. Special report on the history and present condition of the sheep industry of the United States . Sheep; 1892. EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI KIVER. 647 In 1875 9 ram fleeces sheared at the Wisconsin State Fair were scoared. The result is given in this table: liOSB. Three-year-old ram Two-year-old ram. Do Four-yea,r-olcl ram . Two-year-old Tliree-vear-old ram Do Weiglit of Weight of Scoured carcass. fleece. wool. Founds. Founds. Lbs. Oz. 133 24 5 6 107J 21i 6 1 126 17 5 13 125 J 22 6 12 127 m 6 7 148i m 7 5 82 12 4 13 114 21 4 15 125i m 6 5 Fer cent. 7
. Special report on the history and present condition of the sheep industry of the United States . Sheep; 1892. EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI KIVER. 647 In 1875 9 ram fleeces sheared at the Wisconsin State Fair were scoared. The result is given in this table: liOSB. Three-year-old ram Two-year-old ram. Do Four-yea,r-olcl ram . Two-year-old Tliree-vear-old ram Do Weiglit of Weight of Scoured carcass. fleece. wool. Founds. Founds. Lbs. Oz. 133 24 5 6 107J 21i 6 1 126 17 5 13 125 J 22 6 12 127 m 6 7 148i m 7 5 82 12 4 13 114 21 4 15 125i m 6 5 Fer cent. At a sheep-shearing at Winnebago, in 1878,13 rams yielded 282J pounds of wool, an average of 21-i% pounds each. The four heaviest fleeces, with the live weight of the rams, were: rieece. Four years old. Three years old Four years old. At the annual shearing in 1880 7 ram fleeces exceeded 20 pounds, as follows: 20it pounds, 20if pounds, 21i| pounds, pounds,22^^. pounds, 24 pounds, and 24J pounds, while 12 1 and 2 year old ewes gave an average of 12f| pounds, the heaviest fleece being 17-/8 pounds. In 1881 the heaviest fleece was 26 pounds from a 2-year-old ram. Yearling rams averaged ll^JV pounds each. The weight of carcass and fleece and the proportion of fleece to carcass for a part of the shearing of 1881 are given in the following table:. Ham 1 year Do Do Ram 2 years old. Earn 3 years old. Ewes 1 year old . Do Do Do Ewes 2 years old Do Do Do Do Do Weight of carcass. Weight of fleece. Proportion of fleece to carcass. T,b». Oz. Lhs. Oz. 31 4 8 12 lto3J 69 K 10 lOJt 72 8 11 U 74 8 17 13J 90 18 7 41 12 10 m lto3A 43 4 8 m lto5 37 6 9 a* ItoiA 42 9 2 1 to 4ft 44 4 12 4 1 to 3ft 61 14 a* lto4 62 8 15 iH lto4 64 8 13 SJt Itoi 66 12 14 15 1 to 3 62 8 15 •4 lto4 The tariff of 1867 was looked upon by the Wisconsin wool-growers and Bheep-breeders as an equitable adjustment between the wool-growers and manufacturers on the one hand and the Government on the ot
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