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VEtsTEoT'E' SHEEP nvFy,DrIsE
Atwood horinn Sheep breeders club
SIS Annual Meeting AT N,iddlchurv


tis Annual Meeting at Middiobury.
The fourth annual meeting of thoiVermon
Atwood Sheep Breeders club was held al
Millebury, Jan. 1G in the parlors of The
Addison house. The president Hon
Worthingion G. Smith Of st. Ahans, oc
cupicd the chair.
On account Of the severely cold weather,
probably, the meeting was not quite 50 fully
attended as usual, yet most Of the lcadino
members of the club were present. Amono
ne shrcp men here from abroad were A. NJ.
Barton OF Ashtabula, Ohio, James Glass Of
| BurgettslOwn, Penn, j. T. Close of It.
ClAirsvillc, Ohio, and W. B. Law Of Colnat-
town, Ohio.
Among The out-ol-town Ncrmontcrs who
were present were Hon. w. c. Smith and S.
q. Hplyokc of St. Albans, IL. Thorpof Char
lotte, a. L. Fuller of Woodstock ard IL.
Harrington of kcclcr's Bay, Vt. The rest
Ui 'hc intinOtis present were from the nCgh-
boring towns in Addison county.
George Hammond of MiddleauIv. lie sec.
rotary of the club, read the secretary S report.
Mr. hammond reported that the number of
new members admitted during the year was
~; that the finances of the cllb were call
| iigut, and that there was no reason why the
club should not be successful. There has
been good deal of discussion us 10 who is
the breeder of a sheep, the copulalor, tho
owner of the young when dropped, or the
owner Of the sire. Secretary Hammond
WouiG liko TO hear that question discussed.
Al the time OF the last annual meeting he
had been confident that the register of the
club would have been ready before this
time, but the members of the club had not
all done their part, and as there were be-
| tween thirteen and fourteen thousand pcdi-
| SrCcs to be written out, IL involved great
amount OF labor and the w0r', was not vet
completed
Mr.. Hammond also read the trcasurcr's
| report. The balance on hand at the last an
nual meeting was SSOl.00 amount received
during the year. S739.47; total, $1,000.
Expenses oi the year, SS01.3i balance
on hand, S'39.2l; total assets OF the
cIuo, $500 GA. And there are no debts
The next business was The election of
officers, Henry Lane of Cornwall moved
That committee of three be appointed
to nominate Officers, and the motion was
carried. The committee appointed reported
the names of the old officers for reelection
us follows: President, Hon W. c. Smith
o. II. Adams; vicC-l Presidents, Frank d.
Barton, Ntrgennes and Henry Harrington
heeleis Bay directors, Il. j. jones Corn
WALL lienGy IhOrp, Charlotte and = &
a moS ne vi - IA AoanS' The other officers
after the meelng Ihev nNoJ We "Gliu' 4nd
appointments Secretary and irna5,' '.i,s
George Hammond of MiddIrlnir,, n.,,,-ra,,
committee, d. B. Buel OF Sudburv " II
Dtloug Of Cornwall. and c. " NToso, oil
New Haven. these all bpinp r.p,,noi,,.
uents.
The following re soluion offered nv G. T.
PrcniIss uf Bridpo,t, subsequently .,in,,..l,-I
"as passed.
Resolrcd, hat no transfers Of ,n1ir,,,,a, .,,..,
or ",9I Il ;ck lansa ton., occurring aftyr M1rli
o. o. he au o. ot " i. Tor ragorG IA volume
boar sAaI leave INT ot sad vou,s JbS Il
any ny member who faus 10 furnish The ,.tretlry,
other h.sjory Of hi. oIc f G en- P,gfe 9nd
1854 ''' '.'''' Al III ISL
Mr.. Lane Of Cornwall ,ho..o,, ;, ..,
be a roo6 nI,n - ",' I.l'sn. II "ouid
sion for havnig ,,ftorno,,i, io,l' pr2Yi-
for the nnrnosc NJ r,,i; ~, V.i,.=a hereafter
on matters nIcreslnr IN ' th77, ~, ",Icns'lonS
after some discnesin, ,ha r ~ o'Ce"cI>, ana
,ml,;,, i'e u.9oI9AloH inc matte" was, on
tive board WA i''''' 'e'e''eu 10 me excel
The mer,inr then odi,,r,o,,,too
intending TO lave After din"r ~ ioo p h''
t,,,,in. = int,Il4 '''i"T' DISCUSSIONS on |
''~' ~ " '''' -''''''Hch present
me .'iterno0n Proceedings.
After the mc.,inn rooo,r,o,o,, c..
,,,,,,,--', ~i'o'' secretary
ii"ni''o"" proposed the following question |
for discussion, "When is the be.t time for
eve to commence breeding. and what cfTrct
VIII 1t have on the physical deyclopD,.ni
Henry Lane, of Cornwall wos , P'''-I,
aud discussed the question at c5n.Iaer RI Jp
length. Ue said that it was n on,stino
whether the eve ought to commence rcnro
ducing when she is two years oil or thrco
years Oh. lie thought that the eve would
when mature, be a larger and botlcr 10,
vcIoped animal if breeding were brgun 0t
TWO years OLD, Early breeding, ho thought.
was, on the whole, very desirable
folln D. Jones, of Cornwall, maintained
The contrary opinion, thinking thu, there
were some well attestcd facts IN G%no. 'tu'o
10 Mr.. Lanes theory Mr. Jnrcs in e s,,,i,,p,t
Of his views, cited some results Of govern.
mental experiments made in Franc. '''''-
Z. Il. Jones OF Hubhardown. rhourht
mat from his eXpcriC, ce the best tinn 49,
gin breeding was when the eve y"e ,nr6o
years old.
+. o Barton Of Nclgcnncs, tbopglt that
rom two and half to three years old wns
he proper time ordinarily for brcadinr t0
commence.
George Hammond Of NJid,yleb,r,, t,i.
called upon, said tia, Lo cnmII ~, - nclne
with Mr.. Lane as to the adyisohilitv ~
orcl ding from yearling ewes. lie tb6nrht
hat II the practice Of breeding so carly vac
continued, the progeny would det,riorato '"7
w, b. Law OF Ohio, thought thai the c,,o
should be three years old when tie lanb WINS
Mr.. Jones, BEING asked b,, A..
whether he thought that the sheen r1isnJ
rom the government flocks in France would
nave attained the same size if bred in tIis
climate Mr.. Jones tnought tha, ,,i, ~ ' ms
came feed aud care they womb Thn c,,,
1rnment sheep in France are moi oilnwoJJ ~ =,
commence breeding until both The eve ard
"A, j. Stowe Of Weybridpe. tboroh, :,
woui do to breed young, and That