Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1882-06-21

production has increased with Inc otner
products of the country. and 10. day is IN
as prosperous condition as most indus
tries In our country.
Previous to 1907 wool brought a low
price. During the next two years II rose
TO one dollar per pound; and during the
war of 1912 it brought from two dollars
10 two dollars and half pound. From
1915 until the tariff of 1924 wool sold at =
low price. From 1924 to 1880 the price
of medium quality Merino wool averaged )
81 cents per pound. From 1850 to lS4o {
the extreme in prices was, lowest 80 cents, /,
highest 60 cents average price % cents.
From 1910 to 1850 the range in prices was
from % cents 10 As cents, averaging ~
cents. From 1850 to 1860 the extremes
were so cents and 80 cents, averaging
AZ 1.2 cents. From 1860 to 1870 the
average was 80 cents. From 1870 to 1851
the average was AZ cents. An average In
Sc years Of A cents. This price was for
what would be called new Ohio medium
wool. The sheep that combines the two
products of wool and mutton are the most
profitable for sheep husbandry. II
1t Is my firm belief that il sheep should
become q prominent element in New
England farming it would do for this Sec
ton, TO a certain extent what it has done
for England. at has been the sheet
anchor of British husbandry." 1t IS q
necessity is the main Deepen ience in the
fertilization of the wheat crop. As sheep
increased in England her yield OF wheat
increased from 10 to so bushels per acre
Sheep are the only animal which do not
exhaust the land upon which they feed,
but are constantly renewing it. produc
I'll 70 F0rtf lfVn nj
the soil, it requires the least care OF any
farm stock and generally gives the largest
return in the shortest time.
Two counties In Vermont that twenty
Years ago kept the largest number OF
,heep OF any in The state, during II de-
n preston IN the price of sheep and WOO
m 1869 Oh tnged 10 Il large extent thsit'
sheep farming 10 csttticc and dairying iaAe
, prominent farmer in one OF those cOuntlsf
told me that in three years after the shefpl
ieft those farms the pastures and hill sides
were grown up To briers, bushes aud
! weeds; that II large number OF the Hill
, farms were abandoned ON hat account
, and that the method of restoring them
was to return to sheep farming Sheep.
n Independent of the return they give in
q wool and mutton, are useful among The
A weeds of neglected pastures in the wastes,
A overgrown with briers and vines, by
restoring them to good profitable pasture
ands. The keeping of sheep for wool
II md meat production is profitable and
A should need no other encouragement, but
IN addition to this it is beginning to be
II acknowledged as n necessity, as an
s ameliorator of the soil. DaryiDg reduces
q its fertility by Withdrawing Its needed
l..Lz sod Tth InI a1a
Il while feeding sheep tends directly to the
enrichment of the soil.
I. The keeping Of sheep is permanent
n. and considered necessary element in
, English farming. As our country grows
# of grain will 20 hand in hand. Some
10 good farmers think that one sheep to the
n acre enables them to grow more grain
10 than they could grow without the sheep.
ID Look at the encouragement the Merine
n sheep breeder has for the sale of this
4 class and what probably will be the de-
ID mand in the future.
According to the sheep and wool census
N of 1880 the clip of wool was 100000
ia leeces. The number of pounds, including
IL. pelt and pulled wool, was about 225, 000,,
W 900. The amount of wool imported was
m stead Of importing wool should be a. large
is exporter of this staple. Look at the vas
ir territory west and south tina have now 'bhi
few sheep comparatively. The IL state.
he lying between Delaware and Missouri anf
of between the Ohio river and the Gulfir
nj Mexico, and the territories of Arizona. apS
I'd New Mexico have an area of over zoo,
al 100000 acres. This country is five tiihe
Ero 4 ,,iN q 2.
Ill of Great Britain. Texas alone has, a,
in area which exceeds that of the Germs,
he empire. France keeps 30,000,000 sheep
is The same number of sheep to area in TN
tv southern section would keep 10000, 900
to Great Britain has $4,000, 900 sheep. FIJI
he same proportion south would give owe
Il. SOC, 1000, 900 sheep. The territories ar
he four times the size of France. This vas
is country sheared in 1880 but 3,O73. 90
nd feeces. The territories, should they haE
~ as many sheep per a Gre as Ohio, woul,
,et have Ill 900, 900, or three times the mud
m Der of flseces in the United States accord
st ing to the last census. The immensV
rs, country south and west look to this section
d where the Merino is Bred for sheep K
ID improve their native or Mexican sheep.
no Large numbers of Merino rams durn!
.rr the past three or four years have bae
X shipped from Vermont, New York an,
m OHIO to this southwestern section for tn
,sr Improvement of their locks From on
is .ectlun-uhat of Mudlebury, Addison
ar County. Vt.,-there were shipped in 1877
%, Al, in 1880 60, and in 1881 II car load
of containing from 100 10 $50 head in eac
Car of pure bred Merinos, purchased 70
IA, he improvement of sheep in other Sc,
r,f ha =
ire now in excess of the production, RI
, q past three years have been years of pro.
10 ~ rity for the breeders of thoroughbe
h. Lerlnos Mrlnos are fast supersedin
and taking the ptc" If iii uthei breeds
Its There AWAY has been and prrbab
,ck il ways will BIZ times OF epres-lon IN
for low prices. but such times are favorab
md ones for the breeder to hold his improv,
he ment, but good times and high prices ar
ice sure to follow The vast territory sout
The and west will always have 10 be grade
if up from Melinos bred north On account
ms their hot, dry climate. They will have
draw largely on Vermont for stock shee
he to keep up their ilocks.
Dns have an affection for the sheep par;
for mount to that of any other domestic an
|, is NAL. can say from my experience tn
his 1t IS an important cducatlon lnat enables
# 8 man 10 Judge correctly of his flock al
ect how to breed them and now TO iced then
ase How can we Judge OF the Dest metnods
ons breeding and feeding unless we have car
,ay fully and accurately investigated the Law
ON which control breeding and feeding wifi
ost Will be Inc most hkely 10 accomplish u
of results dcsiredp The most SUGGEST
. OF sheep breeders within my knowledge ha'
the made the breeding and care oil sheep Il
by study of a lifetime.