EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI EIVEE. 



633 



Hoof, weighing 227 pounds, sheared 20 pounds 15 ounces, 5-inclx staple. 

 Ten full-grown ewes from the flock of L. B. Townsend weighed an aver- 

 age of 135 pounds and sheared an average of 8 pounds, 4-inch staple. 

 A ram 300 days old weighed 128 pounds, sheared 11^ pounds, 4-inch 

 staple, and scoured 54 per cent. Ten rams, one year old from H. Higby's 

 flock, weighed 130 pounds, sheared 12 pounds each, 5-inch staple, while 

 another flock produced 5 rams, one year old, weighing 135 pounds, and 

 shearing 14 pounds each. If -inch staple. Thomas Wyckofi:" had a year- 

 ling ram that weighed 17G pounds and sheared 15 pounds, 5-inch staple. 

 Two ewes gave an average weight of 145 pounds and sheared 8 pounds 

 washed wool, of 4 J-inch staple. Pour ewe lambs, one year old, weighed 

 110 pounds and sheared 8 pounds, 6-inch staple. The longest staple 

 was 6J inches, from a yearling ewe whose fleece scoured 55 per cent 

 manufacturers' wool. 



For those who wish to make comparison of the Eambouillet fold of 

 France with the Eambouillet sheep of Michigan, the following tables are 

 given from the American Rambouillet Record : 



Comparison of wool of sheep of different ages. 

 [Eambouillet fold.] 



Observations of Michigan liavihotiillet sheep, 

 [Comparison of weights and wool of sheep of different ages, 1891.] 



Length of 

 staple. 



Day's 



growtb. 



Weight 

 of sheep 



after 

 shearing. 



Weight 

 of fleece. 



o^f^oly' Height. 



Weight 

 at hirth. 



Weight 

 of lambs. 



Gronp of mature rams . . . 

 GrO'ip of 1-year-old rams. 



Kam lambs, group 1 



Eam lambs, group 2 



Group of wetliers 



Nurse ewes, group 1 



Nurse ewes, group 2 



Ewe lambs, group 1 



Ewe lambs, group 2 



Inches. 

 4.00 

 5.00 

 1.61 

 2.00 

 3. .50 

 4.50 

 4.00 

 1.42 

 1.90 



360 

 371 



91 

 116 

 360 

 300 

 330 



71 

 118 



Lbs. Oz. 

 216 

 137 15 



Lbs. Oz. 

 18 

 13 11 



Inches. 

 52.00 

 48.00 



Inches. 

 32.60 



Lbs. Oz. 



177 

 120 6 

 127 11 



11 

 9 10 

 8 4 



27.80 



48.60 

 48.50 



28.75 

 27.00 



35.00 



24.60 



Lbs. Oz. 



37 14 

 61 2 



29 1 

 61 3 



In addition to the French Merinos descended from importations made 

 between 1840 and 1860, and more recent importations made from France, 



