DISEASES OF SHEEP. 



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of pvunds yearly, of such kinds as are considered in ,this country the 

 choicest produced ; say full-blood Saxony, and Saxony mixed with 

 Morino. We are very fastidious in the selection of our wools, both 

 as regards the blood and condition; and, in consequence, we are in 

 the habit of paying prices which many manufacturers think absurd. 



" I am clearly of the opinion that no branch of ag-riculture promises 

 better than the culture of wool, and I sincerel)' hope more attention 

 will be given to it than has been paid for the last few years. 



" Your's, Samuel I^awrence." 



According to the following table it will be seen that the aggregate 

 amount of capital in 1810, in woollen manufactures, was under six- 

 teen millions ; here is to be an addition, acccjding to Mr. Lawrence, 

 of one million in a single new branch of it. 



WOOL. 



Name of State, &c. 



1. 



2. 



s! 



4. 



5. 



G. 



7. 



8. 



9. 

 10. 

 11. 

 12. 

 13. 

 14. 

 15. 

 16. 

 17. 

 18. 

 19. 

 20. 

 21. 

 22. 

 23. 

 24. 

 25. 

 26. 

 27, 

 28. 

 29. 

 30. 



Maine 



New Hampshire, . 

 Massacliiisetts, . . . 

 Rliode Is^laiid, . . . . 



Connecticut, 



Vermont, 



New York, 



New Jersey, 



Pennsylvania, . . . 



Delaware, 



Maryland, 



Virginia, 



North Carolina, . . 

 South Carolina, . . 



Georgia, 



Alabama, 



Mississippi, 



Louisiana, 



Tennessee, 



Kentucky, 



Ohio, 



Indiana, 



Illinois, 



Missouri, 



Arkansas, 



INIichigan, 



Florida, 



Wisconsin, 



Iowa, 



Dist. of Columbia, 



Total, 



No of 



fullMlg 



nulls. 



151 

 152 

 2U7 



45 

 157 

 239 

 S90 



49 



346 



3 



39 



47 

 1 



4 

 5 



206 



24 



4 



IG 



2,585 



No. of 

 woollen 

 man u fac- 

 tor its. 



24 



66 

 144 



41 

 119 



95 

 3-23 



31 



235 



2 



29 



41 



3 



3 



1 



26 



40 



130 



37 



16 



9 



1 



4 



1,420 



Value of 

 manufac- 

 tured 

 goods. 



f 41 2,366 



795,7-4 



7,082,898 



842,172 



2,494,313 



1,331,953 



3,537,337 



440,710 



2.319,061 



104,700 



235,900 



147,792 



3,900 



1,000 



3,000 



14,290 



151,246 



685,757 



58,867 



9,540 



13,750 



129 



9,734 



800 



20,696,999 



No. of 



persons 



employed. 



532 



893 



5,076 



961 



2,356 



1,450 



4,636 



427 



2,930 



83 



388 



222 



4 



6 



10 



45 

 200 

 935 

 103 



34 



13 

 1 



37 



21,342 



Capital in- 

 vested. 



$316,105 



740,345 



4,179,8.50 



Cp5,350 



1,931,335 



1,406,950 



3,469,349 



314,650 



1,510,546 



107,000 



117,630 



112,350 



9,r00 



4,300 



2,000 



25,600 



13^^,000 



537,985 



77,954 



26,205 



5,100 



12,600 



34,120 



15,765,124 



SouTH-DOWN Let those who would properly appreciate this ex- 

 cellent race, banish from their thoughts the diminutive mottled original 

 South-down stock of the olden time, w^ith the idea of which the name 

 is apt to be associated in the mind, and contemplate the portrait here 



