they purchased of Soloman
W. Jewett, of Weybridge, one entire shipment of French Sheep,
imported by him in April of that year. These purchases, with
some subsequently made, cost $18,000. For several years previous
to the spring of 1855, when this information was communicated,
their annual sales vatied from eidit to twelve thousand dollars. For
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the eyliteen months next preceding, tliey amounted to $86,000.
They have been in the practice, as many of the principal dealers
have heen, of taking; their sheep for sale to the Western States, es-
pecially to Ohio. Their flock on hand, at the date above mentioned,
numbered six hundred, one half imported French Merinos, and their
descendants. They have a high opinion of the French as well as
Spanish Merinos, and th'.nk a cross betvfccn these breeds -would ])c
advantageous.
William R. Sanford,keep them so. I have
purchased three superior bucks from Mr. Jarvis, and by using them
and my own rearing have kept them jaire.'' Since the above. Mr.
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Sanford has mide several purchases, to a large amount, of descend-
ants of Col. Humphreys' flock. At the National Exhibition .of
cattle and horses, at Boston, in October 1855, Mr. Sanford obtained
the second premium on Spanish Merino bucks, t^ivo years old and
over ; the first premium on bucks under two years old, and on ewea
the two first premiums; and at the Vermont State Fair at Rutland,
in September of that year, the first premium on Spanish Merino
buck lambs and evre ]aml)s.
In 1844, Messrs. Hammond, wishing to improve their flock and
extend their operation?, examined the most important flocks in
several New England States, and