Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-07-09
A LIST OF TERM
IN USE IN The
WOOL TRADE
Useful Dictionary Given Out
by National Manufacturers
Association of Interest to
Sheepmen,

There is nothing in the way of
trade news that is of such vital intet-
est to so many hundreds Of New
Mexico citizens as reports on the wool
and sheen situation. The following
list of terms, given out by the Ma
tional Association Of Wool Manufae-
turers will be of considerable interest
to The layman and to the business
man who may not be as familiar with
them as he should be:
Woods grown in the United States
Except in a few of the older middle
~states) are generally shorn without
washing, and the product of each
sheep (called the clip is tied into a
bundle and termed the fleece.
The terms used in the wool trade 10
designate domestic woods REFER 70 con
dition, or degree of cleanliness; quail
ity or degree OF fineness; and staple. or
length or fiber.
Condition.
Washing-Sheep are driven into
water courses and a portion of the
yolk (natural secretion through the
skin, held in suspension in tho Wool)
and dirt washed out before shearing.
Unmerchantable Wool-Wool poorly
washed is known as understandable.
tnWashed Wool-Wool on which no
attempt at washing has been made is
called unwashed.
Securing - Wool washed perfectly
clean by mechanical n chemical
processes is known as secured wool.
Quality.
The qualities are Picklock, N%N.
Xxx, y, No. | Cor half-blood), No. .
COR throe-oighths), No. 3, or quarter
blood, and coarse or common. These
qualities are liable to variation in
many wool houses. according to the
varying demand.
Picklock-ls the quality produced
from a pure SaXony sheep.
XNX-The first cross of the Mer-
inc with the SaXony.
NN-The true standard is the quail
ity of a full -blood MerinO.
Ks t~hree-quartcr blood Metino.
No. /, No. ?, etc, indicate the varia- |
lions in purity Of blood from the pun
Merino' from crossing with common
sheep.
Coarse Wool-The product of sheepI
with but little trace Of Merino blood. |
Braid Wool-The clip of bright
haired Qustrous) wooded sheep, almost
as Lincoln, Cotswold ana Leices-
ter.
Staple.
Woods are classified according 10
into clothing woods, comhins
woods and dclainc woods.
Clothing Wools-WooIS to be carded
Combing Woods ~ Woods To be
'ombed so as to leave the fbers paral-
Deldine Wools-PracticaIly combipg
voOls of MGrino Hood, and may be
allied fine * and above), or medium
.half-blood).
Felting Woods - The semi-annual
lips of portions Of TeXa and Califor-
ria are sometimes so designated.
NOils-Thc refuse. shOrt-stdplrd
WOOL resulting from combing.
Grading Is the arranging into quail
les n 1nfNinn the lnnHp
Sorting is done by the manufacturer.
Who separates The fleece into different
or sorts, according to fine
less length and strength of staple,
vhitencss, etc. and is the first process
Il manufacturing.
Neck. brceCh, belly. etc. indica.e
he location whore grown on the body
# the sheep, but the nomenclature Of
orts varies IN different mills.
SkirtinE-Thc separation Of the in
portions from the fleece.
Tags-A sort Of short dung locks.
Pulled Wool-Wool from slaugn-
cred sheep. II IS rubhcd off after
oaking the kin. Pulled woods arc
lasSihcd according to quality and
angth of staple. For quality the terms
re NN. Extra. \ Super, u Super G
etc, for length. combing and
:
Lambs Woods are pulled from lamb
kins, n are sometimes subdiVided
MO qualities by the large pullcrs.
Shcarlings-Thc short wool OBJ
aimed from skins of sheep shoTn be-