EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. 



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IToof, weighing -'7 pounds, sheared 20 pounds 15 ounces, 5-incli staple. 

 Ten full-grown ewes from the flock of L. B. Townsend weighed an aver- 

 age of 135 pounds and sheared an average of 8 pounds, 4-inch staple. 

 A ram 300 days old weighed 128 pounds, sheared 11J pounds, 4-inch 

 staple, and scoured 54 per cent. Ten rams, one year old from H. Higby's 

 tlock, weighed 130 pounds, sheared 12 pounds each, 5-inch staple, while 

 another flock produced 5 rains, one year old, weighing 135 pounds, and 

 shearing 14 pounds each, 4f -inch staple. Thomas Wyckoff had a year- 

 ling ram that weighed 170 pounds and sheared 15 pounds, 5-inch staple. 

 Two ewes gave an average weight of 145 pounds and sheared 8 pounds 

 washed wool, of 4 J-inch staple. Four ewe lambs, one year old, weighed 

 110 pounds and sheared 8 pounds, 6-inch staple. The longest staple 

 was G inches, from a yearling ewe whose fleece scoured 55 per cent 

 manufacturers' wool. 



For those who wish to make comparison of the Eambouillet fold of 

 France with the Eambouillet sheep of Michigan, the following tables are 

 given from the American Eambouillet Eecord: 



Comparison of wool of sheep of different ages. 

 [Rambouillet fold.] 



Observations of Michigan Eambouillet sheep. 

 [Comparison of weights and wool of sheep of different ages, 1891.] 



In addition to the French Merinos descended from importations made 

 between 1840 and 1860, and more recent importations made from France, 



