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In closing, I would say, emphatically, to those of you who 

 liave been breeding the coarser wools, or who have been 

 negligent as to quality of your flocks, lose no time in raising 

 the standard of your wool ; cull out the defective sheep, 

 replace them with full bloods or high grades, and use the 

 thorough-bred Merino rams for the increase. 



/ E. C. Farwell, Chairman. 



STATEMENT OP THOMAS SANDERS. 



I enter for premium, a flock of ten thorough-bred Atwood 

 Merino Sheep, 



" Ewes, from Flock No. 19, labelled E. W. Farwell trans- 

 ferred to me on the books of the Vermont Atwood Merino 

 Sheep Club, Nos. 30, 40, 45, 63, 69, 70, 72, 73, 75, and Ram, 

 from' Flock, No. 33, labelled 0. & E. S. Hall, transferred to 

 me as above, No. 166." I desire to call the especial attention 

 of the Committee to this flock, the ewes of which are directly 

 descended from a flock owned by me twenty years ago, in 

 Vermont, and from which I realized the handsomest profit I 

 ever derived from any animals. This flock sheared as fol- 

 lows in April, 1882 : — 



No. 30, 8 lbs. No. 70, 8^ lbs. 



No. 40, 9 lbs. No. 72, 8^ lbs. 



No. 45, 9i lbs. No. 73, 10 lbs. 



No. 63, 9 lbs. No. 75, 9i lbs. 



No. 69, 101 lbs. No. 166, 19| lbs. 



Making 10 If lbs, from the ten ; an average of over 10 lbs. 

 per head. 



If such sheep can be raised in this county it will be a great 

 source of revenue to farmers. 



Thomas Sanders, 



per H. 

 Birchhrow Farm, 



