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The highest priced foreign Merino sold at the Bxliibition fetched but £40, 

 or $200. The preceding facts are stated on the personal authority of 

 Mr. Campbell and Col. Needham. 



I cannot here withhold a pleasing fact which strikingly evidences 

 the fairness and the modesty of the victorious exhibitor at Hamburg. 

 Col. Needham informs me that Mr. Campbell on all occasions, signified 

 to the breeders of Germany and JFrance, and requested him, (Col. 

 Needham,) to signify that he was not the founder or leading breeder of 

 the improved family of American Merinos, which his (Mr. Campbell's,) 

 sheep chiefly represented — ;but that this honor belonged to Mr. Hammond. 

 Mr. C.'s show sheep were, if I remember aright, all from his celebrated 

 ram " Old Grimes," bred by Mr. Hammond and got by his " Sweep- 

 stakes." "Old Grimes" competed against his sii-e in the great 

 sweepstakes at the Vermont State Fair of 1861, and stood second. He 

 is remarkable for individual excellence and as a stock getter. 



I was one of those consulted by Mr. Campbell in reference to taking 

 American Merinos to the International Exhibition, and I strongly 

 encouraged him to do so. I had just as little doubt of their success then 

 as now, provided they could receive fair play ; and I never for an instant 

 doubted that among the many Germans they would receive the same 

 fair play which our stock and products have received at all these World's 

 Fairs. In Germany as in England, we encountered some prejudice — 

 but when the time for official action arrived, it always gave way like a 

 morning mist before the broad, bright sun of personal and official 

 honor. 



