. Sheep breeding and wool growing in Virginia . At Clermont, the home of Chancel-lor Livingston, in 1809 was held a shearing, and there was, on this occasion,a ram 14 months old, named Clermont, which clipped a fleece of 9pounds and 6 ounces; live weight, 126 pounds. This is the first publicshearing, of which we have a record, that was held in the United weight of the rams imported at about this time ranged fiom 100 to 130pounds, and their fleeces from 5 to 10 pounds of unwashed wool. The ewesaveraged from 50 to 55 pounds each, and yielded unwashed fleeces averag-ing from 4 to 6 pou
. Sheep breeding and wool growing in Virginia . At Clermont, the home of Chancel-lor Livingston, in 1809 was held a shearing, and there was, on this occasion,a ram 14 months old, named Clermont, which clipped a fleece of 9pounds and 6 ounces; live weight, 126 pounds. This is the first publicshearing, of which we have a record, that was held in the United weight of the rams imported at about this time ranged fiom 100 to 130pounds, and their fleeces from 5 to 10 pounds of unwashed wool. The ewesaveraged from 50 to 55 pounds each, and yielded unwashed fleeces averag-ing from 4 to 6 pounds. The grade or common ewes, often termed natives,averaged, about this time, from 3 to 4|^ poimds; i^-bloods the result of onecro«s with the merino, about 5 pounds; and |-blood, second cross, from 5^to 7^ pounds,— thus showing the steady gain in weight as the blood of themerino became infused into the flocks. It is recorded that the price fori-blood wool was 75 cents, for |-blood ., and for | $, anrl for puremerino $2 per Infantado Ewe of the beginning of the present century, described in the accompanying
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