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Farmers^ Miscellany. 



[April, 



we supposed it might be agreeable to the parties concerned to 

 see the result side by side, and so here it is; both kinds are mag. 

 nified and drawn under the same power. 



Mr. Bingham's wool. 

 Fig. ]. 



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I I I 



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a. 



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Fig. 1. c, from an ewe. b, from a buck. 



Col. Sherwood's wool. 

 Fi". 2. 



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6 a 



f 3 



Fig. 2. a, ewe; 5 rump, 6 shoulder, 7 side, 8 thigh, b, buck ; 1 thigh, 2 

 side, 3 shoulder, 4 rump. 



We understand that Mr. Bingham's specimens of wool were 

 from the side. It is very beautiful; not quite so glossy as some 

 specimens of Saxon. It is not so entirely free from an oily sub- 

 stance as Mr. Sherwood's, as it stained through paper in a short 

 time, and is yellowish from the presence of this matter. Yet, we 

 repeat it, it is very rare indeed to see handsomer and more beau- 

 tiful wool. 



Mr. Bingham inquires what treatment the wool of Grandee 

 received before it was measured and otherwise tested. In answer 



Note. — There is a scale accompanying the measurement of other samples 

 of wool, in two of the former numbers. 



