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or of grease and dirt. The tags have about one-third the value 

 of clean wool. Second, the fleece should be carefully rolled up 

 by hand with no ends and stray locks protruding and with the 

 flesh side out. This greatly adds to the appearance of the fleece. 

 It also prevents mixing the wool in different fleeces. Third, the 

 fleece should* be tied with a hard glazed twine, not larger than 

 one-eighth inch in diameter. Special care should be taken to make 

 a firm hard knot that will not slip (Fig. 201). 



Tying Twine. 4 " The use of wrong kinds of tying twine has 

 caused the manufacturer more trouble than any other one thing, 

 with the wools marketed from the farms of the central and eastern 



FIG. 200. FIG. 201. 



FIG. 200. Insoluble paint in scoured wool due to paint that was used in branding 

 the live sheep. 



FIG. 201. A fleece properly tied, the flesh side outward, no loose locks straggling, the 

 whole fleece fluffy or soft in appearance. (From Illinois Station Circular 161.) 



United States. A hard, glazed' twine should be used in order to 

 avoid getting any of its fiber mixed with the wool. In recent 

 years paper wool twine has been introduced which is entirely 

 satisfactory to the manufacturer. Rough, loosely woven twine 

 made of vegetable fiber is not desirable because some of the fiber 

 gets into the wool. It is impossible to remove it. It will not 

 take the dyes used in coloring wool and it is detrimental to the 

 strength and finish of the cloth. The only way to get rid of 

 it is to pick it out of the finished cloth, which is an expensive 

 process. Sisal twine is the most objectionable of all employed for 

 tying wool. The mills have objected to it so strenuously that its 

 use is being largely discontinued. In no event should it be used; 

 better not tie at all than use it. There have been placed on the 



4 III Sta. Circ. 161. 



