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Vermont, and used Yermont rams and those bred within the flock. 

 This flock is still in existence. John J. Deeds, also of Licking County, 

 commenced a flock in 1864 by purchasing 4 ewes of John T. Evans, of 

 l^Tewark, Ohio, which ewes were direct descendants from rams and ewes 

 purchased by Mr. Evans from F. H. Dean, Vermont, in 1860. In 1864 



D. H. Peters, of the same county, began a flock by the purchase of 2 

 ewes from F. and L. E. Moore and 2 from Dr. Ketchum. In 1866 4 

 were purchased from D. Giddings. The rams used were from the Vic- 

 tor Wright flock. All were choice Vermont Merinos. H. E. Piimphrey 

 laid the foundation of another Licking County flock in 1865, by the 

 purchase of ewes bred by Victor Wright and Edwin Hammond, of 

 Vermont, and using Mr. Wright's celebrated ram Long Wool. The 

 flock of C. lljfewel] Alward, of Licking County, was commenced October, 

 1866, by a purchase of 3 ewes of Atwood and Jarvis blood of S. S. 

 Matthews, that were bred by George Campbell, of Westminster, Vt. 

 On the Campbell ewes was used a ram that was sired by E. Kellers 

 Kub. His dam was bred by Edwin Hammond. The best Vermont 

 Merino blood was introduced into Licking County by these five flocks, 

 and still exists there. 



In 1863 Erastus Campbell, of Lorain County, purchased of J. T. and 

 V. Eich, Vermont, 8 pure-bred Merino ewes, and of C. S. Rumsey, of 

 Vermont, 2 pure-bred Atwood rams. In 1864 he purchased 5 ewes bred 

 by S. Fields, of Castleton, Vt., of Eich blood. In 1865 he purchased 1 

 ewe of J. S. Benedict, of Vermont, and of C. S. Eumsey 10 ewes, for 

 which he paid $1,025. At the same time he ijurchased a ram bred by 

 Mr. Benedict and a pure- bred Atwood ram of Lyman Webster. In 1871 

 he still farther increased his stock of Vermont Merinos by other pur- 

 chases of Mr. Benedict of rams and ewes, 23 pure-bred Atwood ewes of 

 William Eoot, and 15 pure-bred ewes of Dewitt Taylor. Subsequent 

 additions were made and a first-class flock established. In 1863 Mr. P. 

 French, of Wellington, purchased of Zebulou Jones, of East Hubbard- 

 ton, Vt., 2 ewes, for which he paid $100. Tliese ewes were descendants 

 of a purchase made by Nazaro Northrop, of Eoyal Turrill, and were 

 bred in the fall of 1862 to a ram owned by Mr. Hinds, of Vermont. Mr. 



E. M. Close, of Oberlin, Ohio, purchased his choice of these ewes, from 

 which he continued to breed and founded his flock. The rams used 

 were Campbell's Vermont Chief and others of Vermont blood. 



In 1865 E. J. Condit, of Delaware County, laid the foundation of a 

 flock from purchases of Henry Lane, Cornwall, Vt., and Eli Keller, 

 Newark, Ohio, and subsequent purchases from Mrs. Keller and Jacob 

 H. Keller, and also Including a small number of ewes in 1875 of L. J. 

 Orcutt, Cummington, Mass., of the Hammond flock, and using rams of 

 Edwin Hammond, Eli Keller, and those of his own breeding. In 1876 

 the flock had grown to 3 rams and 19 ewes of pure Humphreys sheep, 

 and 3 rams and 13 ewes descendants of and bred to combine the blood 

 of the Cockj Jarvis, and Humphreys flocks. 



