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I. EXTRA HEAVY BURRY LAMBS* WOOL. 2. SAME WOOL AFTER SCOUR- 

 ING AND CARBONIZING BY IMMERSION IN WEAK SULPHURIC ACID 

 SOLUTION . . ' .,' . ^ . . . 51 



DIAGRAM OF FLEECE . . . . .'_ . . $6 



I. 70'S MERINO. 2. 60'S MERINO. 3. 58*8 COMEBACK. 4. 56'S ^-BRED. 

 5- 5O'S ^-BRED. 6. 46*8 f-BRED. 7. 40*8 LINCOLN. 8. 36*8 COARSE 

 LINCOLN . . . . . .,.-. .60 



I. SHORT AMERICAN VERMONT MERINO. 2. BOLD LONG-STAPLED SOUTH 

 AUSTRALIAN MERINO. 3 & 4. WOOL WITH BREAK IN FIBRES. 



5. SHOWING HOW FINE MERINO WOOL HOLDS THE SAND IN THE 

 HOT BACK-COUNTRY. 6. SCOURING WITHOUT SORTING, SHOWING 



HOW DAGS SPOIL THE APPEARANCE OF SCOURED WOOL. 



7. BADLY SCOURED OR ROPED WOOL. 8. WOOL OF THREE 



YEARS' GROWTH . . . . . . -63 



STAGES IN WOOLLEN YARN SPINNING . . . . . JO 



I. -WOOLLEN YARNS TO BE WOVEN INTO GOODS OF FLANNEL AND 



BLANKET TYPE. 2. WORSTED YARN FROM FINE TWILL SUITING 72 

 STAGES IN WOOL COMBING AND WORSTED YARN SPINNING . . 75 



I. GREASY MERINO WOOL. 2. SCOURED MERINO WOOL. 3. 70*8 MERINO 

 TOPS. 4. 60'S MERINO TOPS. 5. 58*8 TOPS, COMEBACK QUALITY. 



6. 50*8 TOPS, FINE CROSS-BRED QUALITY. 7. 40*8 TOPS, COARSE 

 CROSS-BRED QUALITY. 8. MERINO 6o's QUALITY NOILS . . 79 



SHOWING THE LENGTHS OF THE FIBRES CONTAINED IN A 6o*S 



QUALITY TOP . . . . . . 80 



SHOWING THE LENGTHS OF THE FIBRES IN A 6o'S TOP COMBED 



FROM CAREFULLY SORTED WOOL . . . . . 8l 



SHOWING LENGTH OF FIBRES IN A FRENCH DRY-COMBED TOP OF 



648 QUALITY ...... .8l 



ANGORA GOAT ...... .86 



BULLOCK TEAMS BRINGING DOWN WOOL FROM WESTERN NEW SOUTH 



WALES STATIONS . ' . . . . ... ; 8 



CORRECT WAY TO HOLD STAPLE OF WOOL WHEN TESTING FOR 



SOUNDNESS ... . . . * 94 



EXAMPLES OF LIGHT AND HEAVY SKIRTING . . ' : . 98 



METHOD OF SKIRTING MERINO BACK-COUNTRY FLEECES , . 99 



