UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

 BULLETIN No. 206 



Contribution from the Bureau of Animal Industry 

 A. D. MELVIN, Chief 



Washington, D. C. 



May 25, 1915 



THE WOOLGROWER AND THE 

 WOOL TRADE 



By 



F. R. MARSHALL and L. L. HELLER 

 Animal Husbandry Division 



CONTENTS 



Page 



Introduction 1 



Present Methods of Disposing of Wool 



by the Growers 2 



Factors That Determine the Value of 



Wool 3 



Wool Grading 11 



Market Grades 14 



Sorting Wool 21 



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Pounds of Wool Per Pound of Cloth . . 

 The Need of Improvement in Handling 



American Wools 



How American Methods of Handling 



Wool May be Improved 27 



Fundamental Rules for the Woolgrower . 29 

 Glossary of Terms Used in the Wool 



Trade 31 



WASHINGTON 



GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 



1915 



