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Show Experiment Ixperlnlent : ShoWool Shows Sho\\ Sho \ . Wool CO Co " ' ditions dlhons ditrons in inUtah InUtah : utah FlocksIn FlocksIn Flocks FlocksIn . In his report of a001 a ' \ wool \\001 001 'cool cool grading gradmg and andscouring andscouring scounng scouring project carried on during durmg thepast thepast the ipast past year for the Utah experiment expenme'1t expenme1t ' 5ta- 5ta sta- sta 5ta'I station sta station - - ' tion , . Professor Alma C Esplin Esplm gIves gIvesthc givesthe givesthe 'I I 'Ition thc the zesults esults results I of grading grad1l1g and scouring scouring7,772 scouring7772 gIvesI I 7,772 7772 , pounds of wool from 26 dIfferent dIfferentgrowers differentgrowers differentgrowers differentgrowersOf growers growersOf ! Of this amount 5 5518 518 pounds was wasgraded wasgraded : graded as fine wool \ with \ ith an everage everageshrinkage everageshrinkage shrin shrinkage age of 66 4 per cent > ) ne half halfblood halfblood ' blood blood001 \ wool \\001 001 stool amounted to 1 1588 588 pounds poundsWlth poundswith poundswith I poundsI Wlth with a shrinkage shnnkage of 62 623 3 per ( cent centWjhen centWhen CentW Wjhen When ien the 512 pounds of tluee-elghth tluee elghth three-eighth three eighth tlueeelghthwool threeeighthwool thiee-eighthwool thiee eighthwool - - wool shnnk1age was scoured it showed a shrink shrink- shnnk-1 shnnk 1 shrinkage shrinkage - age of 59 7 per cent and the sample sampleof . of 154 pounds of one quarter blood bloodwool bloodwool wool had hact an average shrinkage shr1l1kage cf of 545 54 5 5per 5iper per er centFour cent centFour . Four growers with a prodominance prodomlnanceof prodominanceI prodominanceof I of fine wool were under 62 per tent cent tentshrmkage centshrinkage : centshrinkage shrmkage shrinkage shrinkagebetween 5hrinkagebetween The difference in 5hrinkage shrinkage between grades conforms within Wlthm one oneper oneper oneper per cent of the findings findmgs of the Nation NatIon- NatIonal National National - al Wool Manufa Manufacturers turers < : Assoclaticn Association Associationfor Assoclaticnfor for UtahThe Utah UtahThe UtahThe The pioject PlOject project work has been carried calTled on by onby the experiment station , . the e.dell edell e.dell510n e . cten ctension tension 510n sion service servire and woolen mills mms of Utah Utahin Utahin 111 in cooperation with growers grcwers The . pur 'Pur- 'Pur pur- ' - pose purpose 'Purpose byPiofessor byPlOfessor byProfessor of the project , as outlined outl1l1ed by PlOfessor Professor Esplin , . is to determm determin determine & heamount the he theamcW1t 'theamount theamount ' amcW1t amount of shrm shrinkage age by grades of stool stoolproduced \ woolproduced \ 001 001produced information produced in m Utah , to supply s1.pply s1pply srlpply . informa tion to wool groweis growel growers s conceinmg concell1mg concening then theng thengi4des thengludes g gi4des ! .Ide Ide & . . ' > and ) shrinkages 3hrmkages ' as a guide to totheii tothel1 totheir thel1 their sheep bleeding program prcgl-am prcgl am - , to offer offergWdance offergtudance offerguidance gWdance gtudance in 111 m herd management so that thatstool thatwool stool \ . 001 shrinkages shnnkage.s shnnkages . might b bs be k&pt kpt kEpt & : as low lowas lowas lowas as possible ' Care in 111 selection .selectIon . of breeding breedmg stock stockand stockand stockand and caic calC tale in m heiding heldmg heading Wlllled1J.ce Wlllled1Jce will educe iedice i . , shlin shrink shrinkages shrinkages age.s ages . 1\1 1 in in \ Utah to conform with the low low- lowest lowest lowest - est percentages in 111 the gioup gloup group studied inout in inOU1 inoui OU1 out expsnment expsument expsirmelt : ; , ' Professol P.rofessol Professor . Esplin Esplm said |