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cent, of the wool will go into the first four lines I have mentioned. 

 In fact, he may find that he can put the whole clip into them 

 without making the lines uneven, as in a good season he will not 

 find very much tender wool. All rams' fleeces should be kept by 

 themselves. If there is any quantity of them, two classes could 

 be made a light and heavy-conditioned one. 



We will next take the clip from a strong-woolled Merino flock, 

 the type of Merino that most of the South Australian pastoralists 

 favour. The wool off these sheep is noted for its great length of 

 staple. It is rather coarse-fibred, but possesses all the necessary 

 qualities of a first-class combing wool. You will not get many of 

 the short-stapled clothing fleeces that I have mentioned in the 

 classes suitable for a station where they have the fine-woolled 

 Merino. Though most of these strong-woolled flocks are in South 

 Australia, you will often find them in New South Wales and 

 Western Australia, the latter place having gone in for this type of 

 Merino very much during the last few years. This coarse Merino 

 wool varies in quality a good deal, and it has to be classed into 

 fine and coarse sorts of fleece. 



I would advise the classer to make the following lines of his 

 fleece wool, as I have found them suitable for a strong-woolled clip. 



A. A. Comb. Consisting of all the bright, lightest, finest, and long sound-stapled 

 fleeces. 



A. Comb. Consisting of similar wool to the A.A. Comb, heavier-conditioned, 



duller, value about id. per Ib. under the A.A. 



B.B. Comb. Consisting of all the lightest, strong-fibred, sound-stapled fleeces 

 of about 58's quality. 



B. Comb. Consisting of similar wool to B.B. only heavier in condition, duller, 



etc. 



A. Fleece. Consisting of all tender fleeces. If there is any great quantity of 

 tender wool it^would be advisable to make two sorts a light and a heavy- 

 conditioned line. 



The classer will find a few fleeces that are too coarse to go into 

 the B.B. or B. Comb lines. He should keep them together till the 

 end of shearing, also any other odd fleeces that will not fit into 

 any of the regular lines. Great care should be taken by the wool- 

 classer when grading this wool, as I have often seen a classer put 

 a fleece into his B.B. line because it is big and bulky. Very often 



