cool can be selected wool growing in america is an important branch of the scope for its successful operation is immense and the choice of locality excellent opportunities for useful experiments with the rent of sheep the demand for wool in england is generally greater than the supply and it is this circumstance combined � with tie profitable nature of the business � which has given rise to the the great exhibition trade while we have endeavored to describe this trade for the benefit of our who may have had no opportunity of seeing the processes we should much rather recommend the more extensive growth of new wool and attention to its improvement with all its rural pursuits than the extensive introduction of the trade in this country the and blankets of the american department of the crystal palace deserve especial notice there is a case exhibiting three of in at the mills n h by the plains company and placed in the by the wool ol tl blankets is e u selected and i the color ig at the ends ia and the blankets arc silk bound l saw nothing m the department e i n h equals these excellent articles either for i tr and al though there � a pair ot blankets which to like those presented to the a id prince m april and by mr e of which are probably the best that can ik made in england selected from a variety of we must bay they do not come up to these blankets either in whiteness or finish whatever may be said of their strength and for beauty and exquisite finish however wo must mention a case of embroidered blankets exhibited by messrs co oi boston the ends of the blankets which appear to be the size lor children s are embroidered with a bold pattern of a vine and flowers one in scarlet and the others in crimson green blue and orange colors the case being locked and no person to exhibit tho goods we were unable to feel the quality of the wool but judging from the appearance we should say it is the best that could be selected the surface is more closely than that of ordinary blankets probably in order to show the to greater perfection we have never seen better taste displayed in this department of manufacture it being unusual to ornament blankets so the department contains some prize blankets said to have taken the prize at the crystal palace in london in comparison with the blankets just referred to they wool and the qualities of strength and in a pre eminent degree � qualities to which our home would do well to pay some attention � tut we cannot pronounce them superior to the for any other quality there is also in this department an of home made gray wool c serving to contrast the work of former ages and of the women i the present with the results of and modern improvements in the other and s r to the ib of the m this country as well as showing low the far west till stand m to this branch of manufacture in the english department there are good of tt but their being well known we need not upon them further than to say they our home manufacture m the of or re of and weight ties which must continue to the market until our home have learned to combine them with their own superiority both in whiteness and in the french department we observe several blankets by t co of france for e n by messrs a t co of this city these blankets appear to ua to combine all the strong spinning and of the blanket with the softness and finish of the goods above referred to we can recommend these blankets aa models for our home to imitate they certainly present the qualities most desirable in a good blanket being made of good soft wool even free from thin places strong well spun closely woven well or prettily colored at the ends and free from all unpleasant smell better and more serviceable blankets we have never examined there is also in the american department a case of exhibited by john co and by the company they are four quarter wide and are � for of texture and for whiteness by the best the most approved however are in our opinion those ai the great exhibition in a ease sent by messrs co of this city from the of ge h ware mass we have never seen made of finer wool than these appear to be the case being locked was inaccessible but judging from the appearance � we have good reason td compliment the on the excellence of his goods the amount expended in the of blankets and during the year ending june was as follows england � british american france va the atlantic jl france on the holland total in our on these important productions we have been guided entirely by the principles with regard to quality with the statement of which we commenced this article we believe we cannot better serve the of the united states and the best interests of the country than by the candid statement of opinion whether favorable or not to the present state of our science and we trust it will be seen that our object ia to encourage the home trade not by any flattering of inferior articles because they are american but by giving credit where it is justly due and holding up for approval what in our judgment is most worthy of praise of the country or state which may have produced it knowing that the only sure foundation lor successful enterprise consists ia a steady determination to a constant and effort to attain perfection it is this alone which will remove all prejudice in favor of foreign goods and if may judge 