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New Zealand Journal of Agriculture, Volume 99, Issue 2, 15 August 1959, Page 113

Phenothiazine Wool Stain : ; r ~ U ■ ' ■ By J E. DUNCAN, t Wool Supervisor, Department of Agriculture, | jWII ' ▼ Wellington W' 'jl i ' ■ ,* f j & The worst' wool stain—completely unscourable. ' r 4 ■ 1 ® Wool buyers always penalise it heavily. £ ’ \V- ’ A f M. i • Much buyers always penalise it heavily. and as ft Much staining is due to carelessness and is p ’ J therefore preventable. I / ” $ Remaining stains can and should be picked out at shearing. Phenothiazine is closely related to the dyestuffs ® The wool industry cannot afford this unnecesused for dyeing wool. sary handicap in its competition with synthetic fibres, which are free of any kind of stain. It gets on to woo! in three ways: -~ T-w I. By careless spilling of liquid drench on I* \ I sheep's fleeces. ’ W - JZir ../ »E ■ HI 2. By sheep slobbering drench on one another, X ’ Bm|l ' ‘ V "IMS particularly if they are packed in the yards for ■ * I|||||h longer than necessary. |M|g hvpi hhb Use of pellets instead of liquid drench will p , ’’ overcome I and 2. I J \ xi pjyfj « JHL •rff’ SBkk 3. When passed in the urine it still stains wool ! p \ 1 (illustration at right), but the damage is localised. , ’ wSMi» -» * •*$ ’■•v r - *. ■ ■ At shearing time all phenothiazine stains should be picked out and kept and sold separately t ' because of their inferior value. If buyers find much of this stain in your clip, ' **•' - \ they will certainly discount their prices and may £ \ ♦ refuse to bid on the wool at all. ' ; J