94 Sheep Management. 



mer exterior of the fleece when on the sheep are 

 seen in the bundle. This can be done very easily 

 by a good shearer, as he should be able to take off 

 a fleece from a sheep all in one piece, like an over- 

 coat, with the exception, perhaps, of the belly 

 piece. Regular wool twine should be used in tying 

 up the wool. Binder twine or other sharp cord 

 should never be used, as small bits of fiber get 

 into the wool and must be picked out by hand 

 since they do not take dyes. Therefore manufact- 

 urers object seriously to the use of such twine, and 

 make a reduction in the price of the wool if it is 

 used. All filthy parts on the fleece, if there should 

 be any at all, should be separated at the time the 

 fleece is tied up and never tied up with the fleece, 

 for a man can fool a buyer but once. 



A wool buyer once told the writer about a man 

 from whom lie had bought very heavy fleeces of 

 wool. On closer examination lie found that the 

 fleeces had been sprinkled with sand at the time 

 of tying them up, to make them heavier in weight. 

 Another man had tied up a sheep's skin in a fleece. 

 Still others had turned their sheep out during a 

 rain in order to increase the weight of wool. All 

 such tricks as these arc soon disclosed, and in the 

 future work strongly against the men who perform 

 them. Therefore, brother sheepmen, always be 

 honest and do not be guilty of such trickery, for 



