THE WISCONSI'N FARMER.      277



  The people want not a thousand varieties
seeds of the commonest sort, such as they oI



  supply themselves with from any four-oorne
  grocery, but rather seeds of the rarer ai
  more promising kinds, such as the Governme
  alone can obtain for general disseminatio
  Nor do they want the distribution of even the
  through the medium of Members of CongreE
  who, in most cases, will be influenced more I
  political considerations in their selection
  consignees than by any special fitness of tl
  individual farmer to make a careful trial of tl
  seeds sent out. The agricultural and horticu
  tural societies of the country are the naturi
  and proper media, and we are pleased to dii
  cover that the Department is disposed to adol
  this view of the subject, in its practical die
  tributions.
  When these more rational views concernin
  seeds-when the more thorough collection o
  valuable statistics bearing upen every branc
  of American industry-when the incorpora
  tion into the Annual Report of none but th
  most valuable information, appropriate to th
  circumstances and needs of the great industri
  al community of this country-when the strict
ly scientific and the experimental branches o
the Department shall all be wisely and faith
fully devoted to widening the domain of scien
tific agriculture, by the discovery and demon.
stration of important facts and scientific
principles;-when all these cardinal ideas
shall have thoroughly entered into the policy
and practice of the Agricultural Department,
then will it not only be worthy but perfectly
sure of the approbation and cordial support of
the whole American people. To that end may
the real friends of our national industry in all
parts of the country earnestly, unselfishly,
and persistently co-operate.

          A Better Price for Wool.
  ED. FAXnXE n-I wish to converse, through
the FAXMIER, with my brother wool-growers in
regard to the prices of wool. Now, brother
wool-growerpfor one mometit look tf the quo-
tations of the papers: wool from 50 to G0 cts.
the 11.-unwashed, one-third off!  What a



shame it is for editors to be bribed by specu-
lators to quote prices thus! Cotton has quad- I



rupled in price; leather is nearly twice as high
as formerly, and nearly all merchandize has
risen in proportion. Now why should we be
duped by these insignificant paper prices of
speculators, and let our wool go at half price?
There is but little wool in the market. It
nearly or quite all went into the hands of the
manufacturers months ago, so that there is no
old wool in the market, and the manufacturer
must have the present clip. They can't do
without it, and if we fools will but hold on to
our %vool, we may just as well have one dollar
per pound as o0 cents.   SETlI RIOWLIE.
WAUTOID., May 30, 1863.

    The Great International Ezhibition.

                  NO. X.

     BRITISHt DEPARTMENT CONCLUDED.
 What next ?  A thousand things of great
 nterest which the scope of this article will not
allow me to mention; for I already imagine I
letect symptoms of fatigue on the part of some
of my listeners-a threatening to say pretty
soon, if not relieved, Will the Dr. never have
Lone with this long story about the British
Department of the World's Exhibition? Yes,
ery soon; but then I cannot, in justice, slur
i over in any branch, and unless I do describe
and all other departments pretty thoroughly,
must be evident that a good share of the
enefit derivable from our attendance and in-
pection will be lost to the public.
Next in order, after naval architecture, of
'hich you have already had a brief descrip-
on, we come 'to
  A MAGNrFiCNT s11how or GLASS WARE
f every description:  Stained and gilded
ass for church windows, glass for buildings
* general, and for decoration-surgical, chem-
al and philosophical apparatus in glass-
ass for household ise and for intfimerable
ney purposes, including candelabraW , Mtteks
uindoles and chandeliers, &*.-. &-ci-Fteniped
ass, blown glass, and cut glkss-alr 4peci-
nenq of the finetwveork lathe iorld, unless it



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