The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-07-30
THE RAMBoUILLET SHEEP.
History and Description of This Pop.
ular Brand.

There are many western sheepmeH
who consider the Rambouillet pro
nounced Rong- boo-yah) sheep to be the
best for an aI-purpose breed, and cer-
tainly tits fast becoming the most pop
ular to cross with the Rocky mountain
merinOS. both for the Improvement OF
the wool and mutton qualities of the
native sheep. A brief history of the
RambOuilletS is given by DIT. Galel
wilson in the Practical Farmer as fol-
lows:
In 1856 the king of France procured
bunch of 3S3 Spanish A1erinO sheep
from royal f1Ocks in Spain. They were
selected from ten flOckS which had al
ways been separate, and hence there
were ten different strains Of blood,
with no immediate family relation be-
tween them. The object of the French
king was TO grow fine wool and breed
up better and larger sheep than the
original. which We're small, as are all
Spanish MerinOs. These imported sheep
were taken to the extensive domain or
estate formerly belonging TO the Mar
GuiS RambOuillet, hence the present
name OF the sheep. They have been
bred there ever Since-nOW ll3 years
by the most capable experts that could
be found. An American writer on
sheen has said: When I visited Ram
bOuillet in 1891. and saw the environ
ment Of these sheep under the skllliul
direction of NJ. La Flize, and knew that
over 100. years of just such manage
ment had been in progress, 1 no longer
wondered that the style. beautiful
form, graceful carriage. immense size
and choicest wool are combined in me
hsc-t,ae+ Of --.rsFl.rrrTT
II is not unusual for the rams % weigh
$50 to 300 pounds, the ewes $50 10 3D.
and shear 10 per cent of their carcass
weight of dense. fine, long wool ABOUT
the year 1900. and subsequently. M-rino
sheep were brought from Spain n me
United States and some have been tA-
ported to South America. Africa, Aus
tralian and other countries, IN al Oh
which more or less effort has "t7A
made to breed them up 10 greater slA7
and still preserve the finaneSS 0L INC
wool fiber. increase its length ana COM
: parative weight to weight Of carcass,
| but little progress in these lines no
| been made elsewhere than IN -dl--l-
| The reason is obvious Other o2l'L-l--59
| endeavored to breed UP from W-,A-L
one strain of sheep at q place. en-
! every breeder OF livestock knows nv"
[
I breeding among the same -aL----loe
| Sheep seem to be more Suseei' l-'--
the adverse influence Of close -H-.'---
/ ing than any other species Of anll--a a.
! But France had the same as ten 49,
of different breeds To breed from os n
! lection. and still every flock was ~
rino blood. but no family r-.aJi. -
| So far as my knowledge ext nus. -.
| French in their breeding up hdd u- -.55--
| mixture of the blood OF other r- Lss7
/ but even if they did they nav s7
/ breeding in the larger Meriln -l. In
long that the type is fixed ] ~ -- g---
dation of their first bunch Of -1E7,.or-
| gave the French an immense a.
tage; besides. their breeding NJ
| ways been under government on ~ an
and as one expert breeder eLg1l ,-bs-
other died. the government na' , J5s
\ experts in training TO take -L rs. bUsf-
1r those who dropped out OF ~ one
DE- IS for any cause The Ire o. sheep
IAN is long enough to impr9.Lg 5one.
/ as the French government line in
Length of pedigree is OF g l.1-,.s nj the
breeding animals. The peqleIe-5. q cen
RombouilIets extends back Owe either
turv. and their prepOtency can
be doubted or excelle0.