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"THE LEADER" READY FOR THE TRACK . . . Frontispiece 



THE CAPE FAT-TAIL . . . . . . .2 



AUSTRALIAN-VERMONT MERINO . . . . . .7 



THE AUSTRALIAN MERINO ....... 9 



THE TASMANIAN MERINO . . . . . . .II 



NEW ZEALAND CORRIEDALE . . . . . -13 



LINCOLN . . . . . . . . .16 



LEICESTER . . . . . . . . . l8 



BORDER LEICESTER . . . . . . . 19 



ROMNEY MARSH . . . . . . . .21 



SHROPSHIRE. . . . . . . . .23 



SOUTHDOWN . . . . . . . -24 



AN AUSTRALIAN SHEARING SHED . . . . . -32 



SHEARING MACHINE HANDPIECE . . . . . -34 



TAKING OFF THE BELLY WOOL . . . . . -35 



TRIMMING INSIDE OF LEGS AND OPENING UP WOOL ON LEFT HIND 



LEG . . . . . . . . -36 



OPENING UP NECK WOOL . . . . . . .37 



THE LONG BLOW . . . . . . . . 38 



FINISHING . . . . . . . . . 39 



MICROGRAPHS OF WOOL FIBRES . . . . . .46 



I. CLOTH MADE UP OF WOOL AND COTTON. 2. SAME CLOTH WITH 



WOOL REMOVED BY IMMERSING IN CAUSTIC SOLUTION. 3. WOOL 



CLOTH WITH WHITE COTTON YARN RUNNING THROUGH IT. 



4. WOOL REMOVED AS BEFORE, SHOWING QUANTITY OF COTTON 



LEFT . . . . .' . . 49 



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