German Wool Fairs, Midsiunmer, 1856. 339 



; , Dollars. 



Superfine wools, from 105 to 110 



Fine ditto 93 „ 98 



Middlino; fine ditto S2 „ 88 



Middling ditto 71 „ 80 



Inferior ditto *J0 ,, 70 



Fleece and moist ditto 58 ,, 70 



Locks 55 ,, 75 



The purchasers were chiefly German manufacturers and 

 dealers. The English customers were fewer than at last year's 

 fair. The fair ended firmly, ;is it is called, that is, with the 

 confidence that the present prices Avould be maintained for some 

 time to come. 



The continued rise in the price of wool is an indication of the 

 activity of the German cloth manufactories, although these esta- 

 blishments are in so far unfavourably affected by the enhanced cost 

 of their raw material. The Kni2^1ish dealers have bought unusu- 

 ally little wool at these last fairs, for the rise within the last two 

 years has much more than counteracted the reduction of the 

 export duty from G.?. to l^. per centner, wliich took place on the 

 1st of January, 1854. 



Leipzig, June oQth, 1856. 



lY. — Use of Rcapinri-Mackines. By Anthoxy Hamond. 



To THE ClIAIRMAX OF THE JoURNAL COMMITTEE. 



You ask me to give you my experience of the reaping-machine ; 

 I have great pleasure in tloing so. I think I may fairly say 

 that it has now attained that degree of perfection which en- 

 titles it to be classed amongst implements of real practical 

 utility. 



On the first introduction of the reaper to the notice of our 

 Society, I purchased one by Hussey, which, being faulty in its 

 construction, was soon laid aside. 



At the Linroln Me( ting [ j)urchascd an improved Hussey by 

 Dray, with tipping-board. This 1 have used lor two liarvcsts 

 entirely to my satisfaction. It lias not recjuired 20.v. in repairs, 

 and is now ready to go to work at half an lioin's notice. The first 

 year I cut al)out 150 acres of wheat, oats, and rye ; tlie second, 

 150 acres of wheat, besides oats and rye. 



When I first Used the reaper, I thouglit it expedient to divide 

 a field into portions of about 10 acres, to facilitate the oper.-ition 

 of tieing and shocking, but this I afterwards found unnecessary, 

 the measure of work to be done being the qnantitii cut, not the 

 distance? travelled by the machine. Tlic amount of a day's work 

 by the reaper may be estimated at not less than ',) or 10 acres : 



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