. Types and breeds of farm animals. Livestock. THE AMERICAN MERINO 507 sired Young Wooster, bred in 1849 by Edwin Hammond ....^ ,^uiiv Matchless and Old Greasy; Gold Drop, bred in i861 by Edwin Hammond, who was several times offered -^10,000 for him and who valued him at $25,000 ; Stowell's Sweepstakes, bred in i860 by Edwin Hammond; Golden Fleece, by Stowell's Sweepstakes, bred m 1862, said to have earned his owner $20,000- General Fremont, bred in 1865 by Tyler Stickney; Bismark, owned by H. ^ mont, that was sweep- stakes Merino in 1876 at the Centennial Ex- position ; Banker
. Types and breeds of farm animals. Livestock. THE AMERICAN MERINO 507 sired Young Wooster, bred in 1849 by Edwin Hammond ....^ ,^uiiv Matchless and Old Greasy; Gold Drop, bred in i861 by Edwin Hammond, who was several times offered -^10,000 for him and who valued him at $25,000 ; Stowell's Sweepstakes, bred in i860 by Edwin Hammond; Golden Fleece, by Stowell's Sweepstakes, bred m 1862, said to have earned his owner $20,000- General Fremont, bred in 1865 by Tyler Stickney; Bismark, owned by H. ^ mont, that was sweep- stakes Merino in 1876 at the Centennial Ex- position ; Banker, bred in 187s by V. Rich of Vermont; Rarus, bred in 1874 by George Hammond, winner in 1880 of first prize as a sire at the Inter- national Sheep Show at Philadelphia; Don Dudley, bred in 1891 by J. P. Ray of New York; More Quality, bred in 1898 by R. D. Williamson of Ohio, premier Merino sire at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in 1904 ; and Gold Coin 3013, bred by S. M. Cleaver of Ohio, distinguished as a great show individual and one of the most outstanding sires of recent years, his sons Gold Coin Jr. and Diamond Dust being remark- able examples of the A type. Gold Coin Jr. in 1917, in a public shearing at the Ohio State University, yielded a fourteen-and-one- half-months-old fleece weighing 47|^ pounds. A notable American Merino show-ring victory worthy of record here occurred in 1863, when George Campbell of Vermont ex- hibited 12 Vermont-bred Merinos at the International Exhibi- tion at Hamburg, Germany. There were 1771 sheep entered in competition, 913 being Merinos from every part of Europe,— Digitized by Microsoft®. Fig. 226. Diamond Dust, sired by Gold Coin 3013. This Merino ram is an unusually fine example of the A type. He is held by his breeder and owner, S. M. Cleaver of Delaware, Ohio. From photograph by the author. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appe
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