UNIFORMITY IN WOOL.

Shannon News, 6 February 1925, Page 1

UNIFORMITY IN WOOL.

The increase in the price of wool realised during the present season emphasises in the strongest possible manner the necessity of the woolgrower adopting every possible means of increasing the uniformity of his fleece and th e eradication therefrom of all that depreciates its market value The result of the sales that have been held confirm to a very marked extent the greater value of the more even fleece. How is it possible to secure this desirable fleece? This is a query which many a flock-master will ask. It is a matter of patience, care and close attention. The first essential is to go through the flock systematically, drafting out all those ewes which have uneven fleeces, more particularly those that have coarse breech wool tending almost to hair, and also every sheep,, no matter how good in other points it may be, that has kemp intermixed with the wool. Having thus thoroughly and systematically gone through the fleeces of his ewes, the selected sires must be of equal merit in that respect. Herein lies one of the values of pedigree stock; the selected sire, if if has a full individual pedigree, both of its sir e and dam, can be valued more nearly at its full worth, provided th e purchaser can ascertain the quality and quantity of fleece of its 3ires and dams. Like produces like sires and dams with uneven fleeces produce uneven fleeces, and the same result follows thise that have uniform and even fleeces.