154 [Assembly 



WOOL. 



The only specimen of wool presented at our 23d Annual Fair 

 was one bale of pure ?axony,fromMr. J.B. Smith, Wolcottville, 

 Ct. The judges pronounced it of excellent quality, and the com- 

 mittee awarded a silver cup. It is to be regretted that we had 

 not a more extensive show, since we are undoubtedly producing 

 some of the finest wool in the world. 



Within a few days, Mr. Brown, of the firm of Perkins & Brown, 

 of Akron, Summit county, Ohio, presented at the rooms of the 

 Institute, specimens of w^ool from their flocks. The specimens 

 were of two kinds, cilled clothing and combing wool, the product 

 of pure saxon and saxon crossed with the merino. We have seldom 

 seenw^ool to exceed these specimens. The proprietor assured us 

 that they sold their last two years' clip at an average price of 62^ 

 cents per pound. Mr. Brown exhibited to us a letter from 

 Messrs. Mc Farlane & Stapley, of London, dated November 8th, 

 1850, in reference to this wool, from which we are permitted to 

 make the following extract in testimony of its superior fineness. 



" Dear Sirs — Your favor of 8th of July and 24t]i ultimo, came 

 duly to hand. We should have replied earlier to your first letter, 

 but have ever since been in correspondence with the house in 

 Aberdeen, to whom the bale of wool had had been sent, and they 

 forAvarded it to Yorkshire to have it combed, their combs not 

 being fine enough. After all this delay w^e have just received 

 the bale back again, without anything having been done with it. 

 But we shall use our best endeavors to report something more 

 satisfactory very shortly." A. C. 



To the President and members of the American Institute : 



Gents — Agreeable to the promise in my communication of 

 September last, I beg to hand you a few more items lor your j(;ur- 

 nal, trusting tlie same will be acceptable to your numerous 

 readers. 



