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never be allowed to live to be shorn twice. It is the absence 

 of yolk that produces it. 



Wool in its native condition contains a large amount of im- 

 purities, such as sand, gravel, dirt, dung, twigs of trees, ce- 

 dar leaves (in cedar countries), and many other things. The 

 purchaser, of course, is not expected to pay full price for all 

 these things, and yet the grower is not required to wash the 

 yolk out. For the purpose of cleansing it of the more prom- 

 inent impurities, many farmers resort to washing. This is 

 generally and better done before shearing. In all old sheep 

 raising countries it is looked upon as a frolic, where all the 

 neighbors gather together, boys and girls, and make a frolic 

 over it. Enough of the impurities can be got out in this 

 way to make a fair merchantable wool, and at the same time 

 not destroy the quality. Of course, let the seller wash it as 

 much as he will, it still must be washed a great deal before 

 it can be manufactured. 



THE USES OF THE SEVERAL KIUDS OF WOOL. 



Kentucky and Tennessee wools are identical in quality 

 and uses, and what is said in the subjoined article, taken 

 from the Rural New Yorker, in reference to Kentucky wools 

 will equally apply to those of Tennessee : 



"There is always a satisfaction to the producer of raw ma- 

 terial in learning the uses to which his products are to be 

 put when manufactured. Many people keep different breeds 

 of sheep, and have often but a misty notion of the purposes 

 to which the wool of each variety is applied. In this con- 

 nection, Leonard Drane lately read, at the annual meeting 

 of the Kentucky Wool- Growers 7 Association, an address on 

 wool and its classification for market. Besides a full ac- 

 count of the special subject which he proposed to treat of, 

 the speech was rich in other information connected with 

 sheep husbandry, and we have therefore here condensed it 

 for the benefit of our readers. 



