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	Wool
		Wool is the fiber derived from the hair of domesticated animals, usually sheep.
		Wool is processed into clothing, carpeting, felt, and padding.
		The spinning capacity of wool is determined by the technique known as wool classing, whereby a qualified woolclasser might group wools of similar gradings together to maximise the return for a farmer wishing to yeild the most from the sheep's fleeces.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/wo/Wool.html (316 words)

	sheep
		Traditionally this wool was much sought after by the numerous home spinners as well as the small local woollen mills as it is sufficiently fine, soft and densely stapled to be regarded as a speciality type.
		The wool is dense and demi-lustrous and is amongst the finest from the native sheep breeds producing a high quality lustre yarn.
		The wool is coarse and kempy and attractive speciality fabrics are made from it using the undyed wool from sheep of different ages.
	organicwoollies.co.uk /sheep.html (2023 words)

	British Wool Marketing Board (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		British Wool is to be found as the major component of carpets specified for prestigious and heavy wear locations that demand long lasting good looks and high safety standards.
		The same British Wool is used in carpets destined for more ordinary homes, especially where hard wear and good looks are just as important.
		British Wool carpets can be found in every construction, texture and style and you can see a selection.
	www.carpetinfo.co.uk /pages/manufpp/britishwool/britwool.htm (190 words)

	Llama Wool
		While the exquisitely soft wool of the vicuna was reserved exclusively for Inca nobility, shorn Ilama wool was placed in public warehouses and doled out to Indian families for fabrication into the common man's cloth.
		The wool is remarkably light and warm, sheds rain and snow, and comes in an array of natural colors.
		Wool samples from 39 U.S. llamas tested by the University of California at Santa Cruz during the 1984 ILA conference in that city averaged 20-22 microns in diameter.
	www.georgiallamaassociation.org /llama_wool.htm (2454 words)

	Marketing board - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Marketing boards often also receive funding from governments as an agricultural subsidy.
		Marketing boards also sometimes act as a pool, controlling the price of farm products by forming a legal cartel.
		Marketing boards differ from industry trade groups in that their primary goal is marketing towards consumers, not governments, but they may also lobby on behalf of their supporters.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Marketing_board (181 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Business \| Using the wool no-one wants
		As with all sheep farms, the wool from these animals has to be sent to the British Wool Marketing Board in Bradford, where it is graded and then sold in fortnightly electronic auctions.
		Wool prices have been falling steadily, to near 30-year lows over the past season, and for most hill farmers, the price they receive from the Board for their less popular Herdwick or Swaledale fleeces does not even come close to recouping their shearing and transport costs.
		He last sent his wool to market three years ago, when he realised it was costing him 90p to shear each sheep and he was getting 45p for the wool.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/business/5317358.stm (1185 words)

	Wool (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Wool straight off a sheep is highly It is said to be "in the the grease being lanolin and can be worked into yarn knit into water-resistant mittens as did the Aran Island fishermen.
		The spinning capacity of wool is determined the technique known as wool classing whereby a qualified woolclasser might group of similar gradings together to maximise the for a farmer wishing to yield the from the sheep's fleeces.
		Wool felt covers piano and it is used to absorb odors noise in heavy machinery and stereo speakers.
	www.freeglossary.com /Wool (947 words)

	The History of British Wool
		The Board arranges for the wool sent in by farmers to be graded into national grades suited to particular manufacturing requirements.
		Because of the different purposes for which it is suited, raw wool must first be graded and sorted-long wools for the worsted trade, short wools mainly for the woollen trade, the tough springy wools for carpets and so on.
		All-wool fabrics can now be durably creased or pleated-men's wool trousers and women's wool slacks and skirts can keep smart creases in all conditions of wear and weather.
	www.sheepcentre.co.uk /wool.htm (2844 words)

	Defra, UK - News releases 2006: British Wool Marketing Board re-appointments
		The British Wool Marketing Board is the statutory body which organises the purchase and sale of all UK fleece wool (except in the Shetland Isles); it arranges for its collection (from producers) and its storage, grading and sale at auction.
		He has been a board member of the British wool Marketing Board since 2000 and is also a Non-Executive Director of several other companies including the British Knitting and Clothing Export Council; now know as UK Fashion Exports.
		BWMB is the last remaining marketing board covered by the Agricultural Marketing Act 1958.
	www.defra.gov.uk /news/2006/060519a.htm (374 words)

	Lambswool and cotton jerseys, cardigans and slipovers from the knitwear specialist - Wool Overs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		At its Bradford headquarters, the BWMB arranges regular electronic wool auctions, where the wool is sold on the open market to the textile trade.
		wool to be used for worsted yarn is then combed on a machine which runs the fibres through a series of teeth, removing all the short fibres (noils) and drawing out the longer ones to lie smooth and in parallel with one another.
		wool to be used for woollen yarn is not combed; the fibres are left higgledy piggledy, ready for spinning.
	www.woolovers.com /shop/british_wool_processing.asp (813 words)

