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fourth, and one fifth part of common wool. The Society 

 for the Promotion of useful Arts,' in this State, appointed 

 a Committee to examine the specimens of these cloths; 

 who repor ed that they found them well manufactured, of 

 equal quality and texture, well died, and apparently firm 

 and strong; that thtse cloths are not only lighter than that 

 made of wool alone, but that they have the property of re- 

 sisting moisture, to a much greater degree, and are there- 

 fore much better calculated for great -coat ^ ; and that, from 

 actual trial, an equally elegant and more durable carpeting 

 may be made from either of these mixtures, than that made 

 entirely from wool. They als'o reponed, 



That, from documents accompanying the specimens, it is 

 certain that a cloth equal, if not superior, in elegance and 

 durability, is manufactured from hair alone; and that it is a 

 valuable substitute for felling, in the paper-manufacture*' 



TEAMS. Our teams are of three kinds ; teams of Hor- 

 ses, ot Oxen, and of Oxen and Hurses together. In Spain 

 and Italy, they have teams of Cows, and somerimes of Cows 

 and Bulls together. In the northern parts of Europe, the 

 ^Reindeer has been subjected to the harness; and Mr. Lii> 

 ? ingston is of opinion that the Elk and the Moose might also 

 be orought under the like subjection, to advantage, in this 

 Country. 



The advantages of Horses in teams are their superior 

 docility and quickness of motion ; and their disadvantages 

 are their greater expense in raising and keeping, and their 

 being of no value after their time of service is over. On 

 the contrary, the advantages of Oxen are their cheapness 

 irrtraising and keeping, and their value for beef, after their 

 proper time of service has expired ; and their disadvantages 

 are their slowness of motion, and their greater untractable- 

 ness. Probably they might be rendered more tractable, if 

 some effectual method were devised tor driving them with 

 lines : In that case, the extra expense of a Hand to drive 

 them in ploughing would be saved, ui.d the ploughing bet- 

 ter performed. 



Say that a good span of Farming-horses are worth, at 

 four years old, one hundred dollars: At fourteen years 

 from that time they are worth little or nothing ; of course, 

 another sum of one hundred dollars must, at the expiration 

 of that time, be expended in the purchase of a new span. 

 This sum, to be paid at the end of fourteen years, is about 

 equal to fifty dollars paid down. In order, therefore, to 

 keep good the span, a capital of one hundred and fifty dol- 

 lars is necessary; which is equal to an expenditure of ten 

 dollars and fifty cents a year. 



