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however, in fabrics requiring long and coarse fibers. For bunt- 

 ing or flags there is no other wool its equal. Because of its 

 length arid coarseness it does not appear as one of the grades of 

 clothing wool. 



The foregoing statements regarding the comparative lengths 

 and shrinkages of the various grades of wool may be illustrated 

 by the following table* giving the most acceptale length and 

 the estimated average shrinkage of each grade of Montana 

 combing wools: 



Acceptable length 



for an average Shrinkage 



Grade grade inches. Percent. 



Fine and Fine Medium 2^ 64-65 



Half-blood 2% 61-62 



Three-eighths-blood 3^ 55-57 



Quarter-blood 4 51-53 



Braid 4^-13 46-48 



Classes and grades of wool from various breeds of sheep. 



The following listt shows in a general way how wool from the 

 various breeds would be likely to grade. This table is presented 

 because it will be of interest and because it will assist the reader 

 who knows the fleeces characteristic of some or all of the breeds 

 of sheep, but does not know the characteristics of the classes 

 and grades of wool, to gain a clearer understanding of the 

 latter. 



Breed Class and Grade of wool produced 



Merino (eastern states) Delaine, XX, X, or fine unwashed. 



Merino (range states) Fine and fine medium staple or clothing. 



Rambouillet Fine and fine medium staple or clothing and 



a small amount of half-blood. 



Southdown Half and three-eights-blood (chiefly three- 

 eighths combing or clothing, chiefly cloth- 

 ing.) 



Shropshire Mainly three-eighths-blood, combing or cloth- 

 ing. Some quarter-blood. 



Hampshire Three-eighths and quarter-blood combing or 



clothing. 



Dorset Three-eighths and quarter-blood combing or 



clothing. 



Suffolk Three-eighths-blood combing and clothing. 



Cheviot Quarter-blood combing. 



Oxford Quarter and low quarter-blood combing. 



Corriedale Three-eighths-blood combing. 



Cptswold ] 



Lincoln j^Low quarter-blood combing or braid. 



Leicester. . 



*Compiled from Nat'l. Wool Warehouse & Storage Go's. Bulletin, Dec., 

 1915. 



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