History of Sheep and Goats in Vermont

References:

• ‘Spanish merino sheep, their importation from Spain, introduction into Vermont and improvement since introduced.’, Vermont Merino Sheep Breeders’ Association, 1879
• The Rise And Decline of the Sheep Industry in Northern New England, 1830-1930′ by Harold Wilson, Agricultural History, vol. 9, no. 1, 1935
• The Vermont Sheep Industry, 1811-1880, Vermont History, Volume XXXIII No. 1, Vermont Historical Society, 1965
• They Lit Their Cigars with Five Dollar Bills. the History of the Merino Sheep Industry in Addison County by Betty Jane Belanus, 1976
• Excerpt from ‘Time and Change in Vermont, A human History’, Harold A. Meeks, 1986
• ‘Green Mountain Choice-Vermont Lamb’ by the Vermont Lamb Production Board, 1988
• ‘Have You Any Wool’, by Betty Ann and Donald Lockhart and VT Department of Agriculture, 1989
• Excerpt from ‘The Story of Vermont’, Christopher Klyza and Stephen Trombulak, 2015
• About Cashmere Goats in eastern USA:
  “Cashmere goats are relatively new to the United States, with over 60% of the world’s cashmere being produced in the East. Cashmere goats were imported into the US from Australian in the late 80s and are a new and rising industry.” from WhyNot Farm in Tennessee