The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-03-02
THE SHEEP INTEREST.
The Wisconsin sheep-Breeders' and
Wool.GrOwe rs' Association.


This association met on January lG
President Brooks read an interesting
address, aud the secretary aud treasur.
CIR submitted their annual reports
The finances of he association were
reported to be in good shape. A reso'
luton introduced at the previous
meeting of the association was taken
up, slightly amended and passed. l.
was rs follows:
r, soired. That, in our opinion the time has
como when there should be adopted at our state
ana county agricultural fairs classification lui
purCbrcd spanish MerinO sheep, and we respec
fullJ request the proper officers of our Stale ami
county agricultural societies to adopt such class
iicaIi N. and To take sucn action as will decide
what evidences viii he recognized as proc 81
purit; IF blood and breeding. And we cordially
lnvito our friends ol the Contra Wisconsin
sheep breeders AMI wool.Growcrs association
10 unite with us in making such requests.
A committee, consisting OF .. Cook
Z. llumbert and A. j. Wilkinson, was
appointed TO take charge of the matter.
The following officers were elected
for the ensuing year: President, j. N.
Crawford, Mukwonago vice-presidenl
w. l.. Parker, Beaver Dam; treasurer,
w. III. Hardy, Genesee; secretary, H.
j. Wilkinson, Whitewater; cures
ponding secl etary, G.. r. Gibbs, White
water; directors, l.. j. Clapp, Kenosha ;
George Cleland, GAINESVILLE; Il. l..
Newton, Beaver Dam; Floyd Nc
Arthur, Mukwonsgo; p. Humbert,
Calrwell's Prairie; George Barker,
HustisfJrd. G.. M. Clark was elected
member of the pedigree committee for
three years. The committee will
therefore stand as before j. II. Paul,
chairman; o. Cook, G. NJ. Clark.
A resolution was adopted that the
association would hereafter recognize
and adopt the name Spanish Merino in
all their transactions. Also one in IA
vor of the tariff on wool being left as it
now stands. The annual shearing was
fixed for the first Thursday and Friday
in May, to be held at Elkhorn. After
len gthy discussion the following pre-
amble and resolution was adopted:
WHEREAS, The Michigan Agricultural socie-
ty has refused to recognize sheep recorded in
the (sO-called) American Merino Register Of
Caldwsll's Prairie. as pure.bred; and Messrs.
Albert Chapman and John p. Ray, the former as
secretary of the Vermont, and the latter rs score
tary Of the New York state associations, by their
publication in the leading journals of the coun-
try express their want of confidence in the regis
ter referred to- therefore,
Resolved, For the purpose of showing to the
Dretutr5 OF Sneep OUTSIDE OF Wisconsin our eS-
timatc OF that publication, we hereby refu g to
recognize sheep recorded there as pure-Ored
Merino sheep, and our committee on pedlgrees
Is inst ucted to reject all such sheep whose
owners do not furnish other and better evidence
(than such record) of their breeding.
A paper on the subject of washing or
not washing sheep was read, and after
some discussion q resolution was offer
ed and adopted that the association was
opposed t. washing sheep.
The society then adjourned to meet
all Elkhorn, on May 3.
Mr.. j. Ii. Wilkinson, the secretary,
in referring to the action of the associa-
ton regarding the American Merino
Register, says:
"The action of the association as re-
lates to the So called American Merino
Sheep Register, was called for, and
taken none too soon. 1t had come to
be known that breeders of Spanish
Merinos, outside Of the State, who did
not fully understand the matter, con-
sidered the fact that few of our men,
bers had sheep in that register, and in
the Wisconsin Merino Sheep Register
also, as a voucher on our part for the
integrity and reliability of the Alneri-
can Merino Register. And it is CT the
utmost importance that their minds
should be disabused of the last shadow
of such an idea. The action of the
association will be apt to set the mat
ter right. Michigan Farmer.