Huntsville gazette., 1886-04-17
sHoRN INNocENTs.

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The First National Sheep-shearing at st.
Louis-The Judges and Their Victims,
With Their Weight and That of Their
Coats-The Proceedings Witnessed BY
an Interested Crowd Of Spectators.
ST. LOUIS, April l0-Yesterday was the
day in which centered the interest OF the
National Sheep Breeders convention, not
| even excepting the day before, when the
banquet took place. At the shearing, which
took place at the Cotton Compress ware
| house, corner Main and Rutger streets, the
delegates had an opportunity of inspecting
sheep brought from various parts of the
country, and the occasion has been impa-
| tiently waited for. In consequence, those
most deeply interested assembled at the
| warehouse at an early hour III the morning,
and at the time set for the opening the
| space allotted for the shearing, some three
hundred feet in length, was pretty well
| filed. Stalls had been erected along
one side of this space for
the accommodation OF the sheep,
and all of them were occupied, there
being ninety eight sheep in all. The wool
men walked up and down in front of tho
pens, inspecting sheep, the I'm neness OF their
wool. the length. etc. and discussing the
probable results. There were some mag.
| nifcent Illustrations of what proper bree d.
ing and attention will do in the developments
of sheep, both in the Improvement of its
flesh article of diet, and in the texture
| of its fleece. There were Cotswold, French
and Spanish merinos, southdowns, Shrop-
shire downs, Oxford downs, and a ii in first
| class condition.
Citizens interested in the event were con
| tinually arriving until by ten O'Clock there
were five hundred or six hundred people
| present. The judges were the last persons
to arrive, and as nothing conld be done
i without their presence, it was after ten
O'Clock when Mr. C. H Wallace, president
| of the State Association, opened the shear
| iPg He said that as st. Louis was the me-
| tiopolis of the Mississippi Valley, so she
| was also the metropolis OF the wool grow
| ing region OF this country. In view OF this
me shaed be hs al cha,
| In addition to its location st. Louis pos
sessed body of merchants who in energy,
! generosity and hospitality were the peers If
the United States. This was the first Ma
tional sheep shearing ever held in this
in the wool industry. He then announce
| the names of the judges, the
ing. No animal would be admitted to the
| contest unless reasonably developed seven
| eighths pure blood and without detormityi
! the terms one shearing and two shearing in
| dictate the first and second fieeces grown on
| the sheep. The names of the judges ap-
! pointed to make the awards are as follows:
| Mo-; VIM c. Truesdale and Herman Bienen-
| stock, st. Louis; w. H. Gentry, Sedalia, Mo-;
DAVID HarpSter, ONO.
On middle wools-Samuel Jewett, Indepen-
| dence, Mo-; @. A. Kessler, st. Joseph Theo-
| dore Davis and j. G. Love. st. Louis; Henry
| Ainsley, Indiana.
| On long wools-Joseph B. Schureman,
Lees Summit. Mo-; ]. w. Young, Carthage,
| Mo-; Moses Summerfeld, Isador Sailer and
| w. +. Warner, st. Louis.
| The shearing then commenced. Four plat
| forms had been erected, about two feet high,
for the convenience of the shearers
The IAst sueep, eve, belonging to U. p.
Bennett Son, of Lees Summit, Mo-, was
brought out at 80 and laid on the south
platform. The spectators all crowded
around this table to see the performance, but
in minutes the other tables were all
filled, and everybody was enabled to inspect
the delicate operations of rJbbing sheep OF
its winter clothes. About twenty shearers
were In attendance.
The sheep were carefully weighed by the
judges, then sheared and the fleece carefully
tied up and weighed. The following is list
OF the sheep entered for awards. with the
weights OF sneep and wool:
CLASS A-FINE WOODS.
