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when the sheep first arrived, and at various periods since 

 that time, were examined by him, with all possible accu- 

 racy, and evidently declared a progressive improvement. 

 He thought the wether sheep, of the pure blood, might be 

 fed to twenty-five pounds pc?- quarter ; a size beyond 

 which, it Avill not be advisable to push them^ unless vani- 

 ty is to be gratified at the expence of profit. 

 [5o 5e continued.'] 



WOOLEN MANUFACTURES. 



The legislature of the state of N. York, at their last 

 session, passed a new law to encourage the manufacture 

 of woolen cloth by giving premiums, and repealed the 

 old law on this subject. The following are the premi- 

 ums provided for in the existing law, viz : For the best 

 specimen or specimens of woollen cloth of uniform tex- 

 ture and quality as nearly as may be, not less than 200 

 yards, wholly manufactured in this state and of wool 

 produced in this state, of a breadth not less than three 

 quarters of a yard, a premium of 200 dollars. 



For the 2d best specimen of like cloth, 130 yads, 50 dol- 

 lars. 



For the third best specimen, 100 yards, 30 dollars. 



These premiums to be adjudged by the society for the 

 promotion of useful arts, and the specimens to be exhi- 

 bited to the society at Albany, before the third Tuesday 

 of February. 



FAMILY MANUFACTURES. 



" That the person who shall, in his family or under his 

 immediate direction, at his expence, manufacture, or 

 cause to be manufactured, within any of the counties 

 of this state, of wool shorn from sheep owned in said 

 county, the best specimen of woolen cloth of uniform 

 texture and quality, of not less than thirty yards, the 

 breadth not less tt an three fourths of a yard, shall be 

 entitled to a premium of 40 dollars." 



For the 2d best specimen of like cloth in each county? 

 of 25 yarUs; 36 Uoilura. 



