Show WOOL PROBLEMS DISCUSSED BY BI EXPERT wool the same as any other product requires considerable care and attention if a high quality Is to be marketed the county agent states professor A C esplin of the utah state agricultural college states that current wool market reports from the federal bureau of agricultural economics quote prices on common and braid that show shrinkage from 44 to 49 per cent and fine wool that shows shrinkage from 58 to 68 per cent shrinkage represents grease and other material that Is taken from the wool before it is used and wool buyers estimate the shrinkage of each lot loti of wool they purchase therefore shrinkage Is an im important portar item in making the farm price of wool different fleeces show varying characteristics as to fineness and length of fiber both length of fibre fabre and diameter of the fibers help to determine the price of a fleece and the use to which the wool Is put detects defects such as tender fibers or fleeces with weak fibers beard hairs or black fibers also reduce the market value of fleeces fleeces with foreign material such as burs chaff straw and seeds also are discounted on the markets all these factors go toward determining ter the value of grease wools as they are shorn many of them professor esplin points outs out are controlled by proper selection culling and care of shee sheep P but handling of the sheep and fleeces at shearing time also has much to do with the value of the shorn wool keep brand marks small shear sheep only when they are perfectly dry remove all dirty locks before starting on the main part of the shearing operation each fleece should be removed in an unbroken condition and rolled with the flesh side out each fleece should be rolled separately and tied with just enough paper twine to bind the fleece securely but not tightly wool buyers object to rough jute hemp and sisal twines because the fibers get into the fleeces and reduce the value of the wool all reject or discount fleeces such as rotted dead and black are kept apart from the other wool regulation wool sacks are recommended for use in storing or shipping wool wool should not be packed in used teed feed or fertilizer bags or left piled loose on the floor for long periods after shearing |