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ram, bred in 1852 and sired by Wooster, and Prince, sired by America 

 and sold to A. Barringer, of Illinois. 



Victor Wright in 1847 began an Atwood flock by the purchase from 

 L. C. Eemele of one ewe that Mr. Eemele had purchased of E. P. Hall. 

 This ewe was bred by Stephen Atwood and purchased of him by 

 Messrs. Hammond and Hall. In after years many ewes were purchased ; 

 of the Hammonds and added to the flock. Nearly all the stock rams 

 of the Hammonds were used and also those bred in the flock, among 

 which have been many of great excellence. Mr. Wright died in 1867, 

 after which his widow owned the flock for more than twenty years, 

 when it passed into the hands of the present owner, A. B. Wright, 

 Middlebury, Yt. Among the rams bred by Mr. Y. Wright may be 

 mentioned Wright's California, sired by Hammond's Long Wool, and 

 sold in 1861 to Messrs. Hoyt, of California; Old Greasy, sired by Cali- 

 fornia, and sold to E. Perrine, western Pennsylvania ; Black Top, sired 

 by Hammond's Gold Drop; Long Wool, sired by Wright's Old Greasy; 

 Don Pedro, sired by Long Wool, and Wrinkley, also sired by Ham- 

 mond's Gold Drop, and bred in 1863, all of the Atwood blood. 



There were many other Atwood sheep taken from Connecticut at an 

 early day. Among the purchasers of them may be mentioned W. C. 

 Wright, S. L. Bissell, and S. W. Jewett in 1844, and soon after Joseph 

 Marsh, C. W. Brownell, and William Gage, each of whom bred pure 

 Atwood sheep for many years. That of Judge Joseph Marsh was bred 

 pure to about the time of his death in 1877. In 1846 Philo Jewett, of 

 Weybridge, bought 8 or 10 Atwood ewes of the Atwoods, and soon 

 after this A. A. Farns worth, of New Haven, bought all the yearling 

 ewes that Mr. Atwood raised in one year. In 1863 E. N. Bissell, of 

 Shorehani, purchased 5 ewes and a ram of Stephen Atwood, 3 ewes of 

 Chauncey Atwood, 29 ewes and 1 ram of George Atwood, and 6 Atwood 

 ewes of Jerry Smith. These, with those heretofore mentioned, are all 

 the Atwood sheep that Mr. Chapman in 1877 had been able to trace in 

 Vermont. The purchases made from these various flocks and their 

 subsequent dispersion over the State and the United States can not be 

 followed at this time. 



It will be remembered that of the early shipments of William Jarvis 

 were 24 Escurials to Eichard Crowningshield, of New York. They 

 arrived June 18, 1810. Two of these were purchased by Andrew Cock, 

 of Flushing, L. L, at $1,100 per head. They were ewes. Mr. Cock 

 then made another purchase of the Paular breed, at from $50 to $100 

 per head, and continued to add to his flock by purchases of the different 

 importations until he ran his flock up to about 80, always selecting 

 them with great care. He never purchased any but the best, was very 

 attentive as a breeder, saw well to his business, and formed an unri- 

 valed flock of sheep. In 1823 Jehiel Beedle, Elijah Wright, and Charles 

 Eich, of Shoreham, through Leonard Beedle, purchased this flock, con- 

 sisting of about 100. On the arrival of the flock in Vermont it was 



