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separate lots. Any kempy or hairy lambs' wool should be kept 

 separate from the ordinary lines of lambs' wool. 



SORTING CRUTCHINGS. 



Wool which is shorn from the britch of the sheep a few months 

 before shearing is called " crutchings." Crutching, as this shear- 

 ing is called, is done to keep the maggot fly from the sheep. 

 Owing to the damage done by this pest, the majority of farmers 

 are compelled to crutch their sheep. Crutchings are sorted in a 

 manner somewhat similar to lambs' wool, though 25 per cent, to 

 50 per cent, of the crutchings are stained by urine, and the stained 

 wool has to be kept separate from the clear wool. The following 

 lines of crutchings are made in most scouring establishments : 



Merino Free Crutchings. Consisting of all the Merino crutchings free from 



burr and stains. 

 Merino Burry Crutchings. Consisting of all the Merino burry cr.utchings, 



free from stains. 



Merino Stained Crutchings. Consisting of all the Merino stained crutchings. 

 Fine Cross-bred Free Crutchings. Consisting of all the fine Cross-bred 



crutchings free from burr and stains, etc, 

 Fine Cross-bred Burry Crutchings. Consisting of all the fine Cross-bred 



burry crutchings free from stains. 

 Fine Cross-bred Stained Crutchings. Consisting of all fine Cross-bred 



stained crutchings. 

 Medium Cross-bred Free Crutchings. Consisting of all the crutchings 



about 50*8 quality, free fiom stains and burr. 

 Medium Cross-bred Burry Crutchings. Consisting of all the burry 



crutchings of 5o's quality, but free from stains. 

 Medium Stained Crutchings. Consisting of all the stained medium quality 



crutchings. 

 Coarse Cross-bred Free Crutchings. Consisting of all the coarse crutchings, 



free from burr stains. 

 Coarse Cross-bred Burry Crutchings. Consisting of all the coarse, burry 



crutchings, free from stains. 

 Coarse Stained Crutchings. Consisting of all the coarse stained crutchings. 



In some wool-sorting establishments they would make more 

 lines than I have named, as they make them in all the qualities, 

 such as Comeback, J-bred, ^-bred, &c., while in other places they 

 would not make them into as many sorts as I have mentioned. 



