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carried out at the fair, as none but the larger and har- 

 dier breeds of sheep, viz : The South Downs, Cotswold, 

 Leicester, and native, which furnish the best mutton 

 were represented there. The farmers in this vicinity 

 show good judgment in selecting their breeds of sheep 

 because they not only furnish more and better mutton 

 than other breeds, but the wool which they produce 

 can be sold at comparatively better prices than former- 

 ly. There is a demand for these combing wools which 

 must increase for years, as new machinery involving a 

 large amount of capital is being put in operation for 

 the purpose of manufacturing these long combing 

 wools, the production of just the breeds of sheep ex- 

 hibited at the fair. Now it would be folly to doubt of 

 our success in the manufacture of worsted goods and 

 to show how great a demand there may be for the 

 manufactured articles, we quote from a writer in the 

 United States Economist, who says : " We imported into 

 this country last year $17,367,672 of worsted and cot- 

 ton and worsted fabrics^" and urges us to produce the 

 wool. The manufacturers are doing their part in in- 

 troducing the machinery necessary for its manufacture, 

 and it only remains for the farmer to supply the raw 

 material, (and a vast quantity it will take,) and thus 

 save this needless expenditure of money for foreign 

 goods. 



The Committee feel under obligation to Messrs. Fox 

 of New Ipswich and White of Framingham for the in- 

 terest they so generously gave to this department of 

 the exhibition. 



