Wool specimen, stud ewe, bred by Charles D Sanger, Wangamong, Jerilderie, New South Wales, Australia, 1896
Wool specimen from a stud ewe. There is a faded blue ribbon tied around the outside of the specimen and a small green tag attached to the ribbon.
This sample of wool was tested in June 2007 by the Interactive Wool Group. They used the OFDA2000 instrument for fleece testing. The following are the results for this specimen:
Microns: 21.1microns (4.3 Standard Deviation)
(average fibre diameter)
Staple length: 85mm
Mean fibre curvature: 96.4Dg/mm
(A measurement in degrees
per mm related to
Comfort Factor: 96.1 %
(The % of fibres equal
to or less than 30 microns)
Handwritten text on the label reads 'F4826 / Stud / Ewes / Wangamong' and on reverse 'No 4 / Mr Tawnton / Sydney / NSW'.