i:4 2 On improved Sht-ep 



men gave, pearly a year ago, 6s. gd. a lb. Of course, when 

 scoured, it was then \vorth 7s. 9^d. per lb.; and I bclievt; it 

 could not now be obtained without a considerable advance of 

 pripe. This is the finest specimen of Spanish wool which I 

 .have been able to procure during the last twelve years ; but I 

 do not thmk it equal to that of my ram's fleeces, Nos. (5 

 and 7. 



In comparing nianv of my fleeces with the imported 

 Spanish wat>l of these most vaunted piles, there is one difler- 

 ence which will suiely strike the most unskilful observer — 

 that while the latter is dry, and harsh, and intractable, mine 

 is to the touch soft, flexible, and silky. 



IV. Wool from sheep of a proper modification of Merino 

 and Ryelaud, will make cloth equal to that from the Spanish 

 wool imported into this country. 



This proposition I prove by reference to No. 14, which is 

 a piece of navy-blue broad-cloth, manufactured by Mr. 

 Naish, of Twerton. I refer also to a piece of black cassi- 

 mere, No. 15, made chiefly from ram's wool, by the same 

 gentleman. 



Whatever merit there may be in these articles, I will 

 hereafter assign sufficient reasons why they are by no means 

 equal to what may be expected from my flock at a future 

 .period. 



V. The proportion of fine wckjI in the fleeces of this cross 

 breed is equal, if not superior, to that of the best Spanisl* 

 •piles. 



In what is called a pile of Spanish wool, the R. or Reflna 

 is as ^20, the F. or Fina, 4, and the T. or Tercera, 1 : that 

 is, the F. and T. are equal to one-fourth of the R. or one- 

 fifth of the whole; the F. one-fifth of the R. and the T. 

 one-twentieth. In the blue cloth. No. 14, above specified, 

 the R. was 44 lb. the F. 7ilb. and the T. 2^ lb. According 

 to the above proportion o-f the Spanish, the F. and T. of 

 this wool should have been I lib.; whereas they were only 

 95-lb. This difiercnce of l^ib. is in the F. wool, which is 

 so much less than in the pure Spanish. I beg the com- 

 •inittec to examine and express their opinion whether this F. 

 »'oul of my flock, bag No. 16, is not superior in ejuality to 



what 



