Sunday, April 27, 2008

3. WOOL:- Clipping of wool is alone twice a year. In A.P there were several (130) wool societies in more than 10 Districts. Wollen Blankets are made from the wool of Sheep. Kamballu is the name of wollen Blankets. Wollen Federation of India had identified 14 varieties of wool from which blankets cloths and other sophisticated woolen products these are greater demand in almost all countries of world.

India stands at ninth position in the world with regard to production of wool India produces about 50 thousand tons of wool in a year. Australia stand first with about 7,50,000 tons of wool production in a year the shepherd has to take lot of care to protect them fro diseases. He sheep’s in India weights about 40kg where as in Australia it weight 120kg. She Sheep India weights in a range of 20 to 25 kg where as in Australia, Briton and New Zealand weights about 70 to 75 kg.

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