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136 REPORTS ON AWARDS. 182. James Oddy & Son, Bradford, England. WOOLS. Report.—A unique assortment of fleeces, admirably illustrative of the principal charac teristic wools of England. 183. Parks & Woolson Machine Co., Springfield, Vt., U. S. CLOTH-SHEARING AND BRUSHING MACHINES. Report.—A cloth-shearing and a cloth-brushing machine, both of very good construction and workmanship. 184. S. G. Reed, Portland, Oregon, U. S. LONG COMBING WOOL. Report.—Three samples of Leicester combing wool, and three samples of Cotswold combing wool, noticeable for long staple and bright lustre. 185. Stanfield, Brown, & Co., England. SHOE LASTINGS. Report.—A superb exhibit of ten numbers of lastings, especially creditable for richness of lustre, good color, and evenness of thread. 186. Jacob Senneff, Philadelphia, Pa., U. S. FLAT METALLIC EYE HEDDLE. Report.—Commended as an improvement upon the cotton and varnished heddles, being less liable to abrade the warp. 187. The State of Michigan, U. S. WOOL. Report.—A collective exhibit of samples of wool produced in the State, contributed by one hundred and sixteen persons in ten counties, four hundred and sixty-one samples being of merino wool and grades, and one hundred and ninety-six samples being of long combing wool of English blood. The collection is illustrative of the high character of an annual product of wool in the State, estimated at eight million pounds. 188. M. Wilkins, Eugene City, Lane County, Oregon, U. S. COMBING WOOL. Report.—An exhibit of a sample of Cotswold wool, with twelve samples of wool improved by a series of crossing, pursued for many years, of high-bred Cotswold bucks on high-bred Oxfordshire-down ewes, producing a combing wool retaining the length of the original Cotswold, but with greatly increased fineness and softness, and total absence of hair. Also for unproved Oxfordshire and Leicestershire wool. 189. Peter Kozishnikof, Veliki-Oostioog, Vologda, Russia. BRISTLES. Report.—Commended for bristles of extraordinary lengths, adapted for the manufacture of brushes.