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importations. In 1848 John D. Patterson of Westfield, New 

 York, on the western border of that state, made an importation 

 including many superior sheep, his ewes weighing from 120 to 

 150 pounds and some of his rams up to 300 pounds. In 1851 

 F. M. Rotch of New York is said to have made an importation with 

 Taintor of Connecticut. That same year S. W. Jewett of Middle- 

 bury, Vermont, imported eighteen rams and eighty-two ewes from 

 Victor Gilbert, and George Campbell of Westminster, Vermont, 



FIG. 164. A Rambouillet ram, second in class at the Ohio State Fair, 1905. 

 Bred and exhibited by Max Chapman, Marysville, Ohio. Photograph 

 by the author 



also made an importation. This same year a company of Ohio 

 breeders imported about 50 head selected from private flocks in 

 France by A. P. Howard. Some of the present Ohio flocks trace 

 back to this importation as well as to a later one of 1881. In 

 1851 Mr. R. C. Moulton of Ohio, now over eighty years old, estab- 

 lished his flock of French Merinos, which has been maintained 

 by him ever since, this probably being the oldest flock under one 

 management in the country. In 1855 A. R. Seymour of Fayette 



