Volume 71: Macarthur family papers relating to wool and sheep, 1820-1936: No. 190
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bright that the injury was in appearance merely, and that the process of scouring, which it undergoes previous to its manufacture into cloths, completely restores its original soft silky pralities. It was concluded therefore, either that the species of yolks which requires the use of warm water & soap to remove it, exists in greater proportion in Australian fleeces, or that there are some causes which prevent the complete removal of this other species of yolk by simple river washing. After many experiments the assistance of soap and warm water in washing the sheep was determined on, and the results from three successive seasons, have been so entirely satisfactory, that the same practice can be warmly recommended to sheep holders who are anxious to export there fleeces in the most marketable