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SHEEP INDUSTRY OF THE UNITED STATES 



Prices of fine, medium, and coarse washed clothing Ohio fleece ivool in the Eastern markets 

 for the months of January, April, July, and October of each year from 1871 to 1890, 

 'inclusive. 



With the revival in prices in 1871- 7 72 came also publications of sheep- 

 shearings and yield of fleeces. In 1871 Messrs. E. J. Hiatt & Co., of 

 Morgan County, sheared 15 rams and 30 ewes of 660J pounds of wool. 



Fifteen rams sheared 234 pounds, an average of 15j 9 5 - pounds, unwashed wool. 

 Twenty-three ewes sheared 322 pounds, an average of 14 pounds, unwashed wool. 

 Seven ewes sheared 104 pounds, an average of 14] f pounds, unwashed wool. 



In 1872 the same parties sheared 20 rams and 60 ewes of 1,080 pounds 

 of wool. The heaviest ram fleece was 24.J pounds, the heaviest ewe 

 fleece 21J pounds. The ram fleeces generally ran from 15 to 18 pounds 

 and the ewe fleeces from 12 to 17 pounds. Three rams showed an aver- 

 age weight of carcass of 151 pounds each, and 17 ewes averaged 120 J 

 pounds each. 



The Hiatt Brothers, Chester Hill, Morgan County, laid the founda- 

 tion of their flock in 1868, by the purchase of 4 ewes from J. T. and V. 

 Bich; 4 ewes of W.E. Sanford, and 3 ewes from C. D. Lane, all of Ver- 

 mont. The ram Old Grant, bred by Milo J. Ellsworth, Middlebury, Vt., 

 was first used. This ram was a descendant of the Humphreys, Cock, 

 and Jar vis flocks. There were subsequent purchases of rams and ewes 

 bred by the Messrs. Hammond, E. S. Stowell, F. D. Barton, and others, 

 of the same blood, including 1 ram bred by W. E. Sanford, 1 bred by E. 

 S. Stowell, and 1 bred by S. G. Holyoke. Earns of their own breeding 

 were also used. In April, 1876, this flock consisted of 60 ewes and 21 

 rams, descendants of and bred to combine the blood of the Cock, Jarvis, 

 and Humyhreys flocks, and of 14 ewes and 9 rams pure Humphreys 

 sheep as bred by Atwood and Hammond. 



In 1875, Jacob H. Keller's flock was shorn and 50 ewes yielded a total 

 of 740|f pounds, an average of 14|f pounds each. The heaviest fleece 



