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SHEEP INDUSTRY OF THE UNITED STATES 



Prices of fine, medium, and coarse icaxhed cloiliing OMoJteeoe tvool in the Eastern markefe 

 for the monlUs of January, April, July, and Octoher of each year from 1S71 to 1890, 

 inclusive. 



Tear. 



1871. 

 1872. 

 1873. 

 1874. 

 1875. 

 1876. 

 1877. 

 1878. 

 1879, 

 1880. 

 1881, 

 1882, 

 1S83 

 1884 

 1885 

 1886 

 1887 

 1888 

 1889 

 1890 



January. 



Fine. ^^- Coarse. 



Cents. 

 47 

 70 

 70 

 58 

 55 

 48 

 46 

 44 

 34 

 50 

 47 

 44 

 40 

 40 

 34 

 35 

 33 

 31 

 34 



Cents. 

 46 



Cents. 

 43 

 66 

 65 

 47 

 47 

 42 



April. 



Fine, ^e^'- Coarse, 



Cents. 

 50 

 80 

 56 

 56 

 54 

 46 

 45 

 40 

 34 

 55 

 40 

 42 

 44 

 38 

 32 



Cents 

 52 

 80 

 53 

 56 

 52 

 49 

 40 

 43 

 34 

 60 

 44 

 45 

 44 

 38 

 32 

 34 

 37 

 34 



Cents. 

 47 

 76 

 48 

 47 

 46 

 40 

 33 

 35 

 31 

 52 

 37 

 34 

 37 

 34 

 28 

 30 

 33 

 33 

 31 

 29 



July. 



Cents. 

 62 

 72 

 50 

 53 

 62 

 38 

 50 

 36 

 37 

 46 

 42 

 42 

 39 

 35 

 32 



35 



Cen is. 



m 



70 

 48 

 53 

 49 

 35 

 44 



Cents. 

 65 

 65 

 44 

 46 

 46 

 31 

 37 

 32 

 34 

 42 

 36 

 34 

 33 

 30 

 28 

 29 

 34 

 31 

 82 

 29 



October. 



Fine. ^^^' Coaise. 



Cents 

 63 

 66 

 54 

 64 

 48 

 45 

 48 

 36 

 41 

 46 

 43 

 42 

 39 

 35 

 83 

 35 

 32 

 31 



Cents. 

 62 

 60 

 63 

 64 

 50 

 40 

 44 

 37 

 43 

 48 

 46 

 45 

 40 

 34 

 35 

 38 

 36 

 34 

 37 

 37 



Cents. 

 68 

 57 

 47 

 47 

 42 



34 

 34 



32 

 34 

 34 

 31 

 31 

 31 



With, the revival in prices ia 1871-72 came also publications of sheep- 

 sheariugs and yield of fleeces. In 1871 Messrs. E. J. Hiatt & Co., of 

 Morgan County, sheared 15 rams and 30 ewes of 660J pounds of wool. 



Fifteen rams sheared 234 pounds, an average of Ib-fg poimds, nnwaslied wool. 

 Twenty-three ewes sheared 322 pounds, an average of 14 pounds, unwashed wool. 

 Seven ewes sheared 104| pounds, an average of 14]f pounds, unwashed wool. 



In 1872 the same parties sheared 20 rams and 60 ewes of 1,080 pounds 

 of wool. The heaviest ram fleece was 24J xjounds, the heaviest ewe 

 fleece 21J pounds. The ram fleeces generally ran from 15 to IS pounds 

 and the ewe fleeces from 12 to 17 pounds. Three rams showed an aver- 

 age weight of carcass of 154 pounds each, and 17 ewes averaged 120J 

 pounds each. 



The Hiatt Brothers, Chester Hill, Morgan County, laid the founda- 

 tion of their flock in 1868, by the purchase of 4 ewes from J. T. and V. 

 Eich; 4ewesof W.E. Sanford, and 3 ewes from C. D. Lane, all of Ver- 

 mont. The ram Old Grant, bred by Milo J. Ellsworth, Middlebury, Vt., 

 was first used. This ram was a descendant of the Humphreys, Cock, 

 and Jarvis flocks. There were subsequent purchases of rams and ewes 

 bred by the Messrs. Hammond, E. S. Stowell, F. D. Barton, and others, 

 of the same blood, including 1 ram bred by W. E. Sanford, 1 bred by E. 

 S. Stowell, and 1 bred by S. G-. Holyoke. Eams of their own breeding 

 were also used. In April, 1876, this flock consisted of 60 ewes and 21 

 rams, descendants of and bred to combine the blood of the Cock, Jarvis, 

 and Humyhreys flocks, and of 14 ewes and 9 rams pure Humphreys 

 sheep as bred by Atwood and Hammond. 



In 1876, Jacob H. Keller's flock was shorn and 50 ewes yielded a total 

 of 740H pounds, an average of 14|f pounds each. The heaviest fleece 



