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Source of wool fibre size information
1. BCSBA RED
2. OSU BLUE
3. Carlson GREEN
4. Brock YELLOW
5. Brown
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Fibre
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Microns
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Bradford Count
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Australian Merino
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18-24
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80-60
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Balwen
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50-40
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Black Welsh Mountain
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28-35
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56-48
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Blue-faced Leicester
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22-25
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60-56
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Border Leicester
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30-38
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46-40
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Castlemilk Morrit
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33-35
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50-48
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Cheviot
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27-33
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56-48
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Clun Forest
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58-48
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Corriedale (Merino/Lincoln X)
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25-31
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58-50
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Cotswold
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36-40
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40-36
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Dorset
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27-33
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58-46
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Finnish Landrace
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23-31
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60-50
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Hampshire
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25-33
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58-46
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Icelandic
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22-28 (55-65 outer)
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70-46
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Jacob
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28-39
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56-44
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Karakul
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44-36
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Leicester Longwool
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37-46
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60-40
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Lincoln
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36-40
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40-36
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Manx Loghtan
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27-33
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54-46
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Oxford
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30-34
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50-46
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Rambouillet
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18-24
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80-60
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Romney
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31-38
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48-40
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Ryeland
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25-28
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58-56
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Scottish Blackface
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44-36
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Shetland
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20-33
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60-50
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Shropshire
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24-33
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60-48
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Soay
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50-44
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Southdown
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23-29
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60-54
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Suffolk
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25-33
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58-48
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Wensleydale
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33-35
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48-44
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