260 Wool Depot. 
WOOL DEPOT. 
It appears to me, Mr. Editor, that you cannot devote a portion 
of your valuable Journal to a more useful purpose, than in direct- 
ing the attention of farmers to this important subject. The re- 
marks which were made by Mr. Blanchard, at the meeting last 
winter at the Capitol, are valuable, showing, as I conceive, the 
great advantage that must result to the farmer by the establishing 
and sustaining of depots for the sale of wool. It is for the inter- 
est of the wool-grower that they should be liberally sustained. 
The larger the quantity of wool from which selections are to be 
made, the better. Soon the attention of manufacturers will be 
directed where they can buy such varieties as they need — and the 
wool-grower will be sure of receiving for his clip its fair market 
value. He will not be under the necessity of sacrificing his wool, 
as now he often is, by selling his whole lot, at prices much below 
its fair value, on account of the different qualities of the wool. 
I would urge upon farmers the importance of sustaining these es- 
tablishments, believing as I do that they are in all respects well 
calculated to promote their best interests. 
The remarks which follow will best iexplain the method of con- 
ducting business. A Wool-Grower. 
Much has been said and WTitten within the last ten years on 
the breeding of sheep. Many discussions have been had to show 
which was most profitable; whether Saxony, a cross of Merino 
and Saxony, Merinos or large frame coarse-wooled sheep, whose 
carcasses are suitable for mutton. The success attendant upon 
the growth of each kind appears to have depended much upon the 
skill and management of the grower, and the facilities enjoyed 
for the sale of the wool or carcass. Those residing near cities or 
large villages, or possessing easy facilities for reaching those 
places, may find large frame coarse-wooled sheep to a limited 
extent profitable ; but such is not the fact in regard to the great 
mass of wool-growers in the United States. The profits resulting 
from their flocks must be derived from the wool, or from the sale 
of sheep made valuable by the skill of the breeder, for their supe- 
rior fleece. Some have been loud in their praise of that kind 
which will yield the greatest weight of fleece and of a medium 
quality; others of that kind which require less food for their sus- 
