Sheep - are animals that produce a large number of products, including meat, oil, skin and fat.There are fine-wool, polutonkorunnyh and coarse wool breeds of animals.Among them are a separate group stand merino wool that has special qualities.
is believed that the type of merino cattle of this area appeared in the 2-3 century BC in Asia Minor, where it has gone spread to the West.In the early 20th century, the breed became widely circulated in Australia before merino wool which makes it possible to produce the finest materials, we have successfully bred in Europe.In the Soviet Union on the basis of local and imported samples were created breeds most suitable for operation in various regions of the country.
Total Soviet specialists brought about a dozen different species, among which the most famous Salsk, Stavropol, Askanian, Soviet Merino, Caucasian, Altai and others. All the animals were united genetically incorporated predisposition to additional reserves of the skin on the neck (in the form of several hanging wrinkles).
Wool merino sheep-characterized the smallest cross section (fineness) of the hair, which is in accordance with the classification should not be more than 25 micrometers.Each of the above breeds, this figure differs.For example, Soviet Merino gives fineness mostly 20-23 m (rarely 18-20 m), and Sal breed - typically 20-25 microns.In addition, when assessing the quality of raw wool look at what some strength, tortuosity, flexibility, extensibility, some luster, color, and it has a moisture content.It is also estimated suint color.
Merino wool, reviews of which we indirectly make up for themselves by buying, for example, high-quality knitwear, also features an enviable own length.For example, the sheep Sal breed during haircuts receive basic fleece length of about 8 cm, with sheep - about 9 cm. We note that males almost always get a long coat and a higher yield of meat (live weight before slaughter can reach100 kilograms or more).
How often are cut merino?Wool rocks of this area collect a one-time, in April and May, when the air is warm enough to allow the animals went "without a fur coat."It is wrong that all of the above materials have unique qualities.The best wool is obtained only from the back, neck, hips and sides of each animal.Sort out manually from raw materials obtained from the chest, legs, head, and subjected to further processing.The average yield of pure merino wool with rocks of about 42-50 percent.
Where in Russia today are grown mainly merino?The wool of these animals get in the Middle and Lower Volga region, the steppe areas of the Caucasus, South Siberia.In the former Soviet Union merino sheep breeding development in Ukraine, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, some regions of the Caucasus.Leaders of the total number of sheep of different directions today are China, Australia and India.
