Show H i sheep eos pos tivai A A premium having been beeh offered vy by mr A L bangham for the thet beat aein sheep shear thear shearer er arrangements aarl range A e gents ments sere yere ere ma made e ar for tor a she sheep e p bli sli ear ers festival at marysville marksville Marys ville cal which ca came me off 0 on fh the ath it i instant ns danl the statement of the proceedings sis 13 from the PP there were over sixty fine french merino sheep cheep from the brannan ranch oh on the anu aad eight q ab darers presented ted themselves ves th the e shearing ob shearing earing commenced in the irenton tinder under thet the boji of the following of alamida alameda county montgomery gom ry of butte But and J W moore of yuba the ab were as follows J C C cutting utting of yuba 0 A apa and 8 B but jer jen P anderson T Galbra lb b L scott scot 5 af wel er and L C hodge of suttee county bounty the shearing was prefaced by bi weigh ngwe ald splendid lookIn gr r animals they were too with just such gach fine merino wool as woul wout make hakea a gar garment nent almost as s soft as aa cashmere were we re theoal the wool wooi ool pr perly beriy dressed and worked up lip the average weight eight of 0 the fleeces may i 1 be judged from the tact fact that the aagre gate e weight of the clip of forty four cearold ye arold aroid eves ewes was Bs the tha sheep cheep weighing ria rig file ti Is hab b before being sheared the average c clip ip was kni ani 5 bya oze the dver aver aap weight weighton of the clip ca fr from m eighteen t bucks u ck of which h all but three th ree were olds ass dds the average clip being 25 safes its lind add 1 azg az each the elshot of the sheep before shearing Bh earing bedink for the berie berle benefit fit of those thosa who have bave an interest in what can candos candoo do we append the result of each mans L shea shear rings hlll higl f Wel vei weller lerG ierg 6 sheep in in 0 hours and ind 25 minutes sc scott ott 49 sheep in 5 houri and 50 minutes reck reek 10 sheep in 6 hours houns and 38 minutes s cutting in Q houra boura and 38 mi minutes rutes galbra 8 beep heep in ing 6 hours bours and 25 minutes at et il hoses durs ours an At iderson ong G sheep in 7 minutes hodge 6 sheep tiu tin in 6 heirs huers aadla minutes it will avill be sein bein seen been that the swiftest workman wor aln was scott who sheared 0 on n an average one in thirty eight minute and the slowest was lV weller weiler eller elier mho who sheared ne in two hours and eight minutes but blit hid hib work was beautifully done being absolutely perfect but as the committee bere were rere instructed to consider ibe the handling of the sheep about of injury done to the animal and cleanness of tuie thie clip as welt well as the time consumed they awarded the premiums first 10 to T galbraith tb and second 5 to L L C hodge |