	UK : BWMB âTom Show Cardâ for carpet fibre industry - Textile Fashion News Fibre2Fashion (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The cartoon character style card is intended to draw attention to British Wool carpets and remind the consumer that British Wool is a natural fibre grown on British sheep in the United Kingdom.
		Farmer Tom's growing profile is a fresh approach to marketing British Wool, but the BWMB find that it works on two fronts; firstly he is a bright and cheerful character which stands out in the busy carpet showroom and secondly, he is the real face behind the fibre.
		The British Wool Marketing Board operates a central marketing system for UK fleece wool with the aim of achieving the best possible net returns for farmers.
	www.fibre2fashion.com /news/textile-news/newsdetails.aspx?news_id=15593 (416 words)

	Alternative uses: From sheep to shop
		"Even in a buoyant market, wool is considered to be of little commercial value, extremely low prices are paid and there is no incentive for producers to improve quality," said BWMB chairman Frank Langrish in a speech earlier this year.
		Inspired by wool's insulating properties, a British sheep farmer Christine Armstrong, investigated and later marketed sheep's wool as insulation for houses.
		One inch thick blankets of loose wool held in place with plastic netting or cheese cloth were rolled onto a round tube and unrolled on areas of exposed soil on steep slopes.
	www.new-agri.co.uk /03-6/focuson/focuson2.html (1037 words)

	Llama Fiber
		(Though we refer to it as wool, what grows on llamas and alpacas is technically a hair because of its cellular composition.) Magnified cutaways show that it is a somewhat tubular hair with a medul-lated, or hollow, core, structurally different from the solid or corticated fiber of sheep and most other wool-bearing animals.
		While the exquisitely soft wool of the vicuna was reserved exclusively for Inca nobility, shorn llama wool was placed in public warehouses and doled out to Indian families for fabrication into the common man's cloth.
		The wool is remarkably light and warm, sheds rain and snow, and comes in 1 an array of natural colors.
	www.llama.org /llama_fiber.htm (2484 words)

	The Flooring Guild
		The BWMB works alongside the textile industry to raise the profile of British wool and extend its desirability through promotional and technical assistance and a wide range of promotional material.
		British Wool is a superior, natural fibre, thanks to a special combination of bulk, resilience, softness and warmth.
		British wool is used predominantly and recognised worldwide, as a quality carpet fibre.
	www.flooring-guild.co.uk /sponsors.asp?ID=80 (138 words)

	Telegraph \| News
		In return for his wool -which cost £50 to shear - he was sent a cheque for 89p.
		Almost all the wool sheared in the UK is bought by the British Wool Marketing Board, a farmers' co-operative.
		Liz Ambler, of the British Wool Marketing Board, said the average price for a kilo of wool this year was around 75p - 10p less than last year.
	www.telegraph.co.uk /news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/02/06/nwool06.xml (886 words)

	British Wool Marketing Board
		The British Wool Marketing Board supports the WoolSafe programme in the UK and Europe.
		The Carpet Foundation represents the premier group of British based carpet manufacturers on a technical and promotional basis, who between them produce 60% of all carpets made in the UK amounting to £350 million sales and collectively with more than 1,000 years of carpet manufacturing experience.
		The BWMB is an associate member of The Carpet Foundation.
	www.britishwool.org.uk /cleaning.asp?pageid=71 (397 words)

	Wool Summary
		Wool is the fibre derived from the fur of animals of the Caprinae family, principally sheep and goats, but the hair of certain species of other mammals such as alpacas and rabbits may also be called wool.
		Wool taken from sheeps produced for meat are typically more course, larger diameter, and fibers are 1.5 to 6 inches in length.
		Due to high concentrations of carbon dioxide, sheep wool does not burn and is therefore also used as an insulation.
	www.bookrags.com /Wool (2282 words)

	BBC News \| WALES \| Wool insulation may aid farmers
		The wool market has been in a world recession for three years and any new use for wool has to be good for everybody.
		Three tonnes of Welsh wool are being used instead of less environmentally-friendly fibre-glass in the construction of the centre's Autonomous Environmental Information Centre, which is due to open later this year.
		The insulation wool is cleaned of grease and dirt before being treated to align the fibres and injected into wall cavities.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/wales/684885.stm (355 words)

	WoolNews - British Wool Celebrate Success with Retailer POS Campaign
		Many retailers wanted it for their window to draw attention to the wool products in-store and all agreed that highlighting the connection between the farmer and the finished product was an important aspect of the campaign.
		While the BWMB’s display emphasized the durability, comfort and easy-care of wool as key selling points, retailers seemed confident that these natural strengths were used to good effect in selling carpet.
		Tim Booth, product development manager at BWMB commented, “It was a good show for British Wool, we want to target the consumer and the way for us to do that is through the retailer and their response to this promotion has been very positive indeed.”
	www.woolnews.net /news_item.php?ID=955 (289 words)

