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In 1851 B. Peckliam, of Calhoun County, established a flock by the 

 purchase of 10 ewes from J. W. Hyde, and 5 from L. H. Yates, of 

 l^arien, Genesee County, N. Y. In June, 1852, 50 ewes were purchased 

 from J. W. Hyde. These were all pure-bred sheep, and put to rams 

 bred by Stephen Atwood, of Connecticut, Edgar Sanford and Tyler 

 Stickney, of Vermont, and Eeed Burritt, of New York. The flock, or 

 a greater part of it, was transferred to J. Eastman and A. Bruise, of 

 Albion, Mich. 



About 1853 B. S. Williams, of Kalamazoo, purchased of Hon. Charles 

 E. Stewart, of the same place, some choice breeding ewes, said at that 

 early day to be entitled to record as pure-bred Merinos. Another pur- 

 chase was afterwards made from the flock of Enoch Knapp, one of the 

 leading breeders of thoroughbred Spanish sheep in Michigan. In this 

 purchase were the original sheep imported from Vermont and sold to Mr. 

 Knapp for $100 per head. Eams used in the flock were pure-bred sheep 

 from Vermont and western New York. 



In 1856 David H. Speer, of Somerset County, laid the foundation ot 

 a flock by the purchase of 11 ewes of Storrs Craft, and in 1864 of 2 

 ewes from Jerry Van Gieson. Atwood rams were used in the flock. 



Messrs 0. A. MiUer & Sons, of Marshall, own a flock the foundation 

 of which was laid in February, 1857, by the purchase of some ewes from 

 Daniel Cleburn, of Marengo. These ewes were bred by and purchased 

 of E. P. Hall, Cornwall, Vt. A ram dropped by one of these ewes was 

 used on the flock until 1865, when one was purchased of George J. Brown, 

 of Battle Creek. After 1870 many ewes and rams were added to the 

 flock by purchases from the best Vermont, New York, and Michigan 

 flocks, all tracing to the importations of Humphreys, Jarvis, and Cock. 



A noted Michigan flock was that of J. Evarts Smith, of Ypsilanti. 

 This flock was established at Westport, N. Y., October, 1862, by the 

 purchase of 58 Atwood and Eobinson ewes from the Edson Bush flock, of 

 Shoreham, Vt. The Edson Bush flock was started many years before by 

 the purchase of one entire crop of ewe lambs from the J. Thurman Eich 

 flock and some old ewes from the Erastus Eobinson flock, afterwards 

 using some rams from the flock of Edwin Hammond. In December, 

 1863, 6 Hammond ewes were purchased. In 1866 the flock was taken 

 to Michigan and 3 ewes, bred by E. S. Stowell, of Cornwall, Vt., were 

 purchased. The rams used were Golden Fleece, Sweepstakes, Gold 

 Drop, Green Mountain, and others, all of the purest blood. 



In 1863 Palmer & Ehead, of Norvell, established a flock by a imv- 

 chase of 9 ewes of E. D. Searl, of Cornwall, Vt., and 2 ewes of W. L. 

 Hughes, of the same place. In 1864 five ewes were purchased of Pitts & 

 Wiley, Honeoye, N. Y. Vermont rams were used on the flock and on 

 its increase. During the same year, 1863, L. Strong, of Hillsdale 

 County, established a flock by a purchase of 3 ewes of E. Townsend, 

 New York, for which he paid $200. In November, 1865, he made 

 another purchase of 20 ewes bred by E. G. Farnham, Vermont, aU of 



