The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1882-03-10
About the Sheep Register.


MIR. EDrTOR:--
In your paper of March 0, I find Il
communication from Mr.. Chapman
In relation TO the American Merino
Sheep Register.
1t Is not necessary now 10 give the
rules of admittance to the American
Merino Sheep Register as they were
printed in your paper of February "a.
Now am disguised to be charitable
towards Mr.. Chapman, for charity COW
ereth multitude of sins, but Mr..
Chapman has been known TO make
statements that have been contradicted
by good authority, and have heard 1t
remarked that IL is thought he has
done great injustice to his own society
In that way.
find that 1t is not the best breeders
that are so much afraid of being over
Swallowed by the American Merino
Register as it is those that know that
portion or all of their sheep would not
be eligible to the American Merino
Register. The best breeders know
that their sheep will bring good prices
let them be registered in whatever reg
lister they see fit to have them recorded
In. And they know that their sheep
will be accepted to the American Reg
lister as fast as they see that it is to
their advantage to record them there.
In accepting sheep to the American
Register, we are governed more on pu-
rity of blood and the merits of the
sheep, than we are on the men.
Mr.. Chapman claims that we take
sheep that are not registered In other
Registers. We do not pay any atten-
ton to whether they are registered in
other Registers or not, when they give
satisfactory evidence of purity of
blood, and show strictly choice ami.
mails, would be accepted to the Ameri-
can Register. Neither do we say that
all unregistered sheep are grades be-
cause their owners have not made ap-
plcation to have them registered. MIR.
Chapman claims that the president OF
the New York Association had infor-
nation that out OF fifty flocks that had
been accepted to the American Register
only one of them would be accent.
ed In the New York Register. l have
no doubt but what there has been more
than fifty flocks of sheep accepted to
the American Merino Register that
were never offered for register In the
New York Register. But that does
not prove that they were not eligible
to register. And can say that out Of
only twelve focks in New York that
examined for the American Merino
Register, nine of them were regis.
tered In the New York Register and
two of them In the Vermont Register
MIR. Markham, In making his purchase
for Australia, drew upon the American
Merino Register. The celebrated ram,
Granger, bred by S. s. Lusk, was one
OF the three best rams In his shipment
for Australia, and was registered in
the American Merlho Reg .ster. We
do not intend to urge any one to regis.
ter their sheep in the American Merino
Register, but extend an invitation to
all good breeders of pure blood Merino
sheep.
Mr.. Chapman seems to think that no
sheep register can flourish a great
while without his approval. Mr..
Chapman does admit that the Ameri-
can Merino Register is some advantage
at the present time, but claims that II
will not stand the test with the Yer.
mont Register. That time will tell,
and we are willing to give them fair
tcst, ouu IL MI. OLdpulau bnOulu, OIL
becoming more acquainted with the
American Merino Register, see that it
was for his advantage to have his sheep
recorded in that Register and could
give satisfactory evidence of purity OF
blood, and show his sheen to be wor-
thy Of the name Improved American
Merlno, we should, according to the
rules of the society, be under obliga-
lions to accept them to register.
Mr.. Chapman says he has letter
from the secretary of the Wisconsin
State Sheep Register saying "our Sheep
Breeders Association prospered finely
last year, Notwithstanding the rushing
business done by the American Merino
Association" This have no doubt Is
true, as they had sheep from the Amer.
lean Merino Sheep Register, Vermont
Register, New York Register and I'M.
registered sheep tn make up their show
at the fairs, and in several instances
the sheep registered in the American
Register took the prizes, and their full
share.
G. II. JONES.
Hubbardton, Vt.