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treating these heavy burry wools in Belgium. I have used the 

 terms 46's, 50*8, etc., in referring to the quality, of the locks. By 

 that I do not mean to say they will spin these counts, but they 

 consist mostly of second cuts and fribs from wools of those 

 qualities. A wool may be a 6o's quality, such as most Merino 

 locks are, but it is often too short and shabby to spin the number 

 of counts its quality denotes, viz., 60 hanks of yarn, each 

 560 yards long. 



SORTING LAMBS' WOOL. 



Lambs' wool is rather difficult to sort, as it is sorted on length 

 of staple as well as quality, and you frequently get lambs' wool 

 of every length and quality in a bale, especially those packed by 

 farmers. 



In some wool-sorting establishments where they sort lambs' 

 wool for combing purposes, they sort it into all the counts, just 

 the same as the other combing wool. Only long-stapled Merino 

 and cross-bred lambs can be combed economically. Sorting 

 lambs' wool into all the counts and keeping the long, short, and 

 free lambs' wool separate, is very difficult work, and requires 

 a skilled sorter. If the lambs' wool is well classed the sorter 

 will not have any great difficulty, because all the free, burry, and 

 stained wool is in separate lots. The following is a list of the 

 lines of lambs' wool that I have found suitable when sorting bales 

 of lambs' containing every quality. These lines are made by some 

 of our leading wool merchants in Australia. 



Super Merino Lambs'. Consisting of all the long-stapled, bright, Merino 



lambs' wool free from burr and any heavy, fatty, or discoloured wool. 

 Merino Free Long Lambs'. Consisting of all the lambs' a little shorter than 



the Super, free from burr, stains, fribs, and discoloured wool. 

 Merino Light Burry Lambs'. Consisting of all the Merino light burry lambs' 



free from stains, fribs, etc. 

 Merino Short Lambs'. Consisting of all the extremely short Merino lambs'. 



It is advisable to make two lines of this sort a free and a burry. 

 Super Fine Cross-bred or Comeback Lambs'. Consisting of all the bright 



long-stapled lambs' of 58*3 and 56's quality free from burr, fribs, 



stains, etc. 



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