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the light colored ewes. He sold a lamb for $300, but Mr. H. continued 

 to use him. (See page 113.) 



" Old Greasy" weighed about 110 Ibs. He was light boned and rather 

 long and thin in every part, though the rib was tolerably full. He was 

 but little wrinkled, having simply the cross on the brisket, the convolu- 

 tion of skin under the chops called by many "the double," and a narrow 

 dewlap between them. He was exceedingly yolky, and his wool very 

 long and thick for so yolky a sheep. The wool was about 2 inches long, 

 was fine and even, covered belly and foretop fairly, but not the shanks, 

 and the fleece weighed 22 Ibs. His constitution was medium, and he was 

 an excellent stock getter, so far as fleece was concerned. He was used 

 to darken the produce of the light colored ewes. 



"Old Wrinkly" weighed from 125 to 130 Ibs., and was a strong- 

 boned, low, compact sheep, with round carcass and short legs, short 

 thick head and neck, but was a little too light in the hips. He was very 

 heavily wrinkled over and under neck, and also about elbow, tail, thigh 

 and flank. His flank was deep and tail broad. His fleece was thick, 

 about two inches long, of medium quality, not entirely even, and 

 showed a little jar on the neck wrinkles. He was well covered on head 

 and belly, and wooled to the foot. His fleece weighed 23 Ibs. It was 

 rather light colored, though very yolky. His yolk was yellow. The wool 

 opened ^vell. He had a strong constitution, and was a good sire ram. 

 He was sold for $300. 



"Little Wrinkly" weighed about 110 Ibs. He had bones of good 

 size, was about medium in respect to compactness, and was round in 

 the rib. He was much less wrinkly than Old Wrinkly, and was inferior 

 to him in general appearance. His fleece was'very fine and even, and 

 possessed a good deal of style. It was of medium length, (two inches 

 long,) thick, and coated with dark external gum. He was as yolky as 

 Old Greasy, and his yolk white. His fleece weighed about 19| Ibs., a 

 good deal of weight considering its quality. He would not have been 

 used had Long Wool or Old Greasy been alive ; yet he proved a good 

 stock ram, in some cases, getting Sweepstakes and two large, very 

 heavy fleeced ewes. He got them when a lamb. He died at three. 



" Sweepstakes " weighs about 140 Ibs. Taken all in all he is about as 

 perfect a formed Merino ram as was ever seen, and defective in no 

 essential particular. His wool is 2-J- inches long, fine, extremely even, and 

 does not contain a particle of jar. His belly, head, etc., are admirably 

 covered, and he is wooled profusely to the feet all roui4. He has no 

 external gum, is medium in point of color, but possesses abundance of 

 thin, yellowish yolk. His wool opens brilliantly and with a beautiful 

 style. He has produced a single year's fleece of 27 Ibs. His constitution 

 is powerful. He impresses his own characteristics unusually strongly 

 on his get. He took the first premium of the Vermont State Agricultu- 

 ral Society as a lamb, as a yearling, and as a grown ram. In 1861 he met 

 several of the best rams of the State (the best of his competitors were 

 got by himself) in a sweepstakes, and was victorious. Mr. Hammond 

 has been several times offered $2,500 for him. 



" California," the next named ram in the pedigree published at page 

 121, was the property of Henry Hammond, as is his dam Beauty 1st. 

 (His stock is the same with that of his uncle, Edwin Hammond, 

 being half of the same common flock.) California was sold for $1,000, 

 and I think was less than a year old when sold. I have no descrip- 



