Volume 71: Macarthur family papers relating to wool and sheep, 1820-1936: No. 118
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Establishments; but it is usual to allow the Head Shepherd to keep a certain number of Sheep of his own, with the flock, or give to him a share, either in the increase, or in the general profit.
The Shepherds were anxious to know the State of the English Wool Market, and the prospect of a rise to old prices, complaining bitterly, of the present low value of wool.
Baron Eberstein was not at home. He resides principally at Leipsic - his Country House having been burned down, during the tremendous conflict of 1813.
In the evening, I met at Mr Swaine's, a nephew of his, who has been some years in Germany, & is well acquainted with the State of the Wool Trade. He says, the proprietors of the finest flocks complain most of the present prices, & state their Sheep to be the least productive portion of their husbandry.
He considers the flocks to be generally