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Show FOR THE FARM AM) HOME A HALF-HOUR STUDY OF PRACTICAL PRAC-TICAL MATTERS. How toJudg-e Woolon Lire Mirp Onlone May be Mude ProllUMtt Crop The I'oultry Yard llU'ie-hold llU'ie-hold Hints, rtr., How to Judge Wool, Tho following, on '-how to judge wool on live sheep," is from Town and Country Journal of Australia: The finest and softest wool is always on the shoulders of the sheep. An expert in judging nheep always looks on tho shoulders first. A writer of experience in rearing fine-wooled sheep and in handling wool communicates the following fol-lowing suggestions for selecting a good wooled sheep. Always assuming that the wool to be inspected is really fine, wo first examine tho shoulders as a part where the finest wool is to bo found. 'Diis we take as a standard and compare com-pare it with tho wool from the ribs, the thigh, the rumps and the shoulder parts, and tho nearer tho wool from the various vari-ous portions of the animal npproaehes the standard thebettter. First we scrutinize scru-tinize the fineness and if the result is satisfactory we pronounce the fleece, in respect to fineness, very 'even." Next, we scrutinize the length of the staple, and if we find that tho wool on tho ribs, thigh and bark approximate reasonably reasona-bly in length to that of our standard, we again declare the fleece, as regards length of staplo, "true and even." We next satisfy ourselves as to tho density of the fleece, and we do this by closing the hand upon a portion of tho rump and loin wool, these points being usually the thinnest and more faulty. If this again gives satisfaction wo designate all tho wool - even to density." Now, to summarize these separate examinations: examina-tions: If the ileeee is nearly all of equal length on shoulder and across the loins, wo conclude that we have a perfect sheep for producing valuable wool. |