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of the component fibres, the spiral curves of which areclose and regular, and are immediately resumed afterbeing obliterated by stretching the fibre,—the length ofwhich is also considerable for wool of this “carding”quality, the most valuable for the finest descriptions ofcloth. One of the Experts in wool characterises thespecimens, exhibited by Messrs. Figdor and Sons “ as asuperior and high-bred wool—the finest aud most legiti-mate specimen in the whole Exhibition.” The degree ofsuperiority over some of the wools in the same depart-ment, which was contested by another Expert, M*asadmitted by the first to be slight: whilst opinions wereunanimous as to the superior character of the wools, gene-rally, from Austrian Silesia and Hungary . The Jury,therefore, appreciating the difficulty of arriving at a cor-rect judgment of the degrees of individual merit, especi-ally from samples giving an uncertain indication of theaverage value of the produce of flocks, came to the con-clusion of recommending the award of the Council Medal,as notified in the Second Section of the Report, so as tosignify their appreciation of the highest class of wools ;and to distinguish the manifestly superior qualities of thewools exhibited by individuals by the award of the PrizeMedal; and they place first on the list the firm of MM.Isaac Figdor and Sons, of Vienna.
Count H. Larisch Moennich (92, p. 1012). —Theproduct of a fine and well-known flock, from Silesia, isexhibited by four fleeces, which present similar excellentqualities to those of No. 90, the difference, on the whole,being so slight that the Jury also award the Prize Medalto Count H. Larisch Moennich, of Silesia.
Count Anton von Mittrowsky (91, p. 1012).—Thesefine and high-bred fleeces of a pure merino flock, fromSilesia, exhibit the valuable qualities of fineness andelasticity of fibre in so eminent a degree that the Juryaward the Prize Medal to their exhibitor.
Count JosEi>n IIunyady von Ketheley (89, p. 1012).—The fleece, from a flock in Hungary , is an un-washed specimen, but of a very fine quality of fibre ; it isa little inferior to the best Silesian examples only in beingsomewhat thinner or poorer in substance. The fine im-brication and elastic properties of the fibre are, however,so remarkably characteristic of this fleece, that the Juryaward to its exhibitor the Prize Medal.
The washed and unwashed wools exhibited by Count O.von Wallis (93, p, 1012) (Bohemia ), and by Messrs.Panna and Alexis, (94, p. 1012) (Transylvania ), pre-sent qualities which entitle them to Honourable Men-tion.
W. Graff (803, p. 1094).— The fleece of wool ex-hibited on a stuffed sheep from the merino flock of thisexhibitor, at Munchenhoft’, merits, from the fineness andcloseness of the fibre and its excellent “ carding ” qualities,the award of the Prize Medal.
Legations-Rath Kuepfer (29, p. 1049).—The merinofleeces of two-year old ewes, from Bromberg, hereexhibited, are remarkable for the fineness and regularityof the staple, and illustrate favourably the advance of theimprovement of wool in the Prussian districts of theMiddle Vistula: the Jury deem them to merit the awardof the Prize Medal.
E. Lubbert (24, p. 1049). —The fleeces transmittedby this exhibitor from Zweybrodt, near Breslau , are veryremarkable for those qualities which, like the Austrian-Silesian wools, adapt them for the fabrication of the finestcloths, and the Jury award to Mr. Lubbert the PrizeMedal.
G. L. Nordmaxn (30, p. 1049). —The fleeces fromLiszkowy, near Mowraelaw, are also fine specimens ofPrussian wools, remarkable for the great regularity in thestaple, and meriting the award of the Prize Medal toM. Nordmann.
Oberburggraf von Brunneck (45 and 46, p. 1050).— The fleeces of a ram and a ewe from a merinoflock at Bellschwitz, and the specimens of wool indis-criminately taken from a merino flock at Rosenberg,though rather inferior in quality to the finest Silesianwools, manifest a fineness, softness, and elasticity of fibre
and a regularity of staple which, in the opinion of theJury, merit an award to the exhibitor of the Prize Medal.The Bellschwitz flock was procured by the Oberburggrafin Spain in 1814, and afterwards improved by additionsof the finest Saxon and Silesian races in 1S20 and 1824.
