Bosman, V.Botha, M.L.Du Toit, P.J.2016-07-112016-07-1120161939Bosman, V & Botha, ML 1939, 'Methods for determining length in the Merino fleece', Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Science and Animal Industry, vol. 12, no. 1, pp. 261-2720330-2456http://hdl.handle.net/2263/54985The articles have been scanned in colour with a HP scanjet 5590; 300dpi. Adobe Acrobat XI Pro was used to OCR the text and also for the merging and conversion to final presentation PDF-Format.Includes bibliographical referencesThe importance of length as a characteristic of the merino fleece has often been stressed. It has been shown (Bosman 1937) that, in a stud ram producing 40,000 fibres per square inch of skin, every half an inch increase in staple length adds .9 pounds of wool to the scoured fleece, when it is a fine woolled fleece, and 1.4 pounds when it is a course woolled fleece.12 pages : illustrations, tablesen©ARC-Onderstepoort and Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria (original). ©University of Pretoria. Department of Library Services (digital).WoolMerinoVeterinary medicine -- South AfricaArticle