The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1882-03-03
llcert Chapman on The American Merino
Sheep Register.

expressing his pleasure that ! had
brought the American Mcrino Sheep
Register inio notice, Nc Perhaps he
will derive more pleasure, IL request
you to publish what stated In my re-
port nj the annual meet dgs OF our AS
ISOLATION, about other Registers than
TINT ot the Vermont Sheep Breeders
Association, n part OF which only has
been generally Published. That part
OF my report was rs follows:
ave are In receipt of information
that state registers In New York, Mich
igan and Wisconsin IRE progressing
satisfactorily; we have heard, but have
no assurance by receipt OF COPY, that
New York has Issued n second volume
of their catalogue aud register, aud
that Wisconsin Is about or has publish.
ed their first volume. There have been
some changes In the organizations of
the Wool.Grower's and Sheep Breeders
Associations In Michigan, whereby the
two have become consolidated, and
will probably issue their first volume.
Thoro Is no good reason that we know
Of why these three Associations are not
doing thorough, honest and reliable
WORK, aud are willing to cooperate
with ours In the common object OF pro.
viding surety to breeders that thew can
buy pure bred lfcrino sheen. We have
endeavored to extend to these Associa-
lions every courtesy and all the assis-
lance we could In their work, and we
have received OF them like courtesies
aud assistance. During the past year
two other Associations have been form
ed tor The avowed purpose of getting IN
and publishing sheep registers. Ono,
with headquarters in Wisconsin, by
the name OF American Merino Sheen
Register. III we are correctly inform
ed, this broad and comprehensive title
is indicative of its broad and liberal
willingness to eccept sheep for record
that cannot be accepted in more reliable
Registers, doing thorough and honest
work. IL
"The other association was formed In
Ohio, and ia called The Ohio MerIno
Sheep Baeeders Association. Ihaye
been informed by very large and
prominent sheep man i'm Ohio that the
reason for this organization is very
briefly stated In the notice of its organ
ization put forth by its officers, which
is as follows: Il is we'll known fact
that in the Vermont registration there
arc sometimes restrictions that are NOT
satisfactory to some Ohio breeders.
The gentleman alluded to as writing
me and sending mo slip read from In
regard to this organization, further saws
there can be no question that the real
motive for this organization is to sell
sheep that cannot be accepted in relia-
BILE registers as pure bred sheep, to those
that do not understand the difference In
registers that are managed In a reliable
manner for the protection of the public.
and those that are gotten up for the
purpose of imposing on the public
sheep of unreliable blood under cover
OF the endorsement Of unreliable regis.
tiers. The temporary effect of these
registers will be, to make sale for
sheep that are not reliable at prices
much beyond their real worth but in
the end the inevitable result will be
to damage the standing and reputation
Of every flock registered in them, as
we'll as all those concerned in their
creation and management. There are
good reasons for believing that the as.
sociations would never been formed.
nor their registers conceived, had the
Vermont and other reliable registers
been willing 10 endorse all the sheen
offered as pure bred or accepted the
certificates of all breeders and dealers
as reliable and Trustworthy"
My reason for stating what L then
thought should be published, NAV ar
plain why the American Merino Sheen
Register has had such extraordinary
prosperity, they are these: The sew
eral State Registers of Vermont, New
York, Michigan and Wisconsin, have
In the prosecution of theirs work,
found 1t necessary to reject a large
number of fiocks, the owners of which
had applied to have them recorded. on
account of lack of evidence to satisfy
the several committees on pedlprees Of
the justice of their claims t. have their
sheep accepted and endorsed as pure
Merinos. AS a consequence the owners
OF these Hooks have not been able to
sell them for nearly the same price thew
have been accustomed to heretofore,
notwithstanding the fact that sheer
that have been accepted in reliable reg.
listers have greatly improved In price =
al least more than doubled, proba Div
In much greater proportion than that.
At time when IL becomes evident
these sheep must sell at tho price of
grade sheep, at their wool and mutton
value, the american Merino Sheen
Register" was started; this at once
made q speciality of accepting these
fiocks that have been rejected By the
more reliable State Registers.
or course this made the american
Merino Sheep Register" suddenly
popular, and accounts for their very
extraordinary growth and amount OF
receipts since the short time they were
organized and commenced business.
| have certificates or letters now In NV
possession, from owners of fiocks &C.
cepted in that Register. that frankly
admit they did not think their flocks
would be admitted In the Vermont
Register, and have certain knowledge
that number of fiocks have been al.
mitted Into the american Merino
Sheep Register" that have been reject
ed from the Vermont Register. flow
Is II In other states? l have been in
formed by the president of tho New
York Association that he had reliable
information that out of large number
Of flocks-I think fifty-that had b ZEN
accepted for record In the "American
Merino Register" only one would be
accepted In the New York, Vermont
and Michigan Register, and some of the
reliable sheep breeders of his neigbbor-
hood, who had permitted their flocks to
DO recorded In II, had written 10 have
them Withdrawn, after learning that
they were taking so many sheep of
doubtful pedigrees. " -
/ have been informed by the presi-
dent Of the Michigan Register that the
practice Of the American Register In
his state, he had every reason to be-
lieve, was the same as In others, taking
fiocks that had been rejected In other
states. He was convinced that Il was
unreliable as an authority on the blood
Of Merino sheep. la.t h.
From the secretary Of The Wisconsin