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About The west shore. (Portland, Or.) 1875-1891 | View Entire Issue (June 1, 1879)
June, 1879. THE WEST SHORE. '77 WOOL. The leading Vermont breeders of Merino heep have done a good thing for the fine wool intereet of the country by tome mieroaoopio investigation! into the fineneaa of American Me rino wool at ootnpared with that grown in other wool countries, aud the reeulU show a gratify ing high atandard in our sheep. Mr. Mnrrvll'i "American Shepherd" ii tjuotvd aa giving the French and Herman claudication of different qualitim of wool aa follows : Naiue. Msssurnuimt. 1. Super-elcgte 1440 ul all lix-ti 1 Electa 1.736 of an inch :i 1'rltna 1-M0 of an inch 1 Hecunde-prima - I :. n( an Im :. Necunda 1414 of an Inch e. Tenia 1410 ul an luch To obtain data from conipariaou with theac Hungarian olaanaad I hit ttunitsrtftn unwashed 1-17M CapeulOood Mop l-imti CoUwnld rasa's 1411 Culswukl awe's I4l l.clteatcr rein'a 1 47 Houthduwn rain'ii 1711 tiuuihduwn two's 1-700 From thoae tiguree may he aeen the high atand taken by the Vermont Mcrinna, and aa theae Verninntera are oloeely related to our own sheep, imiorted thence, we may claim a ahare in the exoellence. It will lie noted that not a lock measured from the Vermont heavy tloeced Meriima proves ipiite aa ennrae aa the Saxon atandard, Super-electa, or 1-840 of an inch. We Hnd the average eiae of the wool from the 10 1 UMa tl u 1. ... than f.utr.lltllia tl.M aia.t ill lilM electa. We Dnd the average e! tlie wool from the 14 ewea to be leas than two-thirds the ain of Super electa, while out of only 14 aamplea ac have four healing wool only hall aa ooarau aa Super-eleota, and thoae fourare all aa Hue or SmxTirtc Viawe or Nati'iu. Who doee not aee that llalileo, Deecartea, Newton, lavoi aier, laplaoe, have changed the foundation of liuiuan thought in modifying totally the Idea of the univerae and ita laws, 111 substituting for the nfantile imaginlnga of non scientific agei the notion of an eternal order, in which caprice and particular will have no thought? Have they limiiiiahed the univene aa aome think ? For my p-irl I think the contrary. The akiea as we aee them are far aiiierior to that solid vault angled w ith shining dota and upborne sumo leagues above ua by pillars which contented tlia simpler agea. I do not much regret the little 'I'm: . that had wont to guide the planeta in tiieir orbits: gravitation doee tiie work much In U11, nod it, at times, 1 have a sail retm-m lirance of the nine angelic ohoira wheeling Mund the orbs of the seven planeta, ami for the crys tal sea that 1 11 at the feet of the Klerual, I ' 1 A (I HOLT OF THOItOMiHIIIIKIi MKItlNO HIIKRI'. standards, the aesoolatlrm employed so able finer than the Hamn or Australian umplea, si rmcrosoopiet, I)r. H. A. Cutting, of tarenbarg, ' oepa the luster tWd er let sample is Vs., who devoted mneh time and care to the j win ailed in flneiiee. only by the MMIMJ eiaminatinn of aamplea from Vermont Merinos, I pie of very light wool from the I aie of (! from the M.rinoa 0 Auetrelia, Hileata. tha Cspo Hope, the llnncanao w-ds are the only ., of frond Hope, and other countries, tad from ' aie.pt the last aeroed, thai prove as MNI f'otawolde Iieeetere, and Hoeithdowns of few of our best, though neither eamde of that, American flocka. Dr. Cutting giree tlie follow-1 lte eqaale our very beet In ... SJSBSB aa the rtZRS work , When aaoh Msaoflberle ' to the manufacturers of thie eosmtry. It k Bo Vaaaosr Mssisea tnariloe ol ae (ark ' strange that Ameri. so fine rhitke have mad. Oearseet of le nuns ' aueh marked improvrm.at daring the last gen rkeest .1 10 new ! !! aiwttoa. wool priwu-.r. a.. ir their ahare toward the rLvattoa ol quality la American woolens. ' ,.f 11. Ooarejet nl 10 sees rpm of owss Aasraew ' 10 Avsrssje ol asj so Ontea ajatisa V.rt a-.. amlra'tu. Var Ria AurtralUn VI... Mass Mill 1-1041 I ass I I asi I lies .1 use A irrrta bay oaoe salted oat to bis father, .kn hed ruouut-d lo. horse few tlWHi 1 mi , "Good-hye, papa, I love ye thirty miles fcsaf," lioua, A little slaUr numbly added. "Ooaad-bye, dear 1 teat PNi you wtB never rid la taw ead af my 1 Itm'UrV" insole mi self with the thought that the laAmU into which we loos la really lollnlle. ami all. u an. I limrs more aublim. H evre "f true idalion than all the aanre eirelee of Anfellv of Kuaide. M. Thiers rarely all.wwl a Una night hi paae without easing ui thai taadlM sa It Is my saaat," he said. In hnwfarito tha rhsmiat'e prof. .end vloaa ufeia I ho atom sur paae th. vag-i. notions of melUr on hleh the scholastic phll.pay was fast t-AVaaa. BaSAsas at a matertal for tha maoafsctere of si' "hoi ars prnpoaad. II la sahl thai their (real esuaapSMsa la cMsatrtee where Ikey era (nnra aad laelr riebaeae la aaejar eminently At them far this purpose, aad thai a prAtble in-r.-,.i.ti t ' HamU spMN kl '"'iiol in ih. fMaw Itehaaeat of aleohot disldlertsa la Vaaesaela ami other laaxls where this frail Is grown m ahuii daaesL KsponiaeaM la tha maasfaatara of sugar frpea las frail have proved saisiseaafiL
