FINE WOOL SHEEP HUSBANDRY. 65 



Tariff and 

 time of taking 



effect. Year. Quarter ending Fine. Median. Coarse. 



1859. January 60 52 45 



April 60 46 37 



July 55 40 85 



October 60 49 42 



1860. January 60 50 40 



April 52 45 40 



July 55 50 40 



October 50 45 40 



11861. January 45 40 87 



Aprill. April 45 37 32 



July 40 35 82 



October 47 47 52 



From the beginning of 182T, from which the above 

 prices present the averages of each quarter, to 

 the close of 1861, a period of 35 years, the average 

 price of fine wool was 50 T 3 F cents ; of medium, 42^- 

 cents ; of coarse, 35^ cents. Fine wool averaged 15 

 per centum higher than medium, and medium 14 per 

 centum higher than coarse. 



The wools classed in the table as fine, I should say 

 included Saxon, grade Saxon, and choice lightish- 

 fleece American Merino ; the medium included Amer- 

 ican Merino and grade down, say to half blood ; the 

 coarse included wools one-fourth blood Merino and 

 below. Each of these classes, of course, embraced 

 wools of various qualities and prices. 



Mr. George William Bond, wool broker of Bos- 

 ton, has prepared for me a valuable list of prices of 

 Ohio State wools, extending back for twenty-one 

 years ; and Messrs. Tellkampf & Kitching, wool bro- 

 kers of New York, a valuable list of prices of 'New 

 York State wools. Both of the last named lists and 

 some others will be found in Appendix B. 



The following table was prepared for me by the 

 Acting Register of the Treasury, at the request of 

 my Mend, Hon. R. H. Gillet, of Washington, D. 0., 

 former Register of the Treasury. 



