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SHEEP INDUSTRY OF THE UNITED STATES 



An idea of the general character of the animals raised in the stand- 

 ard flocks from 1880 to 1890 can be obtained by the portraits given of 

 them and the shearings as given in the Eegister of the New York Asso- 

 ciation. 



The shearing record of 1880 showed 2 rams shearing 30 pounds 4 

 ounces and 30 pounds 2 ounces, and 12 shearing between 20 and 30 

 pounds. Four ewes sheared over 20 pounds each. J. W. Hardy's ram 

 Matchless, 2 years old, gave 28 pounds 5 ounces, which when scoured 

 yielded 9 pounds. The shearing record of 1881 is interesting and 

 valuable, as it gives, in addition to weight of carcass and wool, the 

 weight of some scoured fleeces and length of staple and fiber. 



Shearing record of 1881 of the New York State Sheep Breeders' Association. 



There was but little change in the shearings for 1882, save that 7 

 rams gave fleeces exceeding 30 pounds, Ruby's Boy, bred by John S. 

 Beecher, heading the list at 35 pounds 6J ounces. Onondaga, that 

 sheared 20 pounds 9J ounces when a yearling in 1881, had at this time 

 30 pounds 2 J ounces. This noted ram weighed in full fleece 135 pounds, 

 and was a low, deep, square, and well -formed sheep of very fine quali- 



