298 QUARTERLY JOURNAL. 



In closing this epistle, I may very properly remark, that the farm 

 received the premium from the county society ; and in addition to 

 this, Mr. G. took the first premium for the best sheep and best bull, 

 from the same society. It is proper to say, however, that Mr. G. 

 did not enter his farm for the premium ; but the committee gave an 

 honorary one, which consists in placing it first on the list of farms. 



I have omitted probably many things which would interest you in 

 regard to the husbandry of Mr. G. You will, however,. see, I believe, 

 that his system is a profitable one, and that there is nothing that looks 

 like fancy work. I assure you it wants only a few such farmers in 

 the several counties, to make this business the most profitable and 

 honorable in the sight of all — to make labor honorable with the 

 gentry. I mean, by this, the holding of the plow and rake. 



Accept of best wishes, and believe me yours, etc. 



P. S. You will perhaps wonder that I never speak of the ladies 

 who preside over the kitchens and parlors. I can only say, that on 

 this subject, my gifts are very small. I leave all this to our friend 

 J. S. of the Farmer's Library : he is the man who attends to these 

 matters. 



Letter VII. 



Tyler Post-office, September 29, 1845. 

 My Dear Sir — In one of my former letters, I alluded to the wool 

 of the saxon, and intimated to you that wool-growers and manufac- 

 turers had been deceived in its fineness ; that it really is as coarse 

 as the merino — certainly no better than the best merinoes ; and 

 hence inasmuch as it is short in its staple, and light in its fleece, 

 must be the least profitable to the world, provided it costs as much 

 to rear them. I propose now to take up this subject once more, 

 for the purpose of giving more in full than I 1 ave yet done, some 

 of the results of my examination. I shall conline my remarks, how- 

 ever, to those points which relate to the measurement of the fibre ; 

 and it is my purpose to give a comparative view of the measure- 

 ments I have recently made, from fleeces which were exhibited at 

 the late fair. 



In the first place, I will premise, that the wool on different parts 

 of the body varies in fineness : this is probably pretty well known. 



