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he could produce. 1 am informed that Some breeders of the New Leicesters can produce ram fleeces of the weight of trom fourteen.to Sixteen or Seventeen pounds,| which, at ßfteen pence per pound,(the price this Season), will very considerably exceed the value of"Mr. Bartley's.

In Several London papers of this month, we ate informed, that a long woolled wetker.belonging to a Mr. Measures, lately Produced twenty-five pounds of wool; which will be nearly equal in value to each of the üſteen fine feeces manufactured by Mr. Bartley's order, allowing him the profit of the grower, the wool Stapler, and the manufacturer. But why Should we dwell upou the comparative value of a few extraordinary Neeces. Let us come to flocks. 1 have lately been informed that a considerable flock of wedder hogst in this aistrict, lately Produced about twelve pounds of wool each. The value of their fleeces, fifteen shillings each, will, 1 conceive, much ex- ceed that of any Anglo-Merino 50 of wedder hogs. I mean, by a flock, the whole-of that description of Sheep»(culls excepted) upon a farm of five hundred to Six hundred acres of land. 1 am not stating that the breeders of the New Lei- cesters generally produce fleeces of this weight: those who produce them, attend more to the raising of wool than muttonz and as this is:also the case of the breeders of the Anglo Me- rino Sheep, it Seems fair to State what the former could pro- duce, if wool was their principal object.

In your Sixty-eighth number, Mr. Bartley Says,“but a common farmer may have common Sense to perceive at a glance, that it must be most preposterous policy, with infinite riSque, to procure a foreign article at the cost of Six or Seven Shillings, which he himself could easily produce on his awn homestead at one Shilling, or eighteen pence, including rent, expence, and profit; al yet this might be done with full crossed Merino Sheep, 7.& in thefourth generation, descend- ing from fine woolled British ewes, or ip the fitth and Sixth from coarse woolled Sheep." It was in consequence ot this, that I stated, in your Seventieth number, that Mr. Bartley had Swept away nearly five-Sizths ot the price of the finest wool with hs ozon pen, and that he had virtually acknow doen the Justness of the principle I had advance« d; namely, t hat if we P0SSe5Sed a Sufficient number of Anglo-Merino Sheep Suflicient to Supply our manuſacturers of Superfine cloth, the Prices ot the finest wool would greatly decline; and that it th»s2 Sheep were Suffered to. encroach upon the pastures ot the new Lei- Cesters, that of long wool would rise considerably.

1n your last number, Mv. Bartley Says;“4 am confident it

+. Wahed. 1 One year 0!d ſheep 4g. Mag. Yol. 13. M