120 THE SHEEP AND WOOL INDUSTRY 



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the two sorts. The bale should then be marked stating the two 

 sorts it contains. Bellies should be branded " Bellies," and should 

 have the stains taken out of the centre of the wether bellies. 



If the farmer is shearing lambs, all that is necessary for him to 

 do is to keep the Merino separate from the Cross-bred and remove 

 any stains and dags out of the fleeces. 



Odd lots put up in bags generally bring their full market value, 

 as competition for bag wools is very keen at the present time, and 

 the bags are interlotted by the wool-brokers so as to make them 

 into very large lines. 



CLASSING LARGE FARMERS' LIPS. 



There are a great number of small graziers who have not enough 

 sheep to enable them to profitably employ a classer at shearing 

 time, yet have considerably more sheep than the average farmer. 

 I am referring to the man with 2,000 or 3,000 sheep. He cannot 

 make as many lines of his fleece wool as the station owner who has 

 a flock of 10,000 sheep or more. Most small graziers spend a lot 

 of time with their sheep, and they can attend to the wants of the 

 sheep better than the owner of the larger flocks. A small grazier 

 should try to get his flock as even as possible, as it will save trouble 

 at shearing time, and his wool will be in large and even lines, thus 

 commanding keen competition, which may make fully id. per Ib. 

 difference in his wool, which means yd. or 8d. per sheep, and this 

 is a big consideration when 2,000 or 3,000 sheep are shorn. 



We will take a Merino flock of 2,000 or 3,000 sheep. I think 

 the following sorts of wool will be found suitable : 



A. A. Merino. Consisting of all the very bright, light-conditioned long-stapled 



fleeces. 

 A. Merino. Consisting of all the shorter and duller fleeces, keeping out all 



rams' fleeces and any very yellow or extra heavy-conditioned fleeces. 

 A. Fleece. Consisting of all the tender or unsound Merino fleeces, keeping out 



any discoloured or very heavy-conditioned fleeces. 

 Fleece. A cast sort consisting of all the very heavy-conditioned, tender, and 



other Merino fleeces. 



Rams' wool should be kept out of the above sorts and baled up 



