WOOL-CLASSING 115 



Cross-bred wool, and I think the following classes of fleece wool 

 will be found suitable : 



Super Comeback. Consisting of all the long, sound-stapled fleeces, very light- 

 conditioned, bright, of 58*3 quality. 



A. A. Comeback. Consisting of all the shorter sound-stapled, light-conditioned 

 fleeces of 56*8 to 58's quality. 



Super Cross-bred. Consisting of all the very bright and long, sound-stapled 

 fleeces of 50*5 quality. 



A. A. Cross-bred. Consisting of all the light-conditioned shorter-stapled 

 fleeces of 5o's quality. 



A. Comeback. Consisting of all the heavy-conditioned fleeces of 5o's to 68's 

 quality, being heavy in condition, dull, etc. 



Comeback Fleece. Consisting of all tender fleeces of 5o's to 58*8 quality. If 

 necessary you could make two lines of this tender wool, calling it COME- 

 BACK FLEECE and CROSS-BRED FLEECE. 



Any fleeces that are stronger than 50% such as 46*3, and any 

 pure-bred Lincoln or Leicester wools could be kept together till 

 the end of shearing and made into two lines, firsts and seconds, 

 keeping the Lincoln or Leicester fleeces by themselves. In brand- 

 ing Cross-bred wool many competent classers use a brand denot- 

 ing the type of sheep the wool is shorn from, such as half-bred, 

 three-quarters, etc. 



CLASSING CROSS-BRED LAMBS' WOOL. 



Cross-bred lambs' wool varies in quality just the same as the 

 fleece wool, and it has to be classed on quality, that is, fineness 

 and coarseness, as well as condition, as it would not do to put the 

 firsts out of a coarse fleece along with the firsts of a fine one. 

 The sorting of each individual fleece is done in the same manner 

 as I have described for the Merino lambs' wool : the firsts of each 

 fleece consisting of all the long and bright-stapled wool free from 

 burr ; the seconds, consisting of the belly and burry edges of the 

 fleece ; the thirds consisting of stained wool and lambs' locks, 

 free from dags. A Cross-bred lambs' fleece is usually bulky. In 

 fact, this wool is often combed in the same manner as ordinary 

 fleece wool. 



The wool-rollers, or the men employed at the tables sorting the 



