180 



FINE WOOL SHEEP HUSBANDRY. 



1852 



1853 

 1854 

 1855 

 1856 



37-J cents. 

 48i do. 

 36j do. 

 36 \- -do. 

 do. 



1857 

 1858 

 1859 

 1860 

 1861 



41f cents. 

 34J do. 



do. 



do. 



do. 



45 



Mr. Faxton, of Utica, !N". Y., sends me the following : 

 Mr. FAXTON: 



Below is actual sales made by me in September of 

 each year, and though in many years great changes 

 have followed, it is perhaps as fair a show of prices as 

 can be given : 



Coarsest. Finest. Coarsest. Finest 



1848 . 22 35 1855 . 32 46 



1849 . 25 40 1856 . 35 48 



1850 . . 35 52 1857 . . 36 55 



1851 . 32 42 1858 . 30 45 



1852 . 36 53 1859 . 40 50 



1853 . 42 58 1860 40 55 



1854 . 30 40 1861 . . 37i 40 



Yours truly, 



JAS. ROOKMEE, Utica. 

 January 15, 1862. 



