FINE WOOL SHEEP ILUSBANDRY. 183 
Mr. Geddes will doubtless see that another manufac- 
turer takes his place, so that it would be as well to 
address to care of James Geddes. 
i. 
Proportion of Wool to Meat in Sheep of Different Ages, 
Sexes, and Sizes, 
The President of the State Agricultural Society, the 
Hon. Mr. Geddes, kindly drew out the following in- 
formation for me, on the above heads : 
Poupry, Onwon. Co., N. ¥., January 27, 1862. 
Ton. GrorGe GEDDES: 
Dear Sie :—Yours of the 15th inst. was duly receiv- 
ed, and it is with some considerable pleasure that we 
can reply so satisfactorily. 
Our flock consists of 180, of several grades, one-half 
to three-fourths Spanish Merino, and a portion of the 
largest one-fourth French Merino. The base of the 
flock, but a few years since, was Saxony. 
We sheared on the 26th and 27th of June last, and 
took the trouble to weigh every sheep and every fleece, 
and to record it on the spot. They were sheared 
promiscuously, and we have taken the trouble to clas- 
sify them for our own convenience, both by age and 
weight. The heaviest sheep weighed 1838, the lightest 
43. The heaviest fleece weighed 93, the lightest 3+. 
We sold our clip for 40c. ; it would have brought, in six 
days after, 47 or 48. We sold 24 of the heaviest 
wethers, October Ist, fur $95; and 24 of the oldest 
ewes, November ist, for $60. 
We had about 50 lambs dropped; we raised 35. 
Some of the remainder died, but the most of them we 
