Series II. Sales, 1919

The Dimon Lockwood Papers includes correspondence arranged chronologically within two groups: Wilfred Wheeler correspondence, 1917-1919, both incoming and outgoing; and general correspondence, 1917-1920, incoming and outgoing.

The general correspondence is to and from sheep farmers, supply companies and people interested in raising sheep and discusses purchasing, feeding, housing and fencing sheep, sheep dipping recipes and equipment, and laws related to dogs. Also includes records as Agent of Demonstration Sheep Farms, with lists of applicants, sheep owners, and sheep farms; materials issued by the Massachusetts Department of Agriculture about the demonstration sheep farm program; and printed forms completed by students in a course in sheep husbandry at the Essex County Agricultural School. Printed materials include information about sheep, wool auctions, agricultural societies, and copies of legislative bills from Massachusetts and other states pertaining to dogs, demonstration sheep farms, and wool clip.