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Show FOR THE FARM AND HOME , A HALF-HOUR STUDY OF PRACTICAL PRAC-TICAL MATTERS. Kow to Judge Wool on Mre Hheop Onions May he Made I'rolltnble Crop The 1'uultry Yard Uonso- I10I1I Hints, etc., How to Jadpe Wool, Tho following, on "how to judgo wool on 11 vo Bhccp," is from Town nnd Country Journal of . Australia: Tho finest nnd softest wool is always on tho shoulders of ,tho shoop. An export In Judging sheep nlwnys looks on tho shoulders first. A writor of oxpcrlcnco In roaring flno-woolcd nhcop nnd In hnndllng wool communicates tho following fol-lowing suggestions for eolocting a good wooled sheep. Always assuming thut tho wool to bo lijspoctcd is ronlly flno, wo first oxnmlno tho shoulders as a part whoro tho finest wool Is to bo found. Tills wo tnko ns a standard nnd compare com-pare It with tho wool from tho ribs, tho thigh, tho rumps nnd tho shoulder parts, nnd tho nonrer tho wool from tho vnrl-ous vnrl-ous portions of tho nnlmal approaches tho stnndnrd thobetttor. First wo scru-tlnlzo scru-tlnlzo tho fineness nnd if tho result is satisfactory wo pronounce tho fleece, in respect to fineness, vory "ovon." Noxt, wo scrutinize tho length of tho staple, and it we find that tho wool on tho ribs, thigh nnd back npproxlmnto reasonably reasona-bly In length to that of our standard, wo again doclaro tho ilcoco, ns regards length of Btaplo, "truo nnd oven." Wo next satisfy ourselves ns to tho density of tho floeco, nnd wo do this by closing tho hand upon a portion of tho rump nnd loin wool, thoso points being usually tho thinnest nnd rnoro faulty. If this again gives satisfaction wo designato all tho wool "ovon to density." Now, to summarize thoso separata examinations: examina-tions: If tho flceco is nearly nil of equal longth on shoulder nnd across tho loins, wo coucludo that vfo havo a porfoct sheep for producing valuablo wool. |