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are not so hardy in their Constitution nor Weighty in their Carcase. Whither their Fleece will be Considered of Superior Quality or no I am not able to determine. Every Generation Improves in the Weight of the Fleece and in the Quality of the Wool. How Long they may Continue to Improve in their Fleece and to what degrees of Fineness the wool may be brought with Care and Attention Cannot yet be Ascertained when the Country becomes more Opened and the Sheep Farmers turn their Attention to the raising of Turnips and Artificial Grasses for their Flocks in Preferance to feeding them in the Woods it may Probally [probably] Contribute to Promote a Still Greater Improvement in the Sheep than what has yet been made. The Mildness of the Climate together with the Dryness and Richness of the Soil seems Calculated to bring this Usefull Animal whither for Food or Cloathing to the Greatest Perfection. The Sheep farmers with Common Attention Sustain Little Loss where a Flock of Sheep is Properly Attended to, the Annual Loss may be Estimated at Two per Cent? The above remarks are founded upon the Experience and Observation of Eight Years; much remains yet to be learn'd and done before it can be fully ascertained whither the Wool of New South Wales will become an Object of National Importance or not, I am Inclined to believe it will if Strict Attention is paid by the Sheep farmers in Selecting their Breeding Stock.
No. 13 The Specimens of the Wool now transmitted to your Excellency have not Attained their full growth as the[y] have been plucked from the Fleeces more than three Months before the Shearing time? No. 7 Excepted, which was a Lamb last Year & not Shorn?
Sam.l Marsden