FINE WOOL SHEEP HUSBANDRY. 67 
The value of the annual imports of manufactures 
of wool, for nineteen preceding years, and a table 
exhibiting what proportion of the imports of wool, 
for a number of years, fell below the dutiable price, 
will be found in Appendix C. 
The following, extracted from the Report of the 
Boston Board of Trade on Wool, in 1859, was “ far- 
nished by George Wm. Bond, a member of the 
Board, and by George Livermore, a member of the 
Government of the Board.” 
WOOLEN MACHINERY. 
Table Showing the Quantity and Classification of Woolen Machinery in New 
York and New Hngland. 
N. Hamp- Ver- Massachu- Connec- Rhode New 
Maine. shire. mont. setts, ticut. Island. York. 
Satinets........c0e0ee . 9 3 22 165 112 33 20 
Cassimeres.... ......0- 28 40 44, 285 95 82 108 
Cotton warp cloths and 
1) 0 ee .. an §2 . . 81 
Stocking yarn & hosiery 6 12 6 30 74 o 33 
Worsted & woolen yarn .. 10 . 76 oe 8 o 
Blankets and flannels. . 40 8i 11 185 19 . 83 
Delaine....... ....05-. . 58 . 67 os . . 
Carpets .eeerecevees we 2 “ 62 70 . aT 
Cashineretts...... tee 4 oe 3) - an 
Shawls 2.0 wecececseees oe . oo 10 +. t 26 
Feltings .........0+.00- a oe a 14 80 os .. 
Negro cloths and jeans... “ «e a +s 58 . 
Linsays and dometts....  .. 7 .. .. . 42 . 
Bundriesg........ cee eeee 8 18 39 18 9 . 148 
Totalnumber of sets . 91 228 122 999 409 225 468 
No of establishments. 32 56 56 154 98 56 208 
The above classification is not strictly accurate, as 
it is impossible in some mills to say how many sets 
are on each description. 
Mr. Bond writes me (January 20, 1862): “In the 
rest of the free States there are about 500 sets of 
cards, as nearly as I can reach it.” 
Mr. Livermore writes me (January 26, 1862): “TI 
