PINE-WOOI. BREEDS. 



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This weakened the slieep, made it sensitive 

 to eold weather and, cnrionsly enough, as tlie 

 weight iif yolk increased in the wool mann- 

 factui-ers l<e])t aijaee of the fact in huying, 

 and by paying for it on a scoured basis there 

 was nothing at all gained to the grower who 

 sold the excessive amount of grease. A raanu- 



TWO-YEAR-OLD MERINO RAM. 



facturer once related to the writer liow in the 

 palmy days of heavy fleeces a celebrated ram's 

 fleece was brought to him to be scoured; it 

 weighed 45 lbs., was probably of 18 or 24 

 months' growth and made less than 12 lbs. of 

 scoured wool ! The farmer then had wasted 

 food enough to produce more than 30 lbs. of 



