300 Types and Market Classes of Live Stock 



French or Strictly 



Grade Clothing baby combing combing 



Fine Under 1 J^ inches 1^ to 2 inches Over 2 inches 



1-2 Blood Under 1 j| inches 1 3^ to 2 J< inches Over 2^ inches 



3-8 Blood Under 1 H inches 1 J^ to 2 J-^ inches Over 2H inches 



1-4 Blood Under IM inches 13/2 to 2^ inches Over 23^ inches 



Low 1-4 Blood Under 2 inches 2 to 3 inches Over 3 inches 



The complete classification is as follows: 



Grade and class Grade and class 



Fine clothing 1-4 blood clothing 



Fine French combing 1-4 blood baby combing 



Fine strictly combing 1-4 blood strictly combing 



1-2 blood clothing Low 1-4 blood clothing 



1-2 blood French combing Low 1-4 blood baby combing 



1-2 blood strictly combing Low 1-4 blood strictly combing 



3-8 blood clothing Common 



3-8 blood baby combing Braid 



3-8 blood strictly combing 



In addition to the foregoing, separate classes are provided for 

 fleeces which contain much foreign material, are off-colored, or other- 

 wise defective. These classes are as follows: Burry, seedy, chaffy, 

 cotted, dead, merrin, damaged, black or colored, pieces, tags, kempy, 

 tied with sisal. Burry, seedy, and chaffy contain foreign material; 

 cotted wools are matted ; dead and merrin are from dead sheep or wools 

 which lack spring and life. The other terms are self-explanatory. 



Sorting wool. — The wool manufacturer buys from the wool dealer 

 the grade of wool which he desires and thus secures fleeces which have 

 a certain average degree of fineness. However, each fleece varies 

 more or less in fineness. Wool from the lower thighs, called the 

 "britch," is usually the coarsest part of the fleece. The shoulder wool 

 is best in strength, quality, and length; the sides are next best, and 

 quality decreases passing backward to the britch. Wool from the 

 back is likely to contain hayseed and chaff. The belly wool is finer 

 than any, but is short, frowzy, not so strong, and lacks character. 

 A "frowzy" wool is one that appears lifeless, and is badly mussed, the 

 fibers and locks lying topsy turvy. The wool from the head is short, 

 coarse, and in dark-faced breeds is likely to contain black fibers. A 

 fleece may be three-eighths-blood or half-blood on the shoulder, while 

 the britch would be quarter-blood. For these reasons, the wool 

 manufacturer usually sorts the wool which he buys. Sorting produces 

 "regular sorts" and "off sorts." The former include the regular classes 

 and grades of wool, and the latter include stained and gray, shorts, 

 fribs, clips, etc. 



The stained and gray sort is not usually made unless white goods 

 are to be manufactured. Shorts consist of short wool such as grows 

 about the face, or it may be due to double cutting in shearing. Fribs 

 are short, sweaty, and dungy locks. Clips are locks so incrusted with 



