1909.] The Financial Aspect of Sheep-washing. ii 



Table IV. — Summary of Years 1901, 1904, and 1908. 







Number of 



Number of 



Breed, Age, 



and Sex of Sheep. 



Fleeces 



Fleeces 



Washed. 



Unwashed. 



Southdowns : 



Ewes 



6,126 



5,628 





Tee's 



I.2IQ 



2. i8q 



Hampshire's : 



Ewes 



l&Q 



111 



ill 



Tep"s 



87 



640 



Kents : 



Ewes 



j 



201 





Tegs 



HQ 



O 



Exmoors : 



Ewes and Tegs ... 



25 



534 



Scotch : 





567 



47o 



Crossbreeds : 



Ewes 



586 



2,113 





Tegs 



290 



633 



Devons : 



ti • • : 



O 



106 



Mashams : 



,5 ' • • 



129 



0 



Cheviots : 



Ewes 



80 



0 



Suffolk s : 



Tegs 



17 



301 



Dorsets 



184 



71 



Spanish 





0 



27 



Totals .. 





IO,3l8 



14,690 







25,008 



The actual loss per cent, due to washing is shown in the 

 Table below. 



Table V. 





Percentage Loss in Weight by Washing. 



Breed, Age, and Sex of Sheep. 











190 1. 



1904. 



1908. 



Average. 



Southdowns : Ewes 



39"27 



27-50 



19-19 



28-65 



Tegs .. 



2i'59 



23-87 



20-03 



2I-8 3 



Hampshires : Ewes ... 





20 *6o 



6-62 



13 61 



Tegs ... 



34-82 







34-82 



Kents : Ewes ... 







7-27 



7-27 



Exmoors : ,, 







37-5o 



37-50 



Scotch : 







9-32 



9-32 



Crossbreds : ,, 



2174 



14-17 



32-33 



22-74 



Tegs ... 



I7-95 







I7'95 



Average 









21 *52 



The shrinkages show very great variations, but the average 

 is one which is generally accepted, viz., 20 — 25 per cent. 



It would appear that the buyer having found out by 

 previous experience how enormous the variation is, takes 

 good care to safeguard himself when he is dealing with 

 unwashed wool. 



Objections to Washing. — The objections generally raised 



