Volume 71: Macarthur family papers relating to wool and sheep, 1820-1936: No. 145
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powerfully. Climate particularly.
The Western, and Southern sides of a mountain, will produce Wool of the best quality - but take the same Sheep to the Eastern, or Northern side, & their Wool will lose its softness, and become harsh and staring. He knew several Flocks, the Wool of which is quite beautiful in the Yolk, but after washing, it is harsh & greatly inferior, in its general appearance.
In other flocks, where the fleeces are by no means remarkable before washing, they are greatly improved in appearance, by that operation.
Both these effects being immediately referrible to the washing, he considers to be produced by the different nature of the Water, in which the flocks are washed.
In the neighbourhood of Leipsic, the Sheep are, generally speaking, of