The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1889-02-21
Meeting of the Kenosha County
Sheep Breeders and Wool
Growers Association.
Growers a

| The annual meeting of the Kenosha
County Sheep Breeders and Wool Growers
Association was held pursuant to notice, at
| the M. f. church at Salem the 10Th day of
February, AS but few members were pres
ent at the time appointed for opening the
meeting, it was not called to order until af-
ter dinner. All that need be said Of the
dinner is that it was prepared by the ladies
Of the NJ. E. church, and that they fully
sustained their reputation as caterers for
hungry farmers. After doing ample justice
to the good things set before them, in
which they were joined by the ladies, the
meeting was called to order by President
Stocker. There being vacancy in the Of
flee of Secretary, W. E. McVicar was elect
ed Secretary pro tenn. AS the Secretary's
book containing the minutes of former
meetings was not produced in the meeting,
a report in regard to the finances and men,
bership Of the association was necessarily
omitted. President Stocker then announced
the first business before the meeting to be
the election of officers for the ensuing year.
Whereupon B. FL. Stocker and W. E. Nc.
Vicar were elected President ana Secretary
respectively. The sense of the meeting was
| then taken in regard to holding sheep
shearing festival, with the result that all
were in favor Of it. On motion of J. G..
Fleming, it was decided to hold sheep
shearing festival on the 4th day Of May
next. On motion Of T. G. Hartnell, all
persons entering sheep are requested to
have them on the ground before 10 o'clock
a. m. on the day OF the festival.
On motion of ". Y. Gull, Eli Bloss was
elected Chairman OF the committee to make
arrangements for the festival. The first
question on the program was The most
profitable breed Of sheed for Aenosha coun-
ty," which was discussed ~ considerable
length by Messro. Nu!i, >ssooAe.-, Fleming,
Wincheli and Diu5}., :u. >,5 I.tthvr u the
gentlemen had iiH,i "1si >Np.I;St.cc with
mutton breeds no <9il; q, 10 j., ,trts Were
given i'll support o1 tt,4t a,,' >lAc que,
ton. The sense q ~; ,-G>1,a{, a:'"."ed to
be to combine the lA"&IYIut> 4, wool aud
mutton in the same animal as lar rs posi-
bic by good care and .judicious breeding.
MIR. Bloss gave some convincing facts in re
gard to his success in doing this. The next
question:: GLOW to breed up q flock of
sheep" having been pretty we'll covered in
the discussion of the former question, was
passed, and the next question, What
sheep to keep and what to SELL" taken up.
Mr.. Winchell would sell wethers when
three years old. Mr.. Bless, ia answer to a
question, said he would not keep sheep
with broken mouth Every year he
would select out such sheep from his flock
as he thought Improbable to keep longer
for shearing and turn them en- good pasture
during the summer and tall and have them
ready to market whenever the market was
satisfactory. BY taking this course he sold
nothing but mutton sheep at good prices
instead Of reducing his surplus by selling
old culls at nominal prices. Mr. Holmes
related some of his early experience in
keeping sheep, to show that there is more
profit in a few sheep we'll cared for than in
a large flock as usually kept. It was con-
coded that the most of those who make
business Of keeping sheep, keep too many,
and that a less number would give a larger
aggregate profit In response to questions
by President Stocker, it was found that but
two Or three of those present would wash
their sheep this season The affirmative of
the proposition, ''Sheep growing will pay
the man who knows how to do it, according
to the skill and care he uses," was conceded
by the meeting without discussion. Meet
Ing then adjourned.
W. E. MCVICAR, Secretary.