MANAGEMENT AND FEEDING OF SHEEP 



also is possessed of much merit, is shown in Fig. 5. The 

 best wool that is, the finest and most evenly grown is 

 always found on the shoulders, I, 

 i. Not infrequently this high 

 quality wool shades into 2, 2, 5 

 and 6. In the wool trade these 

 are known as picklock and prime. 

 When the wool at 4, shorter than 

 i, i, is free from colored hairs, it 

 is super-excellent. The wool at 

 3, 3 is shorter and less closely 

 grown than I, I. The quality of 

 6 is not much below that of 2, 2, 

 into which it shades, and also 

 which it resembles. For many 

 uses the wool at i, i, 2, 2, 5 and 



f- fot-Ati fr.o-^fVi^i- "Ra^Vixrar/l 



are taKen togetner. JoacKwara 

 from 6, the wool becomes increas- 



ingly coarse, the best being found at 7, 7. At 8, 9 and 9 



the coarsest wool is found, that at 8 being the coarsest. 



The wool grows in large locks of coarse hair and can only 



be used for coarse yarns. 



FIG. 5 THE SHORN FLEECE 



AS FREQUENTLY CLASSIFIED 



