Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-04-08

The sheariug of the Vermont Merino
strengthening association, at its barn
on the fair ground on Thursday. Friday
and Saturday of last week, did not bring
out the large number of people and an
malS that it has sometimes, Il result no
doubt of the rather dull state of the sheep
market. There was, however, a fair
showing and some excellent fleeces were
taken Off The exhibitors included V.
V. Blackmer of Orwell, who is the presi-
dent of the association; A. A. Farms
worth of New Haven, c. w. Mason of
Vergennes, c. A. Chapman of Ferris
burgh, +. A. Jones of Hubbardton, AL
bert Chapman and Z. Kendall of Middle
bury, Byron Smith of Addison, Ii. Z.
Sanford and John Towle of Cornwall, all
of whom had pure-bred Spanish Merinos,
and Loren Richards of New Haven, who
showed grade French.
The shearing was done for the most
part on Friday, the session practically
closing that night, although all the sheep
were not taken away TIL Saturday. Fol-
lowing are the results:
\ ram three years old, owned by v.
V. Blackmer, bred by G. l.. Parish and
numbered lis, yielded y lbs. OF. of
wool; weight of carcass, l53 lbs.
Ram No. 222, bred and owned by Bv-
ron Smith, two years old and sired by
Luck, sheared Is lbs. II or. carcass,
l40 lbs; days growth, 364; staple, =
fiUer, 81.
Two yearling rams were shorn. c..
a. Chapman's, bred by f. ID. Hindes,
sired by c. Lincoln 1863, and numbered
l69, sheared II lbs. 3 o., the days
growth being 80 and the weight of
carcass 9G4 lbs; staple, 14 fiber, Fl. F.
A. Jones No. IS, bred by owner and
sired by c. X. Jones 10, sheared 26 lbs. g,
2 or, the days growth being $50 and
the weight of carcass l47 lbs.
Four ewes two years old and over were
shorn. Three of them were bred and
owned by Albert Chapman. No. II,
sired by l.. p. Clark 522, sheared Is lbs
10 OF. weight of carcass, l02 lbs. DAYS
growth, 1854; staple, p /; fiber, 1. No
6G, sired by Wool Grower, sheared l5
lbs. oz.; days growth, 1854; carcass,
95 ; staple, 3; fiber, It. No. G3, sired by
l.. p. Clark, l45, had lG lbs. oz. of
"ooI vi oof udys SToWtn, tnc carcass
weighing l25 lbs; staple %; fiber, 3t.
C. A. Chapman's No. ~, bred by own
er and sired by A. Chapman No. l27,
gave Is lbs. s on. of wool to 9S4 lbs. of
carcass; staple, II; fiber, 30.
The following animals, owned by Geo.
ii. Smith of Addison, were shorn at the
owners place on Saturday under the su-
pervision of committee appointed by
the shearing association:
Yearlng rams: No. 357-carcass, 92
lbs, and days growth, 379-l6 lbs. II
or. with staple of in. and fiber of %
in. No. 35S-carcass, 100 lbs, and DAYS
growth, 3Sl-l5 lbs. , OF, with staple of ,
in. and fiber of "a in. No. 355-carcass, 81
lbs. and days growth, 3S3-lS lbs. II OF.
with staple 2s in. and fiber in. No. BOP
carcass, So lbs, and days growth. $50
IL lbs. or, with staple "a in. and
fiber 80. No. 3j9-carcass, 81 lbs. and
days growth, BIB lbs. s oz., with
staple in. and fiber "a in. No. 353-car-
cass, l0i lbs, and days growth, 37l-
2l lbs. II o., with staple p in. and fiber
3s In. No. 354-carcass, so lbs. and days
growth, 37S-l6 lbs. 1 or, with staple of
p in. and fiber 81 in. No. 356-carcass,
100 lbs, and days growth, 37S-l9 lbs. q,
with staple of in. and fiber q in. Ram
No. 1863 was two years old, his carcass
weighed Ill lbs. and his fleece was of 365
days growth it weighed 2S lbs, had
staple of IN. and fiber of 2s in.