184. QUEENSLAND AGRICULTURAL JOURNAL. [1 Avea., 1901. 
DESCRIPTION OF WOOL ON VARIOUS PARTS OF A. SHEEP. 
1 and 2: The finest, longest, and strongest wool. 
3 and 12. Short but close. 
4. Rather longer and a shade lower than 3. 
5and 6. Slightly coarser, not so close, and apt to become weak in fibre. 
. Lower grade still, and termed the “ britch.” 
. Good length, but slightly lower in quality than 1 and 2. 
Shorter and not so lustrous when compared with better parts. 
10. Short and generally poor in quality. 
11. Shorter than 12. 
13. The cap; dry and harsh. 
14. Fribby and of little value. 
Nos. 9, 10, 11, 18, and 14 constitute the “ skirt.’”—The Western Australian 
Journal of Agriculture. 
DISTRICT EXHIBITS AT THE EXHIBITION. 
Five districts have this year taken part in the competition of the agricul- 
tural districts of the State, and the display made by each gives evidence of the 
great interest taken by the several societies in the event. The first prize must 
of necessity fall to one of them, and although the whole resources—agricultural, 
mining, mechanical, &c.—of each district had evidently been taxed to the 
uttermost, we were not surprised when the palm was awarded to Toowoomba. 
The exhibits here were of such a varied nature that one begins to wonder 
what cannot be grown, produced, or manufactured in and around the “ garden 
of Queensland.” 
The four other districts had a tough row to hoe to compete against such a 
rival, but we were pleased to see that the Eastern Downs exhibit, under the 
management of the indefatigable veteran secretary, Mr. Selke, ran so close t0 
the winner of the first prize that it might almost be said that, as a whole, both 
were of equal merit, the Toowoomba district scoring only 8 points higher than 
Eastern Downs. 
