SHEEP SHEAEING FESTR^AL. 81 



Sheep for a year, $75. Average of wool per head 3 7-8 pounds. 

 Average losses for last year, 1 per cent. Number of Lambs lost 

 to the number of Ewes kept, about 7 per cent 



John a. Fletcher. 

 Johnstown, Eock Co., May 30, 1854. 



JAMES DAVIS' STATEMENT. 



I have entered for premium, ten yearling Ewes ; they are full 

 blood Spanish Merino. As to the pedigree, I cannot give any 

 very definite account. They were wintered in Michigan, and 

 fed on good clover hay from the 1st of December until the 6th 

 of February, when they were brought to this State, and then 

 on marsh hay and oats. 



My manner of keeping, has' been in small fields with com- 

 fortable sheds, giving good hay with plenty of straw well 

 stacked for them to run to; also plenty of water at all 

 times, — hay salted when put up, and straw with brine, occasion- 

 ally. 



Quantity of hay and grain for 100-9 tons of hay, 30 bushels of 

 oats. Cost of keeping 100 head, $55. Average of wool per 

 head, 3 lbs. 12 oz. Average loss per 100 head, 1-2 per cent. 

 Number of Lambs raised per 100 Ewes, 80. 



James Davis. 



ELIJAH F. Williams' statement. 



My flock of Sheep consists of 113. They have eaten from 

 13 to 14 tons of hay, the past winter, and a half bushel of corn 

 per day, for 90 days, — making the actual cost of their winter 

 feed, about 65 cts. per head. 



My loss of Sheep for the last year, amounts to 9 per cent.; 

 and my number of Lambs raised, to about 75 per cent., on my 

 number of Ewes, I have now 63 Lambs. 



Whitewater, May 30, 1854. Elijah F. Willlams, 



T. c. dousman's statement. 



I enter for the premium at the Sheep Shearing Festival, ten 

 Ewes and Lambs, wintered by me. Ewes shorn on the 15th day 

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