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lishment of the industry of sheep husbandry and afford one 

 of the successful methods now before us of reestabUshing land 

 values on large areas throughout the State. This being done it 

 will naturally enhance the prosperity of the towns. Thus the 

 reestablishment of the sheep husbandry in Connecticut must 

 now be done primarily for meat, and secondarily for wool, and 

 an incidental factor of the whole matter will be the reestab- 

 lishment of agricultural land values in many portions of our 

 State. 



DISCUSSION. 



Secretary Browx. ^Ir. Stadtmueller is ready to answer 

 any questions which you may put to him. I certainly congratu- 

 late him upon the way in which he has presented his case. It 

 has been so clearly demonstrated that there is no room for 

 argument against its acceptance. 



We will now listen to some music before we discuss the 

 sheep question further. 



Music. 



Secretary Brown. We have with us this afternoon a gen- 

 tleman from Vermont, which, as you know, has a great reputa- 

 tion for its wool and its sheep. This gentleman has just been 

 abroad for the purchase of thoroughbreds, and knows the sheep 

 question from end to end. I have the pleasure of introducing 

 to you Mr. L. B. Harris of Lyndonville, Vt. 



SHEEP. 



By L. B. Harris of Lyndonville, Vt. 



Mr. Chairman and Ladies and Gentlemen : I am a little hard 

 of hearing and so do not know what has been said heretofore. 

 I wish I did, because the sheep question in Connecticut is a 

 difficult one, and I would like to know what the other fellows 

 have said about it. In human affairs I have found that usually 

 the thing that is is for the best. We have seen a town meet- 

 ing voting what you knew would ruin the whole community 

 if carried out, and yet we have seen everything that the mob 

 has done come out right in the end. They usually land on their 

 feet and come out all right. 



