—--.———————"áÓrl ————— 000 Ae —Re—Á—————————V————— ORE 
n our daya‘ «Рае material would 
ed was fine and short in the 
w better Enhi by 
eol i in req We 
is 
reconcile this a гче Му anom 
“б the fact of ' a fulling ill z being in thi is 
| sheep 1 what man has madejthem. £ Soil, climate, тут: 
е | ment, and the skill of ee та - 
cause grea at e 
871 
redi ed 
nges 2 
| Cottesw: 
Permit E te and рот 
g the g rage 
e end of the last century, bns were used п 
t 
sooner or later follows, Lo of the 
у of the 
for mem about the 
on the 
Durin reat 
teswold ‚= more freque 
e breed, but 
e been in an advanced state ti 
se the eoe which was ете у 
пун de а | writ 
“ If any wool peculiar to our isle 
REC by Nature, 'tis the comber's lock— 
Soft, the snow- ye and the HAM -grown flake.” of 
Ou unadulta 
Y ke ne e Borsa 
tion.” Again: 
his deatb, of ed vH md 28, 00 
Cirencester h 
arkets k от week, „one for 
eorn, &c.,, on Mo = i a“ one on Friday, chiefly for 
kei for "A ошону it is the greatest pee in 
Engl ha Gloucestershire. 
In 1264 t te King (Hey HI.) Xd ce the а 
in one of the yu Баре with his turbulent Baron 
and =at ng it once more ‹ dirt: of it Ve 
m E 
nec 
entary, ds the us a 
t| breeds 
guished ^ , long EM. id , Short woo! e powat 
of ‘&feltin 
| description. eA T 
of w 
ез”) сап 
т а сепбигу “and a half without ed 
of 
y de derived at east previous to the 15th 
p^ 
at this earl e, we before said, distinctive 
were not Дө: dar The feature T distin. 
ool, w. 
or “с which the w 
voli poss 
" Felted P" fuel э, or“ 8 miled” cloth indicats a fine 
well-known fact that the 
ma 
al. p 
s determined fineness of pu 
nbel kni hts, Sir pem “Giffard, of Brimpsfiel d Sir 
John d de Balum, covered Y 'cloaks, and iog upon 
p 
by the 
fibre ; е e short x fine-ibred wool having the бои 
num mb 
er of serratures, is by this means the better 
making w 
adapted for 
at tbe west gate, and that being 
from their horses, тос their cloaks, ‚апа рете А 
being worked up into a “ ай. шл. 
orsted g 
appearance 
woollen cloth, whilst the 1орр- |. 
woolled бане fewer serratures is not so capable of 
but is евон 
her 
of t| tho aget] iral iie exhibits 
arked eod unmistakable difference from any other 
inquiries from the earliest 
dvan 
n^n is somewhat panki able 
ge by 
а rage 
y Lord Somerville and Sir Joseph. Du ed 
4 nf dn 
айз ted mend ers, threw open erir i 
their ambushed followers. It is 4 therefore, v | 
to bring packs of wool into the diy was at this tim 
v i bep and Veg ned the 
full operation. Gloucester, a 
century Ih this: timi, had trade companies form 
s it is evident that either in the Roman or Saxon 
times the cepe чё of wool а e was known and 
ense qua wool cultivated 
in theeounty per the pe ы. "Edward IH. is appa- 
sacks of our M—— 
та fro 
Loop nm 
га essentially mbing” for w 
và. 
The 
the üt century, 
чы E » mills уа e 
ery early date, beides that & Winchester, where don | th 
Thi 
hec the Уб] of that time was shorter 
is. 
the food (for there were no hores hrec 
upon which they li was o of the coarsest ki 
wool. 
of бш pane, “ Fullers” at Cirencester in 
os о the frequent men vw ys 
parts of this count 
"Б 
г the Roman 
ems were of the Short-woolled typ 
e hold to fallacious, ^ft may be correct 
ues here! it now For when we bear 
nagement of sheep was little understood ; that 
or roots) 
ved w d, w 
sh Ф 
о imply that де sheep of this fe 
һа 
— 
rage е 
sed them previously. 
E ^ the 
the 
13 
vg ther from recorded history and 
what 
tradition, he ': erigital M nnd Cotteswold sheep 
aid of discharging her debts and of in part paying 
sm due Ее for bills on her wardrobe. Goding's 
Wool a th. t 
o Ti өзүнү the Florentines imported | 
them—knowing also the effect of food in ipie: 
the wool borne by Ње 
e growth of артуга Желе, be a doubt but that 
-woolled s eep under suc 
iode and 
they were ео Б стой toC Cotteswold to buy up. 
isasserted, would buy " credit and then 
read; do A 
About th 
largely into 
2 =ч pea they ool cloth, | 
which 
the 
they 
out to usury — the са before it should become due." 
—Pictorial 
It would seem hat. in the 15th century certain 
iret Ойон stock were sent from Englaud to 
. Stow says: “ This year, 1464, King Edwar 
A eo ver certain Конева Шер into 
у reason whereof, = this 
than that : the jm nt boe 
goods at cam for per cent. under | Edw 
had cost, for the ШЫ having the money to lend | tion of numbers o Flemings, who were then know 
to be the 
yet E 
coarsest description, o 
finer, гиб, therefore better adapted for cloth, 
the art o 
J 
mulus given by 
Been М 4 Tosca thei immigra- 
f 
art of 
manufacturing was 1 
ount 
house and stables for consumption, or what ша 
part 
with long 
heavy wool. J. M. R. 
