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The following- is an extract of the recommendations made by 

 the Central Wool Committee for the classification and preparation 

 of mohair for the market: — 



(1) Classification. 



The practice in vog-ue to-day by a majority of g-rowers of mohair 

 in the classification of their produce leaves much to be desired. Little 

 or no real classing takes place. The locks and stained pieces of the 

 clip are removed, and the remainder of the fleeces, irrespective uf 

 quality, is thrown into the bale. 



All growers of mohair know that the fleece from a young animal 

 is finer than that from an older g'oat. The Turks recog-nize this, and 

 it has been a practice for years among'st them to slaughter all 

 animals on reaching* the age of full mouth. 



With a view to an improvement in the existing- state of the 

 mohair industry being- effected, the following- recommendations 

 regarding the classification of inohair are given in the hope that 

 mohair producers will recognize the advisability of following 

 them : — 



Kids' hail' should not be allowed to remain too long on the 

 animals. The longer the hair is allowed to grow the coarser it 

 becomes. Therefore, it is a recommendation that as soon as kids 

 have reached the age of, say, seven months they should be shorn. 

 The hair from kids eight to nine months old should not be mixed 

 with that from animals of six months of age and under. By these 

 means uniformity in length and quality would be attained. All 

 locks, seedy and stained hair, sliould be baled separately. 



Summer firsts is the term applied to the main clip, which is 

 usually of about eight months' growth, and is generally shorn in 

 the month of May. For classification purposes it is recommended 

 that this clip be divided into the following classes: — 



(a) First fleeces to consist of hair from goats of the age of 

 two tooth, and perhaps from some four, six, and even 

 eight tooth animals, Avhich may carry exceptionally fine 

 fleeces of good length and quality. From these fleeces all 

 locks, stained and seedy parts, coarse and short breeches, 

 and hard necks should be removed and baled separately 

 in their respective classes. 

 (//) Second fleeces to comprise skirted hair f]om four and six 

 tooth goats, coarse two-tooth, and fine full-moutli 

 animals. 



(c) Third fleeces ; this class should contain the skirted fleeces 



of all full-mouth ewes and kapaters, and from any coarse 

 four and six tooth animals. 



(d) The coarse and short breeches and hard necks removed 

 from the three above-mentioned classes. 



(e) Stained hair. 

 (/) Locks. 



ig) Seedy hair. 

 Winter kids, xisually shorn during the latter part of Septembei- 

 or the beginning of Octobei-, is short in length, and classification 

 should onlj^ be undertaken when the flock is very uneven in quality, 

 in which case the finer and coarser grades should be separated. 

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