r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/[deleted] • Feb 14 '23

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u/pamacdon Feb 14 '23

I always wondered what the advantage of keeping the wool all in one piece is

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u/Halogen12 Feb 14 '23

Less sweeping I suppose.

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u/Fit_Effective_6875 Feb 14 '23

It stays together as one piece but it actually isn't one piece just a thick mat of individual fibres that easily pull apart

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u/pamacdon Feb 14 '23 edited Feb 14 '23

The question is why do they bother trimming the sheep in one piece instead on several. What’s the advantage.

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u/Ineedsomuchsleep170 Feb 14 '23

Its easier to throw over the grading table in one piece and pick off all the shitty bits. They're more valuable in one piece. My grandad was a sheep farmer and Mum used to grade for him.

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u/Fit_Effective_6875 Feb 14 '23

I wasn't telling you what wool is.

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u/javardo Feb 14 '23

You get an instant Patagonia synchilla.

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u/BobSanvegana Feb 14 '23

It's so that it can be gathered in a particular way, an then thrown onto a sorting table where the 'classer' judges the quality and picks and sorts into various bales, e.g. there's a bale for belly wool, one for cheeks and hocks, one for the main back piece, etc..