GENTLEMAN-FARM M 
How i is it that the gentle rm 
uiry а — 
instances in "which the complaiat 4 is not 
ving been Ud 
Em founded, no adequate accounts havi 
ised 
ase is only surmised and feared; no sati 
aving been kept of what has gone into iho 
‘payment ot 
ed. » 
as they are now, of 
r-in-law to 
iu 
ni 
ips 
5 
5 D 
F 
in. 
D Kingo f Port 1, and brothe: 
ет ida pe^ in orde! 
ин 
gU 
2.2 
Species of cloth of 
gl 
F 
wb 
dE ngland contained no d Re woo 
^ with that of e Cotte eswold breed та 
f Queen ЕП lizabe' ibes th 
Н 
Ш 
4 Чой largely from the Cotteswold wool to supply the 
being 1 у» original breed, we quote from the “ Farmer’ 
шк 
у, по less {бәп 159.000 Жы, of wool were z^ r rem 
ths о! of gola at Florence for his paree use. This our isla: a, s 1 е 
tended for ight and delicate | am 
th 
nish wool was not adapted to га ЯЕ раг нт 
uc rn memory of men now px ve, очни] 
а further proof of the long-woolled €: 
а this, ROME; 864 ib. to th w кый. 
ount to 47,320,001 Whe: says Mr. Youatt, 
ае of the short- -woolled p to be found that would 
quantity of wool, besides that which was | 
гаа 
ргобь to the е 
EE 
RE inary farmers. эуе агын 
r 
ever, do move; for it is known 
апи 
servan 
men or 
r to the butter, cream, 
wages. I re eggs, 
poultry, фо танов, beef, Wheat for йош, rae са 
hay for the и 
for r riding horses, which 
Spoken of, but really mens 
ien to come to the d doubtless in many 
accurate riae t has been - where the 
w, then, is this loss sustained ? 
rich "ef teni oc cie agri of 
mtt 
primae 
famili «de si айай” a loss, but must 
ealise a profit to that каб “at least. Some, ho 
that m save money, 
d that a few have even amassed fort nes, 1 do 
anufacture ! " 
0 thus бр conclusive that the long-woolled 
f this country. 
ER 
T 
sheep as а emis led and Лобова! 
“бошу to her reign large exports 
wool were exported from - 
E 
ИШ. 
2: 
Е. 
gii 
йе. Upon these bii 
аге fed large flocks of sheep havin: 
SEU Rum y ibis e supposed, of their 
natinat pasture, whose fine ued in 
ks famed for weighty sheep— 
With golden fleeces clothed.” Camden's Britanni 
ing ч”. isa and үт manufacture of a finer material in 
cloth, from the middle of the last д» u^ — 
me 
es its name from tho hills and sheep | 9 
short-w; 
Ж, felting” зң рон D that, strictly speaking, =ч 
sho! rt-woolled she еер а: 
it is not usually во. 
qui 
The fortunes made are 
uite the exception to the rule; still there are 
nger, and liable 
ге grown in this country, but fo: 
manu d 
bare 
very inadequate 
vn y e consequence is tha! 
defieney. | What о! 
carried o 
—— their circu 
ey y be met with in most 
distriets of thej erac Йен The great mass E 
farmers, however, probably do no more than 
make 
living ; but i э not the reason to be found in tá 
d yed 
Hir 
EB 
ЕЁ 
о 
A 
p 
THE 
@ 
о 
E 
© 
ature, to supply lin e: sort the 
ther business can be successfully 
without adequate means? The result is 
uses ЖТ and А will eed t io facturer has to ‹ imi usually even more disastrous when attempted ; for 
Drayto eep have receiv he old 
Es my: from Spain; ee hm rly from Germany, a nature, supplying to some iit: Dis want of capital, 
How Evesham’ * To tell extent from Australia.: Indeed Sir reg 8 т er | by so far renewing his land by the elements 
Cotteswold, that ga т frat in liking fell Lord Somerville, as also King George Ш. took a lively | derived m the processes as 
Шош Sarum's plain gives M mr. o e interest in the int, tion A реч о breed into | eue him again to break it e at rds ЕЕ 
т is dert ; and under the бечет = the late а Jus ipm acum 
Thus it will Sira Уе our Cotteswolds — Samue ns, Esq, of Rolnartan the vcn -— са de to poverty 
Cotteswola Жеф; wh. the ver айни T was tried by a Mr. Day, of Т ene but they wi : 
Commanded when no other s eep were perri uited there, as elsewhere, for the climate, ун dich {у then, it will be allowed, A not y 
rm кум observati disa — without leaving 'a trace behind them. a dem game, and there : oubt, 
mation whip droughout all periods the high esti- The pem nd Leicesters, have all, | country gentlemen who have gone "Rirly into the 
another these sheep have em Жыш there is | at iis po imes, had their intu iv - Cotteswold business, either for recreation or to acqui n 
breeds of eon relating to the ori the е ine See had extreme cold of the winter season soon|of knowledge that would enable them to MA 
sheep, : Le чя ; 
few observations, 202 Vhich we are tem pled ta and motwitbatanding t that those who | their o have kept accurate accoun - 
М man is tho lote frei Я бат Rial d the Cotteswold Hills | have have ben айе atto end of each T 
е ERR often bring with them other breeds, а cbange io the|ahow a balanoe ah exhibiting a fair amount ni 
