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Mr. Geddes will doubtless see that another manufac- 

 turer takes his place, so that it would be as well to 

 address to care of James Geddes. 



E. 



Proportion of Wool to Meat in Sheep of Different Ages, 



Sexes, and Sizes, 



The President of the State Agricultural Society, the 

 Hon. Mr. Geddes, kindly drew out the following in- 

 formation for me, on the above heads : 



POMPEY, ONON. Co., N. Y., January 2t, 1862. 



Hon. GEORGE GEDDES : 



DEAR SIR : Yours of the 15th inst. was duly receiv- 

 ed, and it is with some considerable pleasure that we 

 can reply so satisfactorily. 



Our nock consists of 180, of several grades, one-half 

 to three-fourths Spanish Merino, and a portion of the 

 largest one-fourth French Merino. The base of the 

 flock, but a few years since, was Saxony. 



We sheared on the 26th and 27th of June last, and 

 took the trouble to weigh every sheep and every fleece, 

 and to record it on the spot. They were sheared 

 promiscuously, and we have taken the trouble to clas- 

 sify them for our own convenience, both by age and 

 weight. The heaviest sheep weighed 133, the lightest 

 43. The heaviest fleece weighed 9-J, the lightest 3J, 

 "We sold our clip for 40c. ; it would have brought, in six 

 days after, 47 or 48. We sold 24 of the heaviest 

 wethers, October 1st, for $95 ; and 24 of the oldest 

 ewes, November 1st, for $60. 



We had about 50 lambs dropped; we raised 35. 

 Some of the remainder died, but the most of them we 



