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to Ohio, and now the breeder of that State comes to this one for a source of 

 supply. 



The Rambouillet, a cousin of the American Merino, has a great hold in 

 sections of Ohio, and has been bred here for long over a half century. The late 

 Mr. R. C. Moulton, of Woodstock, began with this breed in 1851, and main- 

 tained a herd for over fifty years continuously. Mr. Dwight Lincoln of Milford 

 Center, the Secretary of the American Rambouillet Sheep Association, has not 

 only imported Rambouillets from France and Germany, but has tried his hand 

 at exporting to the Argentine Republic. Ohio has a number of Rambouillet 

 colonies in the north and western part of the State, and from these colonies many 

 carloads of rams have been shipped to western buyers for us on the range. At 

 the present time, Ohio is the only State east of the Mississippi seriously produc- 

 ing Rambouillet sheep for outside trade. The flocks of Messrs. Dwight Lincoln 

 of Milford Center, L. W. Shaw of Pottersburg, Max Chapman of Marysville, 

 P. Clark & Son of Cable, and J. H. McMullen of Woodstock, have distributed 

 Rambouillets over much of the country. 



The mutton breeds were introduced in Ohio not long after the Merino, and 

 Isaac Maynard of Coshocton did much to promote some of these sheep. He in- 

 troduced the Southdown, Leicester, Cotswold and Lincoln in 1834, and thus made 

 a unique record. The Shorpshire, the most common of the mutton breeds here 

 today, was probably first introduced about 1885, and Mr. Chauncey Hills of 

 Delaware was one of the earliest importers, and a very intelligent and successful 

 breeder. The first Oxfords were brought to the State in 1861, to Granville, and 

 since that day but comparatively, few flocks have developed here. Mr. W. A. 

 Shafor of Hamilton, has long been noted as a breeder, and years ago he was a 

 well known importer and exhibitor. The Dorset has been largely handled in the 

 past by the Wing Bros.} of Mechanicsburg, but not many flocks are found in the 

 State. Some most excellent flocks of Cheviots are owned in Ohio, notably those 

 of F. L. Postle & Son of Camp Chase, Ed. S. Foust of Xenia, W. D. Calland & 

 Son of DeGraff, and Boyd & King of Hillsboro. The Hampshire has been known 

 some time in the State, and C. O. Judd of Kent, P. W. Artz of Osborn, and 

 W. J. Cherry of Xenia are all prominent and most successful breeders. Mr. 

 Judd has been a very prominent importer for some years, and his sheep on the 

 show circuit have been among the most successful American winners. Chas. 

 Leet & Son of Mantua are prominent breeders and importers of Hampshires and 

 Southdowns, and are well known as very successful exhibitors at the shows. 

 There are some very excellent Shropshire flocks in the State, although these in 

 the main represent Ohio bred stock. Messrs. F. W. Palmer & Son of Pataskala, 

 H. M. Brown of Hillsboro, Ed. Post and George F. Stallsmith of Urbana, Ralph 

 Postle, Camp Chase and J. D. Keiter of Xenia, breed and maintain superior 

 flocks. The beautiful Southdown has its following, and the Southdown show at 

 the Ohio State Fair is one of the fine exhibits of the. mutton breeds. Among the 

 breeders of Southdowns are R. B. Watt of Cedarville, C. J. Stuckey of Mechanics- 

 burg, Compton & Son of Kile, and C. L. Mitchell of Lucas. 



The Longwool breeds years ago had a considerable hold in Ohio, but at the 

 present day but few are being produced. Dr. H. M. Brown of Hillsboro, and 

 W. A. Lisle & Son* of West Liberty, keep flocks of Lincolns. There are prob- 

 ably no Leicesters in the State, and but few Cotswolds. 



In addition to its fame as a sheep breeding State, Ohio has long enjoyed a 

 high rank as a sheep feeding ground. Large numbers of Western sheep and 

 lambs are shipped into the State each year and fed during the winter season. 

 Very considerable success has attended this work in the past, arid Ohio fed sheep 

 command a comparatively high price in the market. The Wing Brothers of 

 Mechanicsburg have long fed Western lambs. On two different years, Dan W. 



