APPENDIX, No. V. 73 



fo on annually as long as the experiment is to be conti- 

 nued, always tallying each lock, fo as to mark diftinftly 

 the individual fheep from which it has been taken, and 

 the precife time and place when and where the lock was 

 cut. 



It is plain, that as no fixed meafure is here alTumed, 

 but only a proportional length, any alteration that may 

 take place in the fize of the animal will occafion fuch a 

 fmall variation as to the jDlace where the wool is cut, as 

 to occafion no fenfible miftake. Were a lock of wool thus 

 cut from any number of fheep, at ever fuch a diflance 

 from each other, it would afford a good method of form- 

 ing a judgment of the comparative finenefs of the wool. 



No. VI. 



^lan of a Patriotic JJfociation for the Improvement of 

 BritiJIo Wool. By DoElor Anderfon, 



IT is propofed to eftablilli a new Society, whofe fole 

 objeft fball be to adopt meafures for obtaining the befl 

 breeds of fine-woolled fheep, and of other domeflicated 

 animals, carrying fine fleeces or furs, vv'ith a view of af- 

 certaining, by adual experiments, how far each fpecies 

 is calculated for the climate of this country — the quali- 

 ties of their wool refpedlively — the ufes to which each 

 kind could be mofl profitably employed in ditTerent ma- 

 nufactures — and the comparative value of each fpecies, fo 

 far as the fame can be determined. 



The name of the propofed Allbciation to be, Ihe So- 

 ciety for the Improvement of Britijh Wool. 



The Society to confift of an indefinite number of mem- 

 bers. Each ordinary member to contribute One Guinea 

 li per 