Rams, two shearlng or over-L E. Shat.
| tuck, Stanberry, Mo-: First fleece weight
of sheep, l3l tbs,; weight of fleece, 25 f5s,
D. W. McQuitty. Hughsvile. Mo-: Ram.
first fleece weight of sheep, los bs.; weight
of wool, p ms. 11soz. Ram, third fleece:
McCulley & Bro, Lees Summit, Mo. Ram,
third fleece; weight Of sheep, les ibs.; weight
Thos Taylor, waynesviIle, III. Ram, third
fleece; weight of sheep, l3s lbs; weight Of
r. T. McCulley & Bro, Lees Summit, Mo-.
Ram, second fl fltece: weight Of sheep, 1I6 bs.i
weight of wool. p ms. 8 or
G. X. Jones, Hubbardston, VT. Ram, third
fleece; weight of sheep, al Bs; wool q
lbs. 15Js OF. Ram, third fleece; sheep. l56
bs. ; wool, Is fbs. IL OF.
berry, Mo-; Ram, weight "a lbs; wool, l1 lbs
An or.
Harry Mccullough. Fayette, Mo-; Ram,
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weight 70 lbs. wool, ii lbs OF.
r. r. McCulley & Bro, Lees Summit,
Mo-; Ram, weight 95 lbs. wool, 20 lbs OF.
Ram, weight 9, lbs; wool. Is lbs. Ak OF.
Ram, weight 100 lbs wool, 10 lbs. l5H OF.
Ewes, two sheariingrL q shattuck, Stan
10 lbs. ~ OF. Sheep, s41l lbs; second fleece;
wool, 10 lbs. 90 or
Phiio D. Jewett, Independence, Mo.
49, oz. ' '0'' AM
Harry Mccullough. Fayette. Mo-. sheep,
Sheep, 70 lbs; second fleece; wool Il lbs.
9 OF.
Thomas Taylor, waynesville, Ill. Sheep,
| 10l lbs. second fleece: wool. Ii ibs i2Ai
or Sheep, IOOh lbs. /; second fleece; l2 lbs.
r. r McCulley & Bro, Lees Summit Mo-:
sheen. 81 lbs. T; fourth fleece: wool, u lbs. 2<
OF. Sheep, llS bs.; sixth fleece; l6 lbs. 81
Sheep, sc MS. second fleece; IA bs. OF.
CLASS B-MIDDLE WOODS
Rams, two shearling-Jas. f. Camp, La
porte Ia: Sheep, 1893 bs.: second fleece:
wool, fbs or. sheep, l75 bs; second
fleece; wool, bs. 5lz OF.
A. A. owen & Bro, Bunker Hill, ILL.,: Sheep,
2I1 MS; wool, bs o.; sheep, lsf bs;
wool 10 bs. 8 or -
bs.; wool, Is bs. OF. -
W. FL Widerman & Bro, Freeburg, ILL.,:
Sheep, Ii2 tbs.; wool, bs OF.
Ram one shearling-James +. camp, La
Porte City, Ia Sheep, 81 bs; wool,s bs. 10
o.: sheep 9S rs; wool, rs. 8 or.
Thos Taylor, WaynesviiIe, Ill. Sheep, Isl
bs: wool, II ibs OF
Stone & Loake, Stonington, Ill. Sheep, bi
ms. wool, IL bs-, IL OF. Sheep, $50 bs.; wool
bs., 15 OF. ,.o
Ewes, two shearing-D. w. McQuitty.
Hughesville, Mo-: Sheep, 126 rs; wool,
MS, o.; sheep ITO fbs.; wool, bs
stone Loake, Stonington, Ill sheep 100
Ds.; wool, 10 bs. IL or she12, 10 bs.'
Ewes. one shearling-James f. Camp, La
Porte CITY Ia: Sheep, s6 bs.; wool, 3 bs.
| o. sheep SO bs.; wool, ms. or
Stone y Loake: Sheep, S5 lbs; WOOL, IDS
8 o.. sheep, l03 lbs; wool. lbs OF.
CLASS c-LoNG wooLs
Rams. two shearling-rhomas Tayior
waynesviile, ILL.,: sheep. l'o IDS; WOOL 40
ioS, n n 1-a.+ q cons Lees Summit Mo: