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must not be classed in with the white wools but classed out 

 by themselves, and lines made according to the quantity ob- 

 tained. Country dealers generally confine themselves to one 

 district, and the bulk of their purchases will match fairly well 

 as regards colour. In most cases it is advisable to have the 

 whole of the fleece wool skirted, as a great many farmers are 

 not too particular as to the way the wool is got up, bellies, 

 locks, etc., very often being rolled up in the centre of the 

 fleece. The wool-roller or sorter opens up each fleece, and 

 takes off all the faulty wool as instructed by the classer. The 

 skirts should then be taken to a piece-picker, or better still 

 to a wool-sorter, who will grade them out into their various 

 lines and qualities, so that they can be placed on the market 

 in a proper and profitable manner. I advise the following 

 classes to be made out of a line of mixed Cross-bred and 

 Merino wools. 



Super-Merino. Consisting of all the best clean-tipped wool, possessing a 

 long, sound staple, very light in condition, and bright, the best Merino 

 wool obtainable from the lot being re-classed. This line is not necessary 

 unless the dealer has purchased some very high-class wools. 



A. A. Merino. Consisting of all the Merino fleeces, light-conditioned, sound- 

 stapled, only a little shorter than the super Merino. 



A. Merino. Consisting of all the short and heavier-conditioned Merino fleeces. 



B. Merino. Consisting of all the light-conditioned tender fleeces. 



Merino Fleece. A cast lot containing all the very heavy and discoloured 

 fleeces, also any very heavy-conditioned, tender wools. 



A. A. Comeback. Consisting of all the bright, long, sound-stapled, light- 

 conditioned fleeces of 58's quality. 



A. Comeback. Consisting of all the heavier-conditioned, sound, dull fleeces, 

 of 58's quality. 



A. A. J-Bred. Consisting of all the bright, long, sound-stapled, light-conditioned 

 fleeces of 56's quality. 



A. |-Bred. Consisting of all the heavier-conditioned, sound fleeces of 56*5 

 quality. 



A. A. -Bred. Consisting of all the longest, sound-stapled, light-conditioned 

 fleeces of 50*8 quality. 



A. J-Bred. Consisting of all the heavier and duller sound fleeces of 50*5 quality. 



A. A. f-Bred. Consisting of all the long, sound-stapled fleeces of 46*5 quality, 

 bright and light in condition. 



A. f-Bred. Consisting of all the heavier and duller sound fleeces of 46*3 quality. 



A. A. Lincoln. Consisting of all the bright, long, free, sound-stapled, light- 

 conditioned Lincoln or Leicester fleeces of 40*5 quality. 



