172 Wisconsin state agricultural society . 
REPORTS OF SUPERINTENDENTS. 
SHEEP DEPARTMENT. 
BY ELI STILSON, SUPERINTENDENT. 
This department was fully represented in the fair of 1872, in all 
the different classes of sheep, showing the deep interest that is 
taken in sheep husbandry by Wisconsin farmers ; and as 
higher and better farming in the west must depend largely upon 
mixed farming and the keeping of domestic animals in connection 
with grain growing, and sheep being the best of all stock to main¬ 
tain the fertility of the soil, hence the interest taken in this de¬ 
partment is truly gratifying. It might seem unnecessary to par¬ 
ticularize where all did so well, but we will give a brief sketch of 
the stock on exhibition in this department 
Glass 19— Merinos. 
A. k P. Hamburt, of Caldwell’s Prairie, made numerous entries 
and showed some very fine sheep, and J. H. Paul, of Genesee, did 
honor to himself and his flock by his exhibition. 
0. Cook, of Whitewater, was on hand with some fine specimens 
of his flock. 
J. W. Park, of Dodge’s Corners, made a fine display of good 
sheep. 
George C. Chaffee, of Whitewater, had several pens of sheep on 
exhibition. 
L. Eastman, of Pleasant Prairie, showed some very fine sheep 
from his noted flock, and so also did Messrs. Clapp k Son., of 
Kenosha, exhibit some very fine sheep bred by L. Eastman. 
Daniel Kelly k Son, of Illinois, were on hand with several pens 
from their large and fine flock. 
J. G. Putman, of Neosha, exhibited a few good sheep. 
Glass 20— Gotswolds. 
C. C. Parks, of Waukegan, Ill., made a large exhibition of ex¬ 
cellent sheep in this class, and so also did E. Porter, of Waukesha, 
