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LONG WOOLED SHEEP.— No. of Esteies, 43. 



Judges. — Thomas T. Whittlesey, Pheasant Branch ; Reuben M. Norton, 

 Racine ; Talbot C. Dousman, Ottawa. 



Best buck over two years ; Thomas K. Carr, Oak Creek. $4. 

 Second best buck over two years ; John Hinton, Eagle. Transactions. 

 Second best buck two years or under ; John Hinton, Eagle. Youatt on 



Sheep. 

 Best pen, three buck lambs ; John Hinton, Eagle. 83. 



" I pen my sheep every night. They have a warm cot where, when it 

 is very cold, they go, but when it is mild, they lie outside. I feed them 

 on timothy and clover hay ; about the beginning of March I add tur- 

 nips. I feed the ewes and lambs on time thy and clover in the spring, 

 and wean the lambs in July, on the lattermath, after the timothy and 

 clover is mowed. John Hinton." 



MIDDLE WOOLS.— No. of EniEiKi, 58. 



Judges — Thomas T. Wiiittlesev, Pheasant Branch ; Reuben M. Norton, 

 Racine ; Talbot C. Dousman, Ottawa. 



Best buck over two years ; A. P. Lyman, Sheboygan. ^4. 



Best buck two years or under ; N. B. Clapp, Kenosha. $3. 



Best pen, three ewes, over two years ; N. B. Clapp, Kenosha. 83. 



Best pen, three buck lambs ; N. B. Clapp, Kenosha. 83. 



"On several accounts, for this country, I prefer the Southdown sheep 

 to the Merinos. They are much hardier animals, have stronger consti- 

 tutions, and are better calculated for mutton — averaging, at least, one- 

 third larger size than the fine-wool Merinos. For feeding, they are un- 

 surpassed; producing a superior quality, and greater weight of flesh. 

 from the same feed than any other sheep. The ewes are very prolific. 

 The lambs, when young, are usually stout and healthy — much easier 

 raised in cold weatlier than fine-wool lambs. I prefer them to the Lei- 

 cesters or Cotswolds. They cut nearly the same quantity of wool, and 

 of a finer quality ; and with the same feed will produce as much flesh, 

 and of a superior quality. They do not require as much protection from 

 storm, on account of the compactness of the fleece. They are far supe- 

 rior, in crossing with the fine-wool sheep. A. P. Lyman." 



