Very scarce volume published during the height of the Civi War, designed to aid the agricultural community in the breeding and production of quality sheep and wools. No copies in the auction market since 1919 and not a single copy available in the trade.
Includes contents related to Spanish Merino Wool, French Merino, introduction of Merino Wool into the United States, United States Tariffs, Year by Year Production of Wool Quantities, American Merino, Comparable Properties and Profitability of Varieties, The Housing of Sheep, Sheering, Pampering, breeding, selection of stock, etc.,
One interesting chart shows the domestic uses of wool and wool machinery. There is just one listing for a producer in Rhode Island who made exclusively "negro cloths and jeans."
Randall, Henry S. Fine Wool Sheep Husbandry. By Henry S. Randall, LL. D., Author of Sheep Husbandry of the South, Practical Shepherd, Etc., Etc. Read Before the New York State Agricultural Society, February 12th, 1862. With an Appendix, Containing Valuable Statistics in Reference to Wool Culture, Imports, Prices of Fine Wool From 1840 to August 1st, 1863, Etc. New York. C. M. Saxton, Agricultural Book Publisher. 1863. 189pp.
A very good copy, bound in cloth with a faded spine. Is very solid, with bright and clean pages.
