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entries of nearly every week, over a period of nearly five years, 
namely, 1850 to 1854 inclusive: — 
Table XXII. 
Yoavs. 
South Down 
Hogs. 
South Down 
Ewes and 
Wethers. 
Half-bred 
Hogs. 
Leicester 
Ewes and 
Wethers. 
s. 
d. 
s. d. 
s. 
d. 
5. d. 
1850 
1 
li 
0 10| 
1 
U 
0 9f 
1851 
1 
2 
0 Hi 
1 
2i 
0 11 
1852 
1 
3i 
1 0| 
1 
3i 
0 llf 
1853 
1 
5i 
1 35 
1 
1 3i 
1854 
1 
2i 
1 1| 
1 
1 1 
Average of 5 j ears . . 
1 
03 
-4 
1 1 
1 
1 oi 
We have here the average price per lb. over a period of nearly 
five years of the wool, both of the hoggets and of the ewes and 
wethers, of the South Downs, that of the former being nearly 2d. 
more than that of the latter. Of the Leicesters, we have the 
price of the wool of the ewes and wethers only. There would 
certainly, however, be on the average a less difference than 2d. 
per lb. between the price of the hogget and of the ewe and 
wether wool, in the case of the long-woolled sheep. If, there- 
fore, we raise the average price of 3 s. 0\d., as given in the table 
for Leicester ewe and wether wool, to Is. \d. for that of Leices- 
ter hoggets, this will probably give a fair average price, com- 
pared with that of the other descriptions. We have been unable 
to find any collateral published price for Cots wold hogget wool ; 
but we suppose that we may assume it the same as for the Lei- 
cester for our present purpose. 
Upon these data, then, we take the average relative prices per 
lb. of the wool of our six descriptions of experimental sheep, as 
given in the following Table (XXIIL) ; but subject, of course, 
as before, to the emendation of the reader, if his judgment do 
not agree with our own. 
Table XXIII. 
Average 
Description of Sheep. 
Price of Wool 
per lb. 
s. d. 
Sussex Downs 
I 3 
1 3 
1 oi 
1 Oi 
1 1 
1 1 
