Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-04-03
HOW VERMONT MERlNOS THRIVE
IN Utah
From American sheep Breeder.l

TdinSs anu must COIleSs tlldu never uotu
thoroughbred rams that did better SER
vice, were better "rustlers,' or that be-
gan to make the improvements in my
herds that these rams did. | was offered
this fall for run or average of my
grade yearling ewes out of these rams,
ten dollars per head. Last year my
breeding ewes sheared over ten pounds
to the head and raised lambs. One herd
l sold last fall, wethers, sheared fifteen
pounds each. Ihave always used the
best rams | could get. but | never had
any that made such Improvement in my
herds as the Vermont Merinos. | have
been handling few of these rams every
year since, in connection with Mr.. Ev-
arts, who goes to Vermont and makes
the selection, and they have given such
almost universal satisfaction and our
customers have been so loud in their
praises of these sheep, as may be seen
from some of the following testimonials.
that we have concluded to continue the
business on somewhat larger scale.
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which we will soon be able to raise in
Utah all of these sheep we handle in the
territory. Mr.. Evarts has had over thir-
ty years experience in raising and hand
ling these sheep on his farm in Vermont,
and this gives us IneXcelled facilities for
furnishing both rams and ewes at the
lowest figures at which thoroughbred
sheep can be laid down. We also handle
the finest and highest grade of non-reg
istered rams ever offered for sale in the
territory.
Our customers pronounce them super
ior to what they have been buying for
thorough-breds for several years past.
Whatever we represent as thoroughbred
stock we are always ready to furnish
satisfactory evidence, other than our own
word, that it is as represented, or no sale.
These rams have more than doubled
the fleeoes of their offspring on our light
wooded herds, and if that is the case. life
is too short to grade up our herds with
scrubs. The best are none too good and
are always the cheapest, should be every
sheepman's motto.
w. |. Brown.
NEPHI, Utah.
In the fall of 1SSS very reluctantly
bought an outfit of % Vermont Nerino
rams of W. |. Brown. They wintered on
the range without hay, and we had seven
weeks of cold weather and deep snow.
| hnt | did lnsp of thp
bought more rams in 1889 and am so well
pleased with my two crops of lambs that
| have this day bargained for full out
fit for next season. My two crops of
ram lambs will more than twice pay for
the rams bought, and am looking for
a good crop of lambs next spring. Some
of my yearling ewes sheared Is lbs. each.
| have been handling sheep for eighteen
years. and know that the best invest
ment | have ever made in them was in
buying these Vermont Merino rams.
JOSEPH f. IRONS.
| p. S. | have bought 10 in all. Have
never lost one except by accident. |
have over 10 of them alive and strong
after three seasons on the range. They
are for sale Price, S22.50 each.
j. f. Irons.
! JUAB Co.. Utah.
Jan. u, 1891.
TO Whom 1t May Concern
This is to certify that have purchased
rams of W. |. Brown and \. NJ. Evarts
! for the last three seasons.
have never seen either of the men.
nor have | ever seen the rams until they
were unloaded from the cars at tins place,
buying them entirely on their representa-
ton, and have always found them as re-
presented and perfectly satisfactory. |
am highly pleased with my lambs. They
are heavy shearers, strong and hearty
some of my yearing ewes shearing II
pounds. These are the sheep for our
range herds. Loose-wooled sheep do not
pay in our bushy country. think the
Vermont Merinos are producing the best
results of any sheep ever brought into
this country and shall continue to use
them.
WATKIN WATKINS.
FRISCO, Utah.
Jan. 26, 1891.
Mr.. A. NJ. EvERTs.- -Dear Sir: 1t is
with great pleasure that | write you of
my success with the Vermont Merino
rams that bought of you and w. l..
Brown in the fall of 1889. shipped
them on to the Desert to my sheep and
did not lose one of them. They are good
ri tiers and have been fat and strong all
the time. Some of them weigh 40
pounds. | have fine lot of lambs from
them, over 1000 in number from - rams.
They are covered all over with fine nice
wool and it is so dense that it is almost
proof against pulling off on the brush on
the range. They are strong and healthy
and are wintering just AS well as the
lambs from my grade rams.
saved about $50 buck lambs and they
are by far the best lambs ever raised.
| like the rams far better than expected
to when bought them, and know of no
better stock to grade up the loose-wooled
and light-shearing sheep of Utah than
the Vermont Merinos. Yours truly,
JOHN III. SEELY.
Mt. PLEASANT, San Pete Co., Utah.
Jan. 20, 1891.
One year ago last December bought
an outfit of Vermont MerinO rams of \.
NJ. Everts, and bred them with my herd
of sheep with the best results. My sheep
are low grade and lOOse-wool, but the
lambs show a greater Improvement than
l.. l.. g. 4.