Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1890-04-04
The SHEEP SHEARjNc.

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The most notable feature of the shear
ing was the exhibit of the sheep bought
by Messrs. f. y. Bissell q Son for eX
port to Australia. There were 60 head
of them, and good Judges pronounced
them the finest lot of animals ever got
ten together in the county for export.
They were bought with special reference
to the density and fineness of their fleeces
and for their freeness from hair on the
wrinkles. 1t was Messrs. Bissell's aim
to avoid sheep with excessively heavy,
oily fleeces, which they do not under
stand are desired by the majority of Aus
tralian breeders. The shearing of these
sheep was begun on Monday, as all of
them had to be shorn before shipment,
and they were to go this week. In con-
sequence of this, comparatively few
others were shorn, she9rers not being
any too plentiful. The sheep were load
ed here Wednesday night aud left on the
morning freight yesterday for New York.
They will 90 thence to England on the
steamship Persian Monarch, which sails
on Tuesday next. The animals compris-
ing the shipment appear in the subioined
tables as owned by +. y. Bissell q Son.
Mr.. Henry f. Bissell will accompany
them through.
Mr.. f. n. Bissel brought in about 30
head of his own flock and others with
smaller exhibits were Messrs. V. V.
Blackmer of Orwell, j. B. Hamblin &
Son and L. W. Peet of Cornwall and G..
r. Dimmock of West Cornwall, the latter
showing his French ram, Rob, which has
recently been the cause of a somewhat
acrid controversy in the columns of this
paper.
The attendance of breeders was fair,
the almost impossible condition of the
roads throughout the county considered.
The fleeces taken off were entirely cred
liable to breeders and owners, but it is
found that sheep are not shearing this
year as heavy fleeces as usual, the fall
ing-off being from one to five pounds.
The cause is said to be the wet summer
of last year; sheep did poorly and went
into the winter in bad shape, and the
rains so damaged the hay that much of it
was inferior for sheep-feeding purposes.
Prof. Cooke of the agricultural college,
Burlington, was down Tuesday. Mr..
Salmon, head of the bureau of animal in
dustrv, Washington. was expected, but
failed to put in an appearance. Sickness
is said to have kept him at home.
The following are the results of the
shearing up to Wednesday night when
the most of the fleeces had been taken
off. If it is borne in mind that the facts
relative to each animal are stated in this
order. there will be no difficulty in read
ing the results: First in the paragraph
comes the name of the owner of the
sheep: then the number of the animal,
the weight of carcass, weight of fleece.
days growth, staple and fibre, its sire
and. finally, the breeder Off other than
the owner)
RAMS THREE YEARS OLD.
f. y. Bissell, Shoreham-No. 1919, 1870,
25-S, 800. q, 81, II. \. Bascom No. l65,
II. \. Bascom of Shoreham. No. 2S2. -,
2S-S, 800, %, %, NanGeison Bros. of
Michigan. No. 5l9, ia, "a, q, 1, |.
6. Wooster of West Cornwall. No. Us.
10, 20-l2, %. 80, ID. C.. Smith of Shore
ham No. 40, l35. 22-S, p, %, +. +.
Stickney of Shoreham. No. G36, III, 81,
3G4, +. y. B. 81.
RAMS TWO YEARS OLD.
Z. \. Bissell q Son-No. 1874, -, lG-S,
800, =, 81. G. n. Payne lGl. c. H..
Smith of Bridport. No. 1913. ll5, Is. 800,
=. 3, G. y. Payne l6l, c. H. Smith. No.
$50, 100, us. 365. p. 81, MI. Ellsworth
No. 3O4. NJ. j. Ellsworth of Middlebury.
: No. 402. l02, Is, 365, y. 1, W. II. Rowe
No. 81. G. w. Whitford of Addison. No.
729, l27t. 20-l2, $50, y, 81, G. n. Payne.
No. 10, l0I3, 22-l2. $50. %, 81, G. n.
, Payne. No. 239, 100, 22-l2, 365, 2i 30,
5 j. d. Crane DOS, j. J. Crane of Bridport.
No. 700, ll2, 1913, $50, II, %. f. n. b.
No. j9s. No. 40, 100. 81. 800, ,. 3. c. =.
/ Crane 10, c. p. Crane. No. los. 1876, %.
. 365, 2, 3, L. p. Clark No. 3l9. c. p. Crane.
p No. 90, l29, 2i-4, 800 p, %. f. y. b.
j j9S No. SO, lib, phi, 800. q, 81, J. NJ
. Packer No. 10, |. &. Wooster No. 30,
: III, Is, 800, y, %, c. f. Abel of Orwell
= No. 10, III. Pip, 300. u, 1, senator
d No. Cos, l20, l9-S. 800, c. =. Crane No
. l25. No. 70l, 1913, u, 3Gl, Senator. No
J, ~, %, PIG, 1854, +. \. b. SOS. No. 70s
40, 1915, 3G4, Senator. No. 70G, 80. Isl
? 3Gl, Senator No. 59l, -, lG-s, 30. j
t Forbes of Shoreham. No. 400, Ill, DIS
q, /, G. W. Whitford No. 7l5, l3l, 3l-l2
y %, 30, G.. n. Payne. No. 81. III. ISIS
3 q, II, II. w. Jones of Shoreham. No
3Sl, 1870, 1872, u, 81, j. b. IIambin OF
l. Cornwall. No. 107, 10, 10, 800, D
# 30, Senator. No. 1872, 1924, n, 357, ;, 1
y. \. Wood of Saline, Mich. No. 702
: III, 20, 800, p, 81, Senator. No. COG, l0G
d Is, 800, u, 3, +. n. b. SOS. No. G94, l26
i: PA ,36l. "a, 81, Senator. No. 456, 100, 26-l2
d 800, ,, 3. G. p. Crane. No. 40, 10, 1876
/ 359, "a, %, f. n b. No. 59S. No. 695
d l2G, y, 359, "a, "a, +. n. b. sos. No. 7l6
-, lO6, 24-s, 1854, C. p. Crane 465. No. 37s
a u 1873, 2l-4, 365, o. F. Atwood of Shoreham
No. 453. IA, 2l-l4, 800, c. p. Crane. No
:. FOB, 1873, 23-l2, 800. No. BIS, lib, 20
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