Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-04-04
vEuuoNr,s SHEEP INTEREST,".
Sheep Shoaring at Middle
bury.

exhibition and for shcaring in the neighbor
hood of $50 of the beat wool producing sheel
in Vermont. About thirty shearers wcr
carly at work and scene ia the sheep hous
both up stairs and down was very animated
and busting one. People thronged tn
sheep house all through the day, and many
persons from abroad were present, some o
them of course being men who are financial
| ly interested in sheep matters, but many
| others having been attracted to town by The
mere novelty of sheep shearing on 80 CRANE
scale.
Among those present was L. N. Bissell Of
Shorcham, who went about three months
ago to Australia with a ship load Of sheep.
Mr.. Bissell reports that the prospects OF
Vermont sheep in Australia are not parti GU
larly bright at present, though he believes
that there will undoubtedly be a great I'M
prOvcment in tie course of the year. The
reason for the recent embargo closing the
Australian ports against Vermont sheep,
MIR. Bissel says, was that the sheep have
contracted or are alleged to have contracted
a malignant disease known as scab All the
sheep brought to Texas by Mr.. w. G. Mark
ham Of Avon, N. Y, have been burned by
order of the Government The last lot
together with the buildings and about
everything else with which they had
come in contact, were burned on the day
following Mr.. Bsselps landing. Two causes,
Mr.. Blssell says, which have helped greatly
to produce the present dep essOn in the
Australian trade are very severe aud long
continued drought from which the country
is suffering and an unusually serious strin-
gency in the money market. While the
outlook for Vermont sheep in Australia is at
present a rather gloomy one, Mr.. Bissel has
the utmost confidence that things will before
long take favorable turn and that Austria
liza will yet become a valuable market for
the surplus sheep of Vermont
Mr.. NJ. L. Dennis of Boston, New Eng
land agent of the land department If the
Union Pacific railrOid, was present aud has
a large exhibit Of specimens Of Kansas and
Nebraska wOUls with specimens of Kansas
grasses ETC
The record OF the shearing is as follows /
J. l.. Bultolph, Middlcbury, eve one
y ear old, sired by j. l.. BLttolph 226, label
No. 4, live weight, GO pounds weight of
fleece a. pounds, days growth S79.
j l. Erlls, Cornwall, eve, l year old,
sired 10y b. f. Van Nel 26, label No 1873,
live weight - pounds weight of fleece II
pounds aud il ounces, DAYS growth 800.
X. Lame, Cornwall, eve, year old sired
nv h. Lane S2J, label No. 370 live weight
551 pound, weight OF fleece 10 pounds 3
ounces, days growth $50.
Same owner, ram | year old, sired 10y
King Alright, No. III, label NJ. $50, live
weight 101 pounds weigh Of fleece, Is pounds
| ounce, days growth 3GG.
Same owner, ram | year old, sire by L.
Lane $50, nl ell NJ. 30l, live weight rs
POUNDS, wegnt OF fleece l4} pounds, days
growth, $50.
|. l.. E.ls, Cornwall, eve year Did,
-irei by b f. Nauvlicl, %, label No. 1876
live weight 81 20 mds, weight of fleece IA
pounds ounces, days growth 800.
j. Il. Bu.tolph, MIDI eblry, eve year
cd, slr,d by RpNan Wlnkle, label No. 3,
live weight 81 pOu DIS, weight of fleece Is
pounds ounces, days growth 1856.
|. l. Ecns, Cornwall, eve l year old,
sire l. l.. Ers 81, label No. B. live weight
60 pounds, weight of fleece pounds II
ounces, days growth 1868.
j. Il. Buttolph, Middiebury. eve, yeai
old, sire b INK, label No. 9, live weight IS
pounds, weight of fleece IA pounds Il
ounces, days growth 3Sj.
Same owner, eve one year old, sire Far
nani's Banker label No, s, live weight Cd
pounds, weight of fleece ~ pounds ounces,
days growth S16.
f. w. l'issell, Shoreham, eve l year old,
sire RipVan Wake, label No. 447, live
weight 67 n1unes WEIGHT of fleece 10 hounds
days growth 3S4.
Same owner, eve, years old sire Ripvar
Wrinkle liable No, 42l live weight ~
pounds. weight of fleece 1s pouHis II
ounces, days growth 1862
II. w. Walker, Shoreham, eve 2 wears
old. sired by Walker 16l. label No. 2l5, live
weight 10l hounds. weight of d.ece 1st
pounds, DAYS growth 1856.
II. Lane, Cornwall, eve year old, sir,
II. 5. Brolkins 1872, label No. S65, liy,
weight 90 pounds, weight of fleece 10 pounds
II ounces, DAYS growth $40.
IL. NJ. Foot, Cornwall, eve / year old
label NJ IA. live weight 50 pounds, weigh
Of fleece 10 pounds "A ounces, DAYS growtl
1868.
Il. Lane, Cornwall, ram year old, sire
King Alri lit, label No. 1856, live weight
Slt pounds. weight OF fleece 14S pounds
d1ls' gowlh $40,
b sscil Il harrington. Shoreham and Bran
don. ram > wears Old. Sire Rio Van Wlnkle
label No. 39l. live cirht 11It pou1is
weight of fleece 26 pounds 6 ounces, DAYS
growth 3Gl.
q. A. Cutting. Shorcham. eve 2 wear.
old, sire RIP Van Wrinkle label No. 2j7
live weIht 70. pounds, weight of fleece /!
mounds ounces DAYS growth 1866.
/ /. Butfolpb' ram wears Old. sire Jason
laScl No, 23D i've weirHt 13l pound, weigh,
of fleece ~ p0unds 6 on ces. DAYS rroyll
35g
: = Randall Cornwall ram "a wears old
sire r ,bb,n's RAIN IbIe M. ISL i've weigh
1I6, nnds weight of fleece 26} POUNDS
days growth 3G2
Il r Tn,tingham 6 Son Sbnrehom ran
A vnars nI1 Sra R,n;.r lahle No 300 liy,
whit lax nmnIs w,iyht If fleece n
nNnnds II nupces I,vs ,Tr1vvtb All
r. Lane CnnwaII ew,. wear old sir,
r. Iann 31o II,In n a0o i've yeight g.
n"unds ,y.,,,ht If fIacca III nrunds d,v.
,,r''u,Ih 2Gl
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sir, ", Via, oG Iah,n \, Ia live wrigh
a. nnnnLs ,v.i ,,t "f dtacc ~ non,ds I,
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