SHEEP. 381 



Statement of Samuel Beehe. 



The amount of income realized by me on the sheep which I 

 offer for premium, is enumerated in the following statement: — 



The quantity of wool sold from six of these sheep, for the year 

 ending in September, 1853, was 261^ lbs., at 52 cents, -113.78 ; 

 six lambs, 462 lbs., at 4 cents a pound, $18.48 ; one ewe reserved 

 for stock, $3.08— total, $35.34, or $5.89 per head, the six sheep 

 being at that time but two years old. 



Income from the same six sheep for the year ending Septem- 

 ber, 1854, they being then three years old : 25| lbs. wool, at 

 42 cents, $10.71 ; six lambs, 345 lbs., at 5^ cents, $18.11; four 

 ewes reserved for stock, estimating their weight as equivalent 

 to that of the four best sold, $13.28— total, $42.10, less the value 

 of the yearling fleece included above, shows the product of the 

 six old sheep to be $40.57, or $6.76 per head. 



Income from seven old sheep, (six of them four, and one two 

 years old,) with four yearlings — eleven in all — for the year end- 

 ing September, 1855 : The seven old sheep produced fifteen 

 lambs, four of which were lost during the extreme cold weather 

 in which they were dropped. The remaining eleven lambs, 

 weighing 576 lbs., were sold at 6 cents, amounting to $34.56 ; 

 and of the whole clipping from the eleven sheep — 39 lbs., 24 lbs. 

 13 oz. comprised the product of the seven old sheep, which was 

 sold at 40 cents, amounting to $9.92, and making a total of 

 $44.48, or a fraction over $6.35 per head. 



Income of ten sheep for the year ending September, 1856, 

 (one old ewe of the original stock having been slaughtered 

 during the last autumn,) the ten including five five years old, 

 one three years old, and four two years old : Whole number of 

 lambs, sixteen — of which three were lost, two of them by being 

 poisoned when their weight was 35 lbs. ; received for the thir- 

 teen sold, $47.55 ; one buck lamb reserved for use, $5 ; 31 lbs. 

 wool, sold at 42 cents, $13.02— total, $65.57, or $6.55 per head. 



My sheep are South Down, and originated from the flock 

 owned by Paoli Lathrop, of South Hadlcy. One ewe exhibited, 

 five years old, has brought me nine good lambs, one of which 

 was lost, but the remaining eight netted the sum of $55. 



South Wilbraham, October, 1856. 



