f]^!. tmjffovemerit of^eep and wool. 47 



THE IMPROVEMENT OF SHEEP AND WOOL. 



Continued from p. 17. 

 7. Connection between Jinenefs of wooland hardinefs. 



Here again prejudice has been forward to decide, 

 And Vias decided, as Usual, improperly. It is very 

 generally believed, that iheep which carry fine wool 

 are necefsarily more tender than those that yield it 

 of a coarser filament. This, also, I have no hesita- 

 tion in saying, is not true ; and every man who has 

 his eyes open in a ftieep market, or in a flock of fheep, 

 must observe it as well as me. T consider this as 

 a most pernicious error, that, if not eradicated, must 

 ever tend to abate the profits of fheep farming. 

 A man who is convinced that fine wool can only .be 

 obtained from a weakly and walhy breed of fheep, 

 -must be a fool if he does not determine at once to rear 

 only coarse wool. But were he to be convinced, as I 

 -am satisfied he may be, by a set of judicious experi- 

 ments directed to this point, that, as hardy fhe«p can be 

 found which carry Jine wool, as any which carry 

 ■coarse wool, (and there are actually in Scotland, and 

 elsewhere, breeds of fheep, that carry vtry fine wool, 

 "tix more liardy than otiiCr breeds in the same coun- 

 try that carry coarse wool,) he Would make haste to 

 propagate the ene, and to put away the other, to his 

 «own great emolument. 

 4. Connettinn between closenefs of pile and fmenefs of 



Jdament. 



It is in general believed that a fine fleece of wool 

 /if open and light, wlien <;omparcd with one that is 



