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Middlebury, Vermont. In 1861 he sheared 193 ewes 
and Trams. Jorty-four of the first were yearlings, 
aud smallish on account of the drouth of the season. 
Among the seven rams three were smallish yearlings 
and one a smallish two-year old. The whole 200 
yielded an average of an ounce or two under 10 
pounds of unwashed wool. Three grown rams yielded 
together 73 pounds unwashed wool. On account of 
the great scarcity of hay and the comparative abun- 
dance of oats, the sheep were wintered mostly on the 
latter.* This undoubtedly increased the weight of 
their fleeces, but the yield was still a most marvellous 
one. Mr. Hammond’s wool is a shade coarser than it 
was when he commenced his wonderful unprovements, 
but it is of a good quality, even, sound, and less yolky 
than that of the original sheep. 
Nelson A. Saxton, of Vergennes, Vermont, breeds 
a small and choice flock of the same blood, drawn 
from Mr. Ilammond’s flock. 
Dr. Ira Spencer, of De Ruyter, New York, has 
made a vigorous commencement in improvements of 
Infantados drawn from Mr. Atwood’s flock.+ At the 
last shearing his flock consisted of 40 ewes three years 
old and upwards, 10 yearlings, and 2 grown rams and 
8 wethers. The average weight of the whole flecces, 
washed on the back, was a fraction over T pounds. He 
weighed and measured the height on shoulder of a few 
of these, on the 18th of January last, and subjoins 
the weight of their last year’s fleeces. 
* The entire ewes of all ages reccived on the average a pound a 
piece daily. 
+ The ram, however, mentioned in the following table (recently pur- 
chased), is of the Hammond family. 
