id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt 29057 Crapo, Henry Howland Address delivered by Hon. Henry H. Crapo, Governor of Michigan, before the Central Michigan Agricultural Society, at their Sheep-shearing Exhibition held at the Agricultural College Farm, on Thursday, May 24th, 1866 .txt text/plain 9518 335 62 farmers generally, not only as to the most desirable breed of sheep, but The subject of Sheep-Husbandry with us is certainly an important one--wool being a great, leading staple product of our State; and very class of sheep are seen, that a strong preference for fine-wooled present time among the farmers of this State, and money in the purchase such wool to sell, taken from sheep for which he paid very large prices, increased demand, but has enhanced the price of this kind of wool, which the more general breeding of long wool sheep. When the price of wool is high, the farmers are too reluctant to sell than because at that time the price of wool was very low and the market important matter in connection with sheep husbandry in this State. prejudice of the manufacturers against "Michigan wool" was so great that this great evil, and to place "Michigan wool" where it should most ./cache/29057.txt ./txt/29057.txt