Shearing Facilities and Wool Preparation at Shearing, Circular 518 (Reprinted)

Series

Circular

Collection name

NMSU Cooperative Extension Service and Agricultural Experiment Station Publications, 1889-Present

Date

1987-04

Decade

1980s

Author

Sachse, James M.

Subject (LCSH)

Shearing sheds

Sheep-shearing

Wool--Handling

Wool--Packing

Subject (NALT)

shearing (defleecing)

wool

Table of contents

Shearing facility

Physical arrangement

Wool preparation

Shearing

Owner responsibility

Rolling the fleece

Floor sweeper

Fleece tying

Fleece grading

Fleece skirting

Shearer skirting

Table skirting

The effect of skirting

Skirting instead of tagging

Contamination

Fleece packaging

Polypropylene

Paint brands

Colored fibers

Vegetable matter

Extent

34 pages

Notes

Circular containing detailed information on various aspects of sheep shearing and shearing facilities

Original publisher

New Mexico State University

Cooperative Extension Service

Place of publication

Las Cruces (N.M.)

Frequency

frequency varies

Digital publisher

New Mexico State University Library

Source

NMSU College of Agricultural, Consumer, and Environmental Sciences (ACES)

Language

English

Type

Text

Format

application/pdf

Medium (AAT)

newsletters

Genre (AAT)

periodicals

Access rights

Open to re-use

Metadata cataloger

Bramlett, Suzanne

Schneider, Ingrid

Roth, Michael

Digital identifier

UAAPc000518.pdf