106 THE SHEEP AND WOOL INDUSTRY 



these big, bulky fleeces are fairly fine in the fibre, and the right 

 place for them is in the A. A. Comb, which should be the top line 

 of wool. By putting fleeces that are fine but bulky into the B.B. 

 Comb it will very often bring a higher price than the A. A., but if 

 the grading is well done as regards the actual quality that is, 

 grading the fleece according to the diameter of the fibres and not 

 on the size of the fleece as some classers appear to do the A.A. 

 will bring the top price in nine cases out of ten. The big, bulky, 

 fine fleeces look very "starey" when just shorn, and the inex- 

 perienced classer often mistakes this for coarseness, though these 

 fleeces look very much finer after they have been baled up for a 

 short time. 



We will now take a high-class Merino clip such as is grown in 

 the Western District of Victoria, Tasmania, and some portions of 

 the Riverina District of New South Wales. 



I consider these high-class wools most difficult to class, as they 

 are suitable for the American buyers' requirements who are very 

 particular about the way the wool is skirted and graded, and the 

 general get-up of the clip. An experienced classer usually has 

 charge of these sheds, as the lines of wool run very close to one 

 another, and if a poor tradesman is employed failure is practically 

 certain. Some of the Victorian Western District sheds have 

 exceptionally high-class wool ; as a matter of fact, the best wool 

 grown in the world comes from the Western District of Victoria. 

 The following sheds Blackwood, Langi Kal Kal, Mount Bute, 

 Carham all grow wool which has brought over 20 pence per 

 Ib. in the grease when sold in the Geelong and Melbourne 

 wool markets. Below is a copy of the lines of fleece wool made 

 on Langi Kal Kal in seasons 1910-11 and the prices brought by 

 the different lines : 



7 bales Greasy Super lambs' at 276. per Ib. 



15 ,, ,, First lambs' 2$d. 



10 Second lambs I7d. ,, 



8 A.A. Super Combing i8|d. 



7 ,, ,, A. Super Combing ,, I7d. 



22 Super Comb i6fcd. 



10 First Comb 



