Animal products; . oulder, rib, thigh, and back, and of likedensity on shoulder and across the loins, you may conclude thatyou have a perfect sheep for producing valuable wool. A com-parison of these two lists of desiderata, British and Continental,will enable a fair judgment to be formed of the quality of wool. In the examination of wool the following points have also to beconsidered: the degree of imbrication of the surface as shown bythe microscope ; the quantity of fibre developed in a given spaceof fleece; the freedom of the fleece from burrs and other foreignmatters; the skill and care e
Animal products; . oulder, rib, thigh, and back, and of likedensity on shoulder and across the loins, you may conclude thatyou have a perfect sheep for producing valuable wool. A com-parison of these two lists of desiderata, British and Continental,will enable a fair judgment to be formed of the quality of wool. In the examination of wool the following points have also to beconsidered: the degree of imbrication of the surface as shown bythe microscope ; the quantity of fibre developed in a given spaceof fleece; the freedom of the fleece from burrs and other foreignmatters; the skill and care employed in the scouring and otherprocesses of preparation. Kempy wool is objectionable, and the term means the pre-sence of short white hairs at the roots of the staple, whichnever take the dye, and disfigure all goods into which they areintroduced. The hairy East Indian wool that is usually grown D 34 KEMPY OR HAIRY WOOLS. near the tropics, has a tendency to be burry and scurfy, with aslight mixture of grey EA&T liNDIAN WOOL. There is, perhaps, no defect which renders wool, and otherwisegood wool too, so absolutely useless for manufacturing, andespecially for combing purposes, as tenderness and fault, which causes the staple to be tender, arises from thedestructive effects of drought, cold, or other climatic causes, whichcheck the growth of the grasses and deprive the sheep of theirnecessary regular supply of food. But nothing is so sure to causea break in wool, and in many sheep a perfect stripping or sheddingof the entire fleece, as want of water. It is not only important that wools should be free from thedefects above described, but it is desirable that the whole of thevarious parts of the fleece should have, as nearly as possible, auniformity of character, that is, as regards fineness, length ofstaple, density, and softness. The illustration on the opposite page represents the differentcharacters of the wools chiefly utilised : No. i being Cape she
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