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Draft. Wool-buyers are allowed i Ib. "draft," or allowance, by brokers 



in every hundredweight of wool they purchase. One of the processes 



in the reducing of tops to spun yarn is also called " Draft." 

 Drafting. Separating two or more kinds of sheep, usually done at a gate 



at junction of races leading into different yards, the shutting of the 



gate closing one race and leaving the other open and vice versa. 

 Dry Combing. Combing tops without the addition of oil ; most Continental 



top makers comb their tops dry. Dry-combed tops take the dye better 



than those combed with oil. 

 Fadges. Australian wool-brokers call any bale or parcel of wool under 200 Ib. 



in weight, and which is too large to be called a sack, a fadge. 

 Fellmonger. Name given to person who removes the wool from, and tans 



the pelt of, sheep-skins. 

 Felting Property. Possessed by some wools more than others, meaning the 



interlocking of the fibres together, the scales of one fibre fitting into 



those of another as seen in billiard cloths, felt hats, etc. 

 Fleece. The best and bulk of the wool which hangs together when shorn 



from sheep. 

 Fribby. Short locky pieces of wool such as second cuts and small black yolky 



locks from crutch and under fore-legs of sheep. 

 Greasy Wool. Description given to raw wool that is in same condition as 



when shorn from sheep that have not been washed or cleansed in 



any way. 

 Green Skins. Description given to sheep-skins fresh from the slaughter-house. 



Fellmongers prefer green skins, as they can be worked much faster 



and cheaper than skins which have been dried. 

 Gummy. A description given to scoured wool with a large quantity of the yolk 



left in it. 



Half Green. Description given to hides that have been insufficiently salted. 

 Interlotting. Lotting together wool of same money value and quality but 



belonging to several different owners, thus making one large lot of 



several small lots. 

 Kiln. Apparatus for drying wool, usually a fine wire-netting table through 



which hot air is forced from underneath. 

 Limit. The extreme price that a wool-buyer or merchant can pay when 



buying wool or other produce. 

 Lincoln. A breed of English long-woolled sheep growing coarse heavy fleeces 



of 36*5 and 4o's quality. This breed is used largely in Australia for 



crossing with the Merino. 

 Liquor. Solution used for scouring wool, made up of hot water and 



soap. 

 Llama. A South American animal, a beast of burden and wool-grower 



combined. 

 Locks. Consisting of all very short pieces of wool unsuitable for combing, 



such as second cuts and all the small pieces that fall from sheep during 



shearing. 

 Long-wools. Name given to British breeds of sheep growing long coarse 



wool such as Lincoln, Cotswold, Leicester, etc. 



