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Rh, Yamhill County, March 10th, 1860.

This is to certify that Messrs. J. L. Parrish and Joseph Holman, of Salem, have this day bought of us (8) eight thoroughbred Merino ewes, part and descendants of the original flock spoken of in the above certificates.

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Dayton, Oregon.

"We have this day sold to Messrs. J. L. Parrish and Joseph Holman:

Received payment in cash and notes. and

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This certifies that Messrs. Holman and Parrish of Salem, Oregon, have this day purchased of us one French buck, "Revenue," which was our first choice in all that lot of bucks, and also two French Merino ewes and four American Merino ewes.

These sheep are thoroughbred and raised in Addison County, Vt., and imported by us direct from Vermont to this state in January and February last.

The French Merinos are the largest fine-wooled sheep in the world. The American capable of producing the most wool from a given area of land. Both of these varieties are highly prized in Vermont, where sheep breeding is carried to greater perfection than in any other part of the world. While we readily grant that the Saxon sheep have wool of a little finer texture, yet we claim that our French and American Merinos shear annually more than double the quantity of the Saxons. The wool is unsurpassed in its felting properties and makes a cloth suited to the wants of nine tenths of the masses. A cross of the bucks with the common sheep of Oregon will, we believe, add about two pounds extra to the lambs and double the price of it in market. and

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