American farming and stock raising, with useful facts for the household, devoted to farming in all its departments . he first utility — and manj- all-wool do not make the all-wool merinos and cashmeres, which are not made successfully evenin England, nor some other fine wool novelties in dress goods, which are obtained wholly inFrance. Their use is confined to the wealthy and fashionable classes. Some we have veryrecently attempted with signal success — such as the all-wool merino plaids and matelasses •—and shall doubtless make them all, except possibly the merinos and cashmeres.
American farming and stock raising, with useful facts for the household, devoted to farming in all its departments . he first utility — and manj- all-wool do not make the all-wool merinos and cashmeres, which are not made successfully evenin England, nor some other fine wool novelties in dress goods, which are obtained wholly inFrance. Their use is confined to the wealthy and fashionable classes. Some we have veryrecently attempted with signal success — such as the all-wool merino plaids and matelasses •—and shall doubtless make them all, except possibly the merinos and cashmeres. In carpetswe produce every variety, except the Persian and Turkish and the Aubusson hand-madecarpets, used only by the opulent classes. In woolens, we are inferior only in broadcloths, and that not in quahty but in quantityof production, the general disuse of broadcloth, except for dress suits and by the wealthy,making it more profitable for our mills to run on goods in general demand. That we haveno want of capacity is shown by the product of the few mills who still pursue this branch 2^ |o ^^g tPJ500. SHEEP. 11G5 of manufacture, and by the fact that the finest sample of broadcloth shown at tlie Exposition,though not for competition, was made in this country twenty-three years ago. In blankets andflannels, our products are absolutely unequaled by any made abroad. In fancy cassimeresand worsted coatings — the great articles of consumption all over the world — we equal any,surpass most, made abroad, in texture, finish, and beauty of design; foreign manufacturerseagerly seeking samples for imitation in their mills. Our thicker cloths for overcoatingssuffer nothing in comparison with those made abroad. In dress goods, there was httle opportunity to make comparison, as Bradford, the prin-cipal competitor in classes of goods made by us, did not think it wise to enter the field. Butthe command of our own market against foreign competition settles the question as to thequ
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