; M. Ockel, for the Royal Administration of Frank-i enfelde (27, p. 1049).—The fleeces of a ram and of! ewes shorn in the spring of 1850, and the samples of= wools from the flocks kept at Wrietzen on the Oder, underthe above Administration, manifest qualities which theJill*}* Rave considered to entitle the Administration to theaward of the Prize Medal.
; Of other exhibitors of wools in the Zollverein , Baron' Eckardsteix (32, p. 1049), on account of the regularityof the staple in two examples of wool iu fleeces; Countvon Schwerin (33, p. 1049), for the fleeces of a ramand ewe of the Saxon breed, remarkable for their finequalities as “combing wool;” Flockeniiaus and Co.(335, p. 1070); Baron von Luttwitz (42, p. 1050);R. Lehmann (47, p. 1050), for fleeces of fine raw wool;A. P. Thaer (23, p. 1049), for the richness of the stapleand fineness of the hair; MM. Peill & Co., of Diiren*(36y, p. 1071): M. A. vox Sauken (433, p. 1075);Baron S. von Rothschild (280, p. 1049), for four fleecesof fine merino wool, from a flock of 15,000 head at Seliill-ersdorf; J. vox Lipski (25, p. 1049), for a rani’s fleecefrom the owner’s flock at Ludomy; — Hey (26, p. 1049),
: for the fleeces of wool from the flock of the Electoral race,
| under the personal superintendence of the exhibitor at' the Royal Domain of Hainsburg, Saxony ; and the fleeces! exhibited by the Royal Remounting Horse-Depot (22, p.1049'), on account of the weight of the wool and the lengthand resistance of the fibre, which adapt it for combing;are severally deemed by the Jury to be worthy of Honour-able Mention.
Mr. Cockerill. —The wool transmitted by this exhi-bitor from Northville is well got up, and exhibits, like thepreceding specimens, a quality of fibre, indicative of careand skill in the development and improvement of thefleece, which calls for the award of the Prize Medal.
Mr. J, H. Ewing (188, p. 1449).—The wool, trans-mitted from Washington, Pennsylvania , by this exhibitor,is remarkable for the good substance of the fleece, as wellas for the quality of the fibre, and the Jury award to himthe Prize Medal.
Messrs. Kimber and Co. (500, p. 1466).—The speci-mens of fine clothing wool, exhibited by this firm, alsodevelop qualities which merit, in the opinion of the Jury,i an award of the Prize Medal.
Messrs. Perkins and Brown (201, p. 1449).—Thei samples of fine combing wool transmitted from Ohio I exhibit qualities which merit the award of the Prize1 Medal.
| Among the samples of American wools deservingHonourable Mention the Jury include—Mr. J. Blakeslee,i of North Castle, New York ^ (131, p. 1441), samples of! merino wools;—Mr. P. A. Brown, of Philadelphia , Penn-! sylvania (40, p. 1435);—Messrs. Parker and Brown; (235, p. 1451 s ). bale of fine wool;—Mr. T. C. Peters, ofj Darien, New York (106, p. 1440), specimens of wool ofj the Saxony breed;—Mr. S. Sibley, of Hopkington, New| Hampshire (197, p. 1449), sample of wool from a flock of| the Saxony breed. One of the able Experts, whose! valuable aid the Jury have already acknowledged in their; examinations of the wools, reports “ those shown by! America as most approximating to the character of theGerman wools.”
N. N. Schloss-Trikaten (128, p. 1370).—The speci-mens of wool from Livonia here exhibited appear to be’ derived from a flock of Silesian origin, and manifest alli those characters of the fibre which adapt it for good; clothing purposes; and the Jury award to the exhibitor: an Honourable Mention.
i Among other examples of wool of a good and valuable
* This Firm’s name is inserted in the Award List ofClass xil.