INDEX 



479 



Wool, fine, 27 



production of, by Romans, 28 

 importance of, 28 

 foreign, classes and corresponding 



counts for American grade, 320 

 counts or number of hanks to 



pound, 320 

 function of, 54 

 grades of, 318 

 importance of, 314 



in new countries. 8 

 improvement of, 27 



combined with mutton, 33 

 effect of newer manufacturing 



processes on, 30 

 irregularity of growth, 55 

 kemps in, 314 

 marketing of, 327 

 expense of, 416 

 from western ranges, 414 

 auction sales, 415 

 commission houses, 415 

 contracting, 414 

 cooperative selling, 415 

 of American Merino, 

 A-type, 193 

 B-type, 196 

 C-type, 196 



of American Tunis, 187 

 of Australian Merino, 13 

 of Cheviot, 147 

 of Corriedale, 180 

 of Cotswold, 158 

 of Delaine Merino, 196 

 of Dorset Horn, 141 

 of Hampshires, 127 

 of Karakul, 212 

 of Leicester, 152 

 of Lincoln, 161 

 of Oxfords, 134 

 of Rambouillet, 206 

 of Romney Marsh, 165 

 of Shropshires, 116 



Wool, packing, 326 



separation of grades and color, 



327 



requisites of, 314 

 shearing (see Shearing), 322 

 storing of, 327 

 structure of, 54 



trueness of, 314 

 tabulation of grades produced from 



different breeds of sheep, 321 

 territory, 320 

 texture, variations in, 55 

 trade names, 327 

 tying, 321 



twine, 325 

 uniformity, 314 



various properties of, combined, 29 

 Wool breeds, 73, 188 



comparison with mutton type, 74 

 Merino, American, 190 

 A-type, 193 

 B-type, 196 

 C-type, 196 

 Black Top, Spanish, 201 



Improved, 201 

 Delaine, 200 

 Rambouillet, 203 

 skin folds and wrinkles of, 74 

 Wool crop, 314 

 Wool growing, Australian, 13 

 improvement in, 27 



in various countries, 29 

 Wool room, 446 

 Wool trade, glossary of terms used in, 



327 



Wounds, caused by dogs, treatment 

 of, 312 



Yearlings, 341 



fattening of, 370 



feeder, scarcity of, 370 

 Young, recognition of, by ewes, 66 



