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to civilized society, and a source of incalculable profit. 

 On what foundation then rests the prejudice and clam- 

 or, so inconsiderately cxeixised towards this most in- 

 offensive of animals. Has it any foandatioa, but the 

 accidental occurrence of one or two uiipropitious sea- 

 sons, by which the products of ag-riculture have been 

 dimhiished, and the expence of sustaining them in- 

 creased ? Does it rest on the scanty supjilies of grain, 

 and the enhanced price of the dairy ? If so, the evil 

 will soon be corrected. Another season will, proba- 

 bly, restore agriculture to its usual prosperity, and the 

 return to an efficient course of tillage husbandry, will 

 lemove all other grounds of complaint. Thus it is 

 readily perceived, the objections to sheep are casual, 

 and of short duration. 



The increasing demand for wool, for the immediate 

 supply of the people of the U. States, is greater tha?i 

 some imagine ; and it will soon command a price be- 

 yond the relative value of other objects of agriculture. 

 If the people of the United States, like those of Eng- 

 land, (true to themselves) would endeavor to raise 

 the wool necessary for their home supply, the quaiiti- 

 t}' would probably equal fifty millions of pounds, re- 

 quiring at least sixteen millions of sheep to supply 

 the demand. It is probable, at the present time, that 

 the wool and sheep of the U. States, do not exceed 

 the quantity sufficient to supply more than one half of 

 the above amount. Here, then, is a prospect sufficient- 

 ly encouraging to the American agriculturalist, es- 

 pecially when we take into the account that foreign 

 tvools are subject to a duty of fifteen cents on the 

 pound, and foreign woollens to a duty of twenty-five 

 per centum* These causes cannot fail in due time to 

 produce an ample compensation to all growers of wool. 



The same enlightened spirit, which commenced 

 this system of protection for American wool and man- 

 ufactures, will never cease its vigilance and activity, 

 until these great interests are placed out of jeopardy. 

 Taking it for granted, that this view of the subject 

 will repress die complaints against sheep, I feel it an 



