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There is a manufactory in Scotland of goat's hair. I am not ac- 

 quainted with the minute particulars, but this I know, that what 

 they make sells very high. Gentlemens' waistcoats made of goat's 

 hair, sell very high, are everlasting to wear, and turn rain. The 

 two goats I had were pure white; the buck at 3 or 4 years is a 

 magnificent animal. I earnestly request this subject of the goat be 

 taken into consideration. 



I ask particular attention to what I am about to say as to the 

 means of increasing the price of wool. The manufacturers do not 

 give the grower a fair price for their wool; they do not give its 

 value. I will just mention a circumstance. I procured in St. Louis 

 a pound of fine handsac wool, such as is used often by ladies for 

 tambour work; it was soft and fine, but not particularly fine; they 

 charged me five dollars a pound for it, and have paid the same 

 amount for similar wool in France, 1,000 per cent in advance. 

 Surely this is worth serious consideration, when with a carding ma- 

 chine and spinning machine, which are not so costly, we might so 

 enormously increase our profits. 



Statistics of Wool and Wool growing in the United States. 



As many may think, if the growing of wool in the United States 

 was considerably extended, the price of wool might be depreciated 

 below a remunerative price, the writer, who has devoted himself to 

 the raising of sheep and fine wool, has thought that a few facts 

 might be useful, as many persons might be deterred from investing 

 funds under this idea. They can only be given as disjointed facts 

 from which the inferences are positive. 



The Spanish proverb says, wherever the foot of a sheep touches, 

 the land is turned into gold. It is well known that the wool trade 

 is the iSackbone and sinew of Great Britain. The prosperity of 

 states is in proportion to the quantity of wool grown. England 

 owes a great part of her prosperity to the woolen trade. The States 

 in the United States which produce the most wool are the most 

 prosperous, and produce the greatest quantity of wealth and money 

 per individual, according to population. Even supposing that the 

 wool cannot be sold in the United States, (which is far from correct) 

 it can be sold in England and shipped there at a less cost than other 

 wools sent to England, at 2 cents from here, or a little more, ac- 

 cording to freights, as it pays no duty, or only a no pirsl duty. 



