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STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



Tlip long coarse twine at the rij^ht was taken from a nine-pound Shropshire fleece 

 done up in the ordinary way in a stpiare wool box. 



Fig. Xo. .3 shows a jihofograph of tlic fleecv. Tlie twine measured just twenty-four 

 feet. The small sliort twine sliows the ;• mount of twino noccssary to tie the same 

 fleece by fohling witliout any box and putting one string round each way. 



Figure No. 3. 



Fig. 



Xo. 4 shows the fleece tied with the fine twine or string once around each 

 way. Fig. Xo. 5 represents an eighteen-pound Oxfoid fleece tied in a square wool box 

 and Fig. 6 a twelve-pound Delaine JNIerino fleece tied in the same way. Besides weight 

 there is still another reason why buyers object to coarse twine. The coarse, hard fibers 



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of the twine are apt to work in among the wool fibers. Manufacturers find it difficult 

 to separate these foreign fibers from the wool, and unless they are removed they work 

 injury to goods manufactured from such wool. We believe the time has come when 

 Michigan wool growers should adopt a small twine of better quality. 



