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YOLi^rr; xxv— No. ii. 
NE^V-YORK, NOVEMBER, 18G6. 
XKW SERIES— No. 238. 
MEKINO R/UI ^'GOLDEX 
"We selecteci this ram as best representing his 
breed of any at the Now England and Vermont 
Fair at BratUeboi-o, and our artist produced, in 
' -ur view, an admiraljle portrait. G-oklen Fleece 
U -i years old, and was this year winner of the 
swcepstalies prize as the best merino ram of any 
age on the ground, and of the 1st prize iu his 
own class, (Rams 3 j'ears old and over.) His 
fleece, this yeai', (unwashed of course) weighed 
2G'|". lb?. ; that of 18C5 weighed 26'|4 lbs.; it 
[COPTKIGUT SECURED.] 
FLEECE ."—Bred and Owned by E. S. Stowell, Cornwall, 
would be interesting to give the weight of 
cleansed wool, but wc cannot. The excellence 
of the animal may be judged by the fact that 
the flock of which he is the leader, and to a 
considerable extent the sire, bore off G first and 
3 second prizes, besides the 3 sweepstakes prixcs 
at the above named fair. He exhibits remark- 
ably the compactness, solidity and depth of car- 
cass, with the desirable shortness of legs, which 
are well wooled down, the full dewlap with tlio 
YT.—Dratcn ami cngravedfor the American Agriculturlit. 
abundant wrinkles and folds of the Vermonteis, 
together with the astonishing oilyncss of fleece. 
Such animals are held at wonderfully high 
prices,— $5,000 to $1-5,000. The latter piice 
has, we leain, been refused for Golden Fleece. 
This breed, the American Merino, originated 
from the careful breeding, for many years, of 
Spanish Mei'ino sheep by Stephen At wood, of 
Conn., and sub.sequently by Edwin Hammond, 
of Vermont, and is now widely disscmin.aled. 
