Show Shrin shrinkage hage in Fint finding ling wool values i alma aina C esplin f sheep andwood and wool specialist leaving aside the length strength grade co chloi lor and character of wool lot let us lib consider consi dei the importance ot ait shrinkage Is the loss in weight which occurs when wool la Is scoured it Is expressed exar essed in percentage pei which 1 means at 4 lot of wool W bol weighing liounis in the grease and only 34 pounds after rit it had been scoured the L shrinkage bhrin hranka kage e or loss in scouring would be 6 60 pounds or W CA alx lx ier r cent of the uri original ginal grease weight shrinkage lei is the he of loss in scouring ng and yield ik ld is the pereen percentage tage of v right eight left together Toge they make mak e up the total grease greabe weight of wool if the price is 19 jil 1 a pound clean delivered at the mill and the wool i C 1 per pei cent then only per vent cent of tre tie oil oriel 6 inal nil weight t eglit will be i lert left after scouring an and the grease greabe I 1 value delivered tit at the mill will be 35 tarr cent of or cents ve per liouns besides tills this shrinkage there Is adolt 5 cents delivery costs which leaves tents cents per pound as the ap 1 proximate grease value on oil the me ranch of this certain wool ool it the shrinkage is 63 per cent in tead d of 65 G the yield feld will be 37 per cen cent t instead of 35 15 percent per cent tho th grease value at boston with ith it a af per i out yield at per pound would be 1 I cents cent again subtracting 5 ceni e have hae SG cents us as the it lunch value in other words a dlf dif serence of over two vents ants pei pound in grease alues 1 F wilson of university of call fornia scoured kon owe fleeces of fine wool in fit the wool laboratories of the university ot of one of if them no 1 was biown n own by a breed er r of registered felicea in it the sacramento valley where the nrc are lil high gh the other no a 1 was w aa groven jl by ay iy a range lauge in the north r const chero alei 80 86 inches of if ruin rain it a year keep the lie wool clean the following table by 3 r F wilson of of tall fornia shows chows the re no I 1 fleece grade fine combing shrinkage per cent yield per pei cent scoured scorned value grease value on ranch cents no 2 fleete fleece grade fine combing 9 shrinkage per cent yield per cent scoured value grease value on ranch cents these figures illustrate ilens the vast importance port Lince of shrinkage in arriving riving ur at groose git ase values because the wool growers can not estimate shrinkage they are placed place d in a bud bad way when it mimes emesi to marketing there is 19 one way that the grow er may ma get around tills this serious handicap join some or berv kij derv marketing agency which wn em aloys a manager who is capable of de Prin ining the shrinkage with as much auch accuracy as the buyer and let that manager make the sale or at least edvise the grotti as to the value by 41 doing the will be sold hold on its lt individual merits und and not only shrink age will be considered but all of the other factors which go co toward es cs prices |