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wool well adapted to shawls, heavy worsted 

 suitings, and ladies' fine dress goods. Medium 

 combing, in quality, corresponds with No. 2 

 clothing; its length averages 4^ inches or over; 

 its use, the better classes of alpacas and worsted 

 braids. The yarn is sometimes used sparingly 

 in cassimeres, to give a worsted effect to the 

 pattern of the goods. Coarse or low combing is 

 mostly obtained from the pure or nearly pure 

 Cotswold, Leicester, and other long-wooUed 

 sheep. It has entered but to a limited extent 

 into the wants of manufacturers during the past 

 two years, and for its consumption has been 

 almost entirely confined to cheap alpacas, ladies' 

 dress goods, and braids. 



The second question assigned to me by your 

 executive committee is, "The Marketable Value 

 of Wools," by which, I take it, is implied, the 

 comparative value of the different grades of 

 Missouri wools, as resulting in the returns per 

 sheep to the grower. First, let us notice the 

 method pursued by the manufacturer in making 

 his purchases. Given a pile of wool of the 



