Show the california sheep shearing festival the tle following t communication to the fita lita in relation to the th e sheep festival at marysville marksville Marys ville cal cannot ba bit bat be inte interesting 0 to I 1 sheep raisers in deseret knowing the inderst your readable journal has always taken ill in stock rals rais raising irig in 11 this ghisi state I 1 have bave bean at nome bome rett patt 0 o n ve te liable ata cata for vou iou on relative to sheep shearing festival of california woich took place at tiie tile fair grounding gro juntip in this city oil on tuesday of this week under the auspices of the Noth no then cn district agricultural t society the were of the bif hii hine bine 1 e french merino breed ported imported by mr samuel brannan sixty two head in all w re brought upon the ground of which forty four were ewes and all were last years lambs carrying how however ever loads loada of wool upon their backs which as yon you will see by the subjoined sub joined figures surpasses anything yet clipped from froin one year ol 01 old lambs As this section of cal fornia is largely interested in ia sheep raising there were many sheep owners on the ground and durin during the day most of the private carriages of the marysville marksville Marys ville fam farn lies drove out to witness the excitement and enjoy the gine fine weather the shearing commenced at half past nine and continued u tit about four tour our in the afternoon eight men being employed of whom galbraith and hodge took the first and antl second prizes though mr air peck t f napa did the best 8 shearing but C u having announced that ai he be veas partly interest d I 1 m n the sheep he aou d not be a comp competitor eitor elton for the prizes prize lie he was nol nod counted in refreshments were nere amply provided for fon the rj and during the day all the old fashioned ykes and fun u usually connect connected eJ el with such occasions ions lons in the eastern states were in bulged in the chief importance of tile the affair however from the 0 tius attus ifford afforded ed sheep raiser ralser to compa c e not a arid arnd estimate the relative capabilities of their several r co tou agn mAies males ules Vies for foe this vw kreal emt t ti unea unes wes the french merino alerino sheep is ia grad prad i ally becoming anin mingled led sitf tue the other breeds throughout the sate and producing N ields leids of wool wooi N 0 ol 01 which will eventually astonish those who have ever doubted the resources of california the fastest shearing was dine by bleis Aleis rs peck alu aiu and ld scott wll wil who 0 turned out the former eleven sheep in six hours and thirty eight minutes and the latter eleven sheep in five hours and gifty fifty minutes the premiums however were awarded with a view lew rather rat herto to the cleanness than the rapidity or of the work this lot of sheep were raised by mr A L Bingham bin ham the manager of brannann Bran nans feather r river ve r ranch with whom lie be has them on shares mr nir bingham has been chiefly instrumental in getting t up tip this festival and is bi himself a V amont seep seep raiser 0 of thi ty years stand rig ng the wool from this clip cip ping which is ig of an fn fineness I 1 ene ss and a nd a as s s soft oft as silk slik ilc amon amoun s ii I 1 i tile the e to about eleven undred hundred pounds and has been alrea y shipped to san francisco where an arra arrage ge ment has been made with mr mclennan McLe nhan ahan of the mission ails Alis sion slon woolen mills to have it manu faatu ed into blue cloth such as will be required for army and navy purposes taking into consideration the be facility with which wool can be raised in this state and the fact that it can be manufactured and profitably disposed of among ourselves our selve seive there is no reason why califern Cali forn a should not soon produce all ali the cloth required for home consumption the paralysis in every kind of business ca caused used by the last winters floods is gradually grada grad a ay digap di ap garl gari gari garl g and though the sheep I 1 in tret has h cruelly the despondent feeling is alre aire already aldy aidy giving illace lilace to the true californian Califor lari laii spirit 0 of enterprise ente prise and the recuperative r P energy which characterizes the pacific caa coast st the annexed annexed figures are from careful weighing of each shee ep P and fleece and may be depended u upon poa the table tabie will il illustrate lustra te to the world the productiveness of california in one oneff of the n ost important branches of her industry mr brannan has four bundred hund redhead head of these full blooded sheep on his two ems k ims in and counties es I 1 it is contemplated to hold hoid twe the next sheep shearing shia r ing fes fea f ival in san ban francisco county ArILI AGRICOLA cola ONE tear YEAR OLD EWES entes weight ot of weight ot of t carl cari 46 after I 1 arel gheo carcase e after niter ta of hea bearing to ivo I 1 wool wooi 1 98 08 15 2 21 I 1 98 08 oj 0 2 90 13 12 25 23 16 3 go 90 16 10 24 94 17 4 17 27 21 79 17 5 88 13 23 89 is 18 6 79 12 29 83 19 7 78 IS 15 so 30 73 16 1 8 14 31 95 93 17 9 g 91 1 2 1 32 91 15 10 liv liw Y 33 3 go 90 13 11 85 ja 34 83 14 12 lil 16 35 89 17 13 93 7 13 36 3 6 79 19 14 8 84 4 11 37 97 f 1 15 av 15 77 13 38 7 79 17 hi lil 88 83 12 lol 1 39 88 16 17 ay 10 16 40 W 15 18 16 41 91 lu 19 19 85 17 42 85 15 20 K 0 12 43 83 19 21 84 14 44 1 70 17 22 99 09 15 i 23 94 2 13 lbs ibs general average of wool wooi of ewes oz 02 1117 BUCKS CES ONE AND TWO wear YEAR olds weight or ahik ahli alik 1 or I carcase afler aner W dighto chree cae alter niter wool wio 1 llo lio 25 23 it 11 2 1271 32 12 lff 3 25 13 23 4 25 23 it 11 21 5 25 15 6 3 an j 1 1 14 12 3 24 aio 7 loi igl 17 lat 29 8 1211 23 28 18 9 i 10 21 fes nes 2301 2304 1 Us genera I 1 a of wool of bucks 25 Is 1 loz oz total weight 1 af carcase of bucks and ecea Ew wes ea Is total we ight f wool of 0 bucks c 3 and dEwes andenes an ewes 1125 Is ba the marysville marksville Marys ville express in speaking of the tile festival the choice sheep heavy leavy fleeces and ano anc fine wool says bays say bay s this wool has been sold for forty cents cent 9 per pei pound aund to ilie lile propriety pro ts rs of the calif california or nia woolen factory at san francisco and ancl is to be manufactured into cloth immediately thirty two gentlemen have already ivel avei their orders tor for suits of clothes to be made from the cloth cloaks are to be made up within thirty days to be presented within two months to til ill ent rent lent of th united states arid and the secretary of sate slate we think the manufactured articles will reflect much credi credit on oil the enterprise and ald skill of our young your state |