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you will find that honesty is always the best policy. 

 A wool box may be used in tying up the fleeces, 

 the use of which will add greatly to their attract- 

 iveness. The accompanying illustration shows a 

 well tied fleece, lying on the wool box by means of 



PLATE 31. An unusually heavy fleece, weighing 17.25 pounds, taken 

 from a Shropshire ram at the University of Wisconsin. 



which it was tied. However, wool buyers prefer 

 to have the fleeces tied up neatly without the use 

 of the wool box, as less twine is then used. If one 

 is careful in removing the fleece from the sheep a 

 fleece may be tied up in a satisfactory manner 

 without the use of the wool box. 



