined the origin
/ Alta later period, Hon. William Jarvis,
Ifbson. where had been consul for sew
| tn n
hundred or more sheep which he had Sc
lected from family of Spanish Merlnoes,
called Paulars. Previous 10 this impor-
tation. Chancellor Livingston, of New
| York, had imported a few Merin0 sheep
which were bred on Long Island, and are
now known as the Cock flock. A little
earlier than the importation by MIR. Jar
Wis the Massachusetts Society for the
Promotion of Agriculture, imported a
limited number of the same family.
About this time famous ram Of this
family was imported, which proved
a celebrated stock getter, IN Delaware
and on the eastern shore OF Maryland.
put his defendants have been somewhat
lost sight of in the modern progress of
the race Mr.. Jarvis gave his attention
to the dispersion of the Paulars along the
Connecticut valley: and in western Yer
mont, much to the improvement of the
then existing breeds. He advocated the
crossing of Paulers with the other fami-
lies of the Spanish MerinO. and also with
Saxon sheep, which resulted in pro-
ducing q larger animal and q heavier
fleece This family has been even more
largely crossed with Atwoods, which has
eventuated in producing competing
family, that now bears the distinctive
name OF Paular.
"The above is q brief statement Of the
importations, peculiar qualities, features
and claims of the two leading families of
the Spanish Merino sheep in America, so
popular among enterprislng flock
masters and commanding such
high prices at the present time.
From small animal, bearing five or SIX
pounds of fine wool, of light carcass, the
Spanish Merino has improved to hardy
race, producing from fifteen to twenty
five pounds of wool and possessed of a
body of large proportions. This teaches
the farmer what care, observation and
good feeding will accomplish in the i'm
provement Of domestic animals. The
name Of Improved American Merino was
applied to these families for time. but
the FlVdNy auu competitions Oh oTteueIs
led to division of classes, and they are
now known as Atwoods and Paulars, and
two separate associations have been Or
ganized and registers compiled for the
promotion of their separate interests.
"The breeding of these fine Merino
sheep is an extensive industry, embracing
among its supporters purchasers from the
Middle and Western States, Texas, Cali
; fornia, New Mexico and all the wool pro-
ducing sections of the United States. A
limited number was sent to Australia and
New South Wales last year, and a future
trade may possibly be built up
) in that direction. The atten-
ton of Australia was first called to
the superiority of American Merinoes by
the presentation to the agricultural So
ciety of that province of ram and ter
ewes, by the Vermont State Agricultural
society While Vermont is the center Of
this trade in Merlno sheep, still other sec
tons have Merino flocks-notably western
New York and Ohio. Breeders in these
sections do a large business, and theil
shipments may possibly be equal to those
. from Vermont, yet prices are not SO vel