EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI KIVER. 



647 



In 1875 9 ram fleeces sheared at the Wisconsin State Fair were 

 scoared. The result is given in this table : 



liOSB. 



Three-year-old ram 



Two-year-old ram. . 



Do 



Four-yea,r-olcl ram . 



Two-year-old ram.. 



Tliree-vear-old ram 



Do 



Fer cent. 

 77.86 

 72.12 

 66.17 

 69.31 

 67.26 

 65.59 

 59.37 

 76.48 

 67.66 



At a sheep-shearing at Winnebago, in 1878, 13 rams yielded 282J 

 pounds of wool, an average of 21-i% pounds each. The four heaviest 

 fleeces, with the live weight of the rams, were : 



rieece. 



Four years old. 



Three years old 

 Four years old. 



At the annual shearing in 1880 7 ram fleeces exceeded 20 pounds, as 

 follows: 20it pounds, 20if pounds, 21i| pounds, 22-.ts pounds, 22^^. 

 pounds, 24 pounds, and 24J pounds, while 12 1 and 2 year old ewes 

 gave an average of 12f| pounds, the heaviest fleece being 17-/8 pounds. 



In 1881 the heaviest fleece was 26 pounds from a 2-year-old ram. 

 Yearling rams averaged ll^JV pounds each. The weight of carcass and 

 fleece and the proportion of fleece to carcass for a part of the shearing 

 of 1881 are given in the following table : 



Ham 1 year old.. 



Do 



Do 



Ram 2 years old. 

 Earn 3 years old. 

 Ewes 1 year old . 



Do 



Do 



Do 



Ewes 2 years old 



Do 



Do 



Do 



Do 



Do 



The tariff of 1867 was looked upon by the Wisconsin wool-growers and 

 Bheep-breeders as an equitable adjustment between the wool-growers and 

 manufacturers on the one hand and the Government on the other. Its 

 revision by the act of 1883 was considered as deeply prejudicial to their 

 interests, so much so as to threaten seriously the permanence of the wool- 