	Llama Wool (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		wool was used mostly for utilitarian items such as outer clothing, blankets, ropes, and sacks used for packing.
		Wool samples from 39 U.S. llamas tested by the University of California at Santa Cruz during the 1984 ILA
		wool harvest is much greater or is cooperatively collected, it is doubtful that it could be processed on a large, commercial basis here.
	www.mor-llama.com /llama_wool.htm (2172 words)

	Home - Natural Wool Cushions
		Woolly Cushion Studio offers beautiful hand felted natural wool cushions and accessories which are all unique and individually hand made in Norfolk from selected British wools.
		These very special wool items are inspired by the stunning coastline and countryside of North Norfolk and are really designed to be treasured.
		Wool is a natural fibre, biodegradable and the use of natural wool shades avoids chemical additives.
	www.woolcushion.co.uk (206 words)

	The Scotsman - Business - Walsh hits out as wool board spends £50,000 on detectives (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Until Walsh challenged the legislation in the early 1990s, the wool board - now the only remaining marketing board for any kind of farm produce - had a statutory duty to handle all British wool and sell it, in all its huge variety, as well as possible over the year.
		The wool board now pays in two instalments, with a balance for last year’s clip due when the first cheque is issued for 2004 wool.
		But board headquarters and Rog Wood, board member for south of Scotland, admitted yesterday that "about £50,000" was spent on private detectives to monitor wool buying and selling in the UK that was not handled by the board.
	thescotsman.scotsman.com /business.cfm?id=633452004 (679 words)

	UK : Wool Marketing Board to reorganize its operations - Textile Fashion News Fibre2Fashion (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		To reduce this, the board intends to run trials using wool presses on some of the Scottish islands next summer, as well as in certain mainland locations where there are large flocks of sheep.
		As for overseas markets, particularly China, British wools exports account for 3% of the UK clip compared to 12% when foot-and-mouth disease halted that trade in 2001.
		According to BWMB, Australia and New Zealand have in the past exported over 35% of their clips to China and saw subsequent collapse in demand due to accumulation of huge stocks of wool in the southern hemisphere.
	www.fibre2fashion.com /news/NewsDetails.asp?News_id=11573 (650 words)

	Defra, UK - consultations - Consultation on the British Wool Marketing Board
		The British Wool Marketing Board (BWMB) was established in 1950 as one of several Agricultural Marketing Boards set up in the years before and after the Second World War.
		Its functions are, amongst some others, to buy and market at auction (subject to several exemptions) the United Kingdom wool clip.
		Defra and the Devolved Administrations have concluded that it is now opportune to review the Board’s functions again, particularly in the light of changes to the sheepmeat support system and developments in the markets for wool.
	www.defra.gov.uk /corporate/consult/britishwoolboard/letter.htm (486 words)

	Yorkshire Dales News: Farmer Tom promotes British wool in Harrogate
		DESPITE a price crash in the mid 1990's wool remains an important source of income for many Yorkshire Dales farmers; and as the shearing season comes to an end for another year and wool is prepared for processing the British Wool Marketing Board (BWMB) is launching a new promotional campaign.
		The Board is coming to Harrogate's National Floor Show today - 5th to 7th September - where the focus will be on the inherent natural qualities of wool in carpet.
		The BWMB have chosen to give wool and its natural beginnings added impact with the launch of a new retailer promotional pack featuring a five foot tall Farmer Tom - the popular cartoon character used to promote the field to floor story in British Wool promotions.
	www.daelnet.co.uk /countrynews/country_news_05092006_2.cfm (562 words)

	Wool News :: Latest Wool Trading News
		The Australian Wool Market increased slightly against the rising US exchange rate, finishing the week 0.2% higher, on average, at sales in Sydney, Melbourne and Fremantle.
		A recent wool test report commissioned by the British Wool Marketing Board (BWMB) on hand samples of scoured British Wool and two other lower priced foreign scoured wools showed that British Wool is still the
		The National Council of New Zealand Wool Interiors has called on all sectors of the wool industry to unite behind a bid to market wool interior products.
	www.woolnews.net (795 words)

	NAAC News - Sheep Shearing Protocol 2002 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Whilst the foot and mouth crisis has subsided, the NAAC has produced updated best practice guidelines for members, with the support of the British Wool Marketing Board, National Farmers Union and National Sheep Association.
		Care must be taken to avoid contamination of watercourses during the wash-down and disinfection process.
		Empty woolsacks can be directly taken onto premises by shearers, if they are clean, for the purpose of being filled with wool and being taken to the collection depot by the farmer or a designated haulier.
	www.naac.co.uk /News/NewsArchive/shearingprotocol.asp (874 words)

	Bulmer & Lumb Group - News - News Archive
		By using small amounts of PVA (poly vinyl acrylic) in a British Wool yarn, it is possible to produce a finer yarn by raising the spinning count.
		It was developed under the White Rose, an industry-wide initiative, as a British fabric that would combine performance and resilience and a soft luxurious handle.
		The wool from the Bluefaced Leicester is fine, semi lustrous and has a good crimp proved a good basis for the new blend.
	www.bulmerandlumb.co.uk /news/news.aspx?id=85 (192 words)

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