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the different qualities* and pay for each the fair mar- 

 ket price, he would soon acquire his circle of cus- 

 tomers, who, for safety and from motives of policy, 

 would wait a reasonable time for his agents. At 

 least this would be the case with the holders of prime 

 lots, and there would be no scramble and overpaying 

 for inferior lots by themselves. There is nothing 

 chimerical in this idea, certainly, when it is notorious 

 that some manufacturers already practice on it suc- 

 cessfully, and that much of the other produce of the 

 country is bought and sold in that way. 



Substantial wool merchants planted in each wool- 

 growing region, would afford a vast relief from the 

 present system to the producers of good wools. 



In respect to selling an outrageous excess of yolk 

 and dirt for wool, because somebody will buy it, I 

 shall raise no questions of casuistry ; but whether 

 known or unknown to the purchaser, it should be be- 

 low the aim of the elevated breeder. If we cannot 

 breed the admirable domestic animals which have 

 been given to us, without purposely alloying and de- 

 grading them, let us abandon them and turn to other 

 occupations. 



Suggestions as to the Future of Fine Wool Hus- 

 bandry in our Country. 



I am strongly impressed with the opinion that the 

 production of MUTTON has been too much disregarded 



* If it be said a single manufacturer does not want all the different 

 qualities, let him, in regions where little is grown, buy att in order to 

 keep his customers and his region to himself, and resell those he does 

 not need. In regions where larger quantities are grown, different 

 buyers would find room, and they might buy through the same agent 



