The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1884-05-02
SHEEP SHEARING FESTIVAL

SHEEP SHEARING FESTIVAL.
The first annual meeting of the
Shiawassee County Sheep Breeders
Association. was held on Thursday,
May Ist, on the grounds Of Mr.. l..
Van Alstine, near the village of Ver-
non. This association has been work
ed up through the indefatigable eff.
forts of the President, Hon. +. G..
Bailey, and the Secretary, Will NJ.
Brown, aided by few enterprising
farmers interested in the production
of wool. The attendance a: this
meeting was much larger than was
expected, some aIo persons being on
premises about 3 o'clock in the after
noon, and the vast majority of these
seemed deeply interested in the busi-
ness in hand.
Those who had sheep on the ground
TO be shorn were, William Brown and
David Brown & Son, of Gaines b.
Smith, Mrs. +. Yerkes, Wilkinson
Bros, l.. Van Alstine, B. w. Smith,,
David Smith and Fred Payne, Of
Vernon; Perry Brown, F. G.
Bailey and Luther Locks, Of Venice;
c. Hibbard & Son, of Bennington !;
Amos Parmater, of Shiawassee f.
Burlingame & Son, of Burns; E. +.
Putnam, of Sciota; G. c. Virgins,
of Bancroft; f. f. Devore, of Du-
rand
OF the sheep shorn we have the
following record, though perhaps not
perfect, is as nearly so as we have
been able to make it: Perry Brown,
4 year old grade eve, weight of
fleece IS lbs. IS o.; Amos Parmater,
5 year old buck, weight of carcass
1884 lbs, clip 20 lbs. 9 o., a very
fine animal which attracted much at
tention; Z. Burlingame & Son, buck
2 years old, fleece I6 lbs. o.; Amos
Parmenter, yesrling eve, fleece II lbs.
a o.; c. Hibbard & Son, yearling
grade eve, fleece 10 lbs. o., year.
ling eve, fleece IS lbs, 3 year old
eve, IL lbs. I41a o., year old eve,
weight of carcass 5o34 lbs, clip IA
lbs. 6 o., yearling grade eve, weight
of carcass S. lbs, fleece 10 lbs. OF. !;
David Brown, year old buck, weight
of carcass 80 lbs, clip 10 lbs. Is o.;
G. c. Virgins, buck asa days old,
weight of fleece 10 lbs. IA o., car.
cass sc lbs, we'll bred animal; A.
Parma er, yearling buck, weight OF
carcass S. lbs, clip IS lbs. IA oz,,
yearling grade eve, weight of fleece
10 los. o.; d. Brown & Son, year
ling eve, weight of carcass SIS lbs,
clip I6 lbs. 7 oz.-said by some to
have been the most promising year.
ling eve on the grounds, and wa.
certainly fine one; Luther Louks, :
year old eve, among the best, weigh
of carcass II7M lbs, fleece 26 lbs
6l o.; Perry Brown, year ole
eve, weight of carcass 631z lbs.
clip 9 lbs. IL o., 2 year old eve
weight of fleece I6 lbs. s o., yea
old buck, weight of fleece "a lbs:
o.; Amos Parmater, yearling grade
buck with very fine fleece, which
weighed 10 lbs. $ o.; L. Van Alstine
yearling grade buck, first class il
every particular, fleece r3 lbs; E. I
Putnam, S year old buck, weight o
carcass 1851 lbs, clip ao lbs. o OF
the largest fleece clipped, and
superior quality of wool. this buck i
prize in any breeders hands; f. G
Bailey, 3 year old eve (a6o) bred b!
A. d. Taylor, of Macomb county
sired by L. P. Clark's "Long Wool
one of most noted of the celebrated
sheep in Vermont-as fine eve a
one could wish to see-weight o
carcass "a Ia lbs, fleece II lbs. 1.
Ia o.; Mrs. Eliza Yerkes, 8 yea
old buck, weight of carcass Ia3A lbs.