Oceana County MI Archives History - Books .....Sheep 1882
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Book Title: HISTORY OF OCEANA CO., CHICAGO, H.R. PAGE & COMPANY, 1882

Four or five years ago, the flocks were largely coarse-wooled, from Canada, 
and claiming to be pure Cotswolds and Leicesters.  To-day, the fine wool 
industry is quite important, Judge Russell realizing $1,000 for his clip of 
1882, it being 3,275 pounds.  He has, in all, 1,000 sheep.

In 1865, Harvey Tower, of Claybanks, imported the first thorough-bred American 
merino ram from Ball, of Livingston County, Mich.  The next were by Mr. 
Russell, in 1878, a purchase of two ram lambs and five ewes, from Dryer of 
Lansing.  In the Spring of 1879, Mr. Russell purchased the balance of Dryer's 
flock - sixty-five ewes, in all.

In 1879 L. M. Hartwick imported a thorough-bred, and now over half the sheep 
in the county are either pure or grade fine wools.

This county seems admirably adapted for fine wooled sheep, and importations of 
choice animals are still going on.  A. S. White, of Hart, imported three 
thorough-bred ewes at $100 each, and Mr. Russell three more.  The original 
Dryer flock, with their descendants, and those above-named, are all the 
thorough-bred merinos here.

As to coarse wooled, James F. Reed, brought in fity Corswolds, from Canada, in 
1877; E. J. Shirts got some from Lansing, in 1876, and the rest are largely 
grades.



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