EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. 



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ties. His head and nose were finely molded, legs short and heavy 

 boned. He had a heavy, deep neck, and was well folded at point of 

 shoulder, hip, tail, and flank; also had a considerable number of side 

 folds which extended well on the under side. He was well covered on 

 head and under side, and remarkably well on the legs, especially the 

 forelegs. His fleece was one of his strong points of excellence. It was 

 thick, even, of high style and quality, and opened in flakes free, with- 

 out cross fibers, and was of uniform length and density throughout. 

 He had a very heavy straw-colored oil, which circulated freely and 

 coated him extremely well. He was considered as an extra sire, espe- 

 cially of ewes. 



The shearing for 1883 is remarkable for the fact that a 3-year-old 

 ram sheared 40 pounds of wool, and 6 others exceeded 30 pounds each; 

 and of 18 ewes shorn 7 gave fleeces exceeding 20 pounds, one rising 

 to 23 pounds 13 ounces. The scouring record shows that a rain owned 

 by M. K. Bailey, four years old, age of fleece three hxindred and eighty- 

 one days, gave 27 pounds 13 ounces, which, when cleansed, gave 9 

 pounds 7f ounces of scoured wool. The length of staple was 3J inches; 

 length of fiber, 3J inches, and weight of carcass, 131 pounds. 



The shearing record for 1884 gives 11 rams as yielding over 30 pounds 

 of wool each, the highest being J. S. Beecher's Jumbo with 37 pounds 

 1^ ounces. In 1885, out of 22 shorn, 8 exceeded 30 pounds, the highest 

 being F. D. Barton's Black Jacket at 40 pounds 10 ounces. In 1886 

 2 rams were shorn of fleeces exceeding 30 pounds, Cortez giving at two 

 years of age, from a carcass weigliing 97 pounds, 38 pounds 3J ounces 

 of wool, or 39^ per cent of wool to weight of carcass. Another ram 

 gave 32 pounds 14 ounces. Two ewes gave respectively 20 pounds 2f 

 ounces, and 20 pounds 1 ounce, and a number exceeded 18 pounds. 

 The New York Register gives 3 rams as exceeding 30 pounds of wool 

 in 1887, and the Vermont Register adds 6 to the number: 



Name of ram. 



Age. 



Weiglit of 

 carcass. 



Weiglit of Length of Length of 

 fleece. staple. fiber. 



Julius 



Capt. Blaine 



Clipper 



Hoosac 



D.W.Percy.-.. 

 Ray Bros.' 107. . 

 Bay Bros.' 177.. 



General Jr 



John B. Hayes . 



Years. 

 3 

 i 

 2 

 3 

 5 

 4 

 3 

 5 

 



Pounds. 

 139i 

 140 

 142i 

 100 

 127 

 150 

 133 

 137 



Lbs. oz. 



30 

 31 

 32 

 35 

 35 



31 15 



30 8 



31 ... 



Inches. 



1* 

 2i 



Inches. 

 3 



2i 

 3 



The number of ewes exceeding 18 pounds was 19, one reaching 21^ 

 pounds, others 21.^g, 20fJ, 20^16", 20|*, 20^, and 5 exceeding 19 pounds. 

 The scouring record for this year is here given : 



