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wool

 Subject
Subject Source: Nalt

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Clair Elman Terrill Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS0251
Content Description The Clair Elman Terrill Collection contains proofs and photographs for U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) bulletins and circulars, sheep and goat registry and breeding records, a card catalog of publications on rabbits, and black and white photographs of rabbits and related subjects. There are papers related to the U.S. Rabbit Experiment Station in Fontana, California, and the U.S. Fur Experiment Station in Ithaca, New York. Also included are photographs, glass and acetate negatives,...
Dates: 1912-1978; Majority of material found within 1930s-1960s
Found in: National Agricultural Library Special Collections

Sheepskin and Wool Samples Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS0206
Content Description

The collection includes sheep skins and wool samples collected in 1948. Wool samples are accompanied by undated black and white photographs of the corresponding type of animal.

Dates: 1948
Found in: National Agricultural Library Special Collections

USDA Official Standards of the United States for Grades of Wool

 Collection
Identifier: MS0122
Content Description

The USDA Official Standards of the United States for Grades of Wool contains wool samples that document the 12 wool grade standards established by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) for the 1920s, and the 13 standards for the 1940s. The standards are based on the fineness or diameter of the wool fiber. Samples show the maximum diameter or fineness of fiber for each of the grades. The collection includes wool standards for 1926, 1928, 1940, and 1966.

Dates: 1926-1966
Found in: National Agricultural Library Special Collections