FINE WOOL SHEEP HUSBANDRY. 65 

Tarii? and 
time of taking 
effect. Year. Quarter ending Fine. Medium. Coarse, 
rs | 1859. January.... 0 leeks e cece 60 52 45 
ie 720 0) | ee GO 46 BT 
. DULY coc cece cece ee ceceesces 55 40 85 
o October ....... cece ce ee cece ees 60 49 42 
cs | 1860. January........ceneeeeeee cee 60 50 40 
5 59) | 52 45 4) 
re JULY cc acc ee ccc cn ence cevenecnes , 55 50 40 
October... ccc ccc eeeucees 50 45 40 
1861, January....... cee cece eee ee een 45 40 8T 
April 1. April... cec ccc eeeeeee eeeeee 45 87 82 
Et JULY cece cee e cece wees cen ewees 40 85 82 
Ey Se October ...... epee eee e eee eenens 47 47 52 
From the beginning of 1827, from which the above 
prices present the averages of each quarter, to 
the close of 1861, a period of 35 years, the average 
price of fine wool was 50,3, cents; of medium, 42,8, 
cents; of coarse, 354 cents. Fine wool averaged 15 
per centum higher than medium, and medium 1+ per 
centum higher than coarse. 
The wools classed in the table as fine, I should say 
included Saxon, grade Saxon, and choice lightish- 
fleece American Merino ; the medium included Amer- 
ican Merino and grade down, say to half blood; the 
coarse included wools one-fourth blood Merino and 
below. Each of these classes, of course, embraced 
wools of various qualities and prices. 
Mr. George William Bond, wool broker of Bos- 
ton, has prepared for me a valuable list of prices of 
Ohio State wools, extending back for twenty-one 
years; and Messrs. Tellkampf & Kitching, wool bro- 
kers of New York, a valuable list of prices of New 
York State wools. Both of the last named lists and 
some others will be found in Appendix B. 
The following table was prepared for me by the 
Acting Register of the Treasury, at the request of 
my friend, Hon. R. H. Gillet, of Washington, D. C., 
former Register of the Treasury. 
