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Wool straight off a sheep is known as raw wool”, “greasy wool or wool in the grease. This wool contains a high level of valuable lanolin, as well as the sheeps dead skin and sweat residue, and generally also contains pesticides and vegetable matter from the animals environment.Before the wool can be used for commercial purposes, it must be scoured, a process of cleaning the greasy wool.
The workshop for mechanical processing and combing of the wool was opened with the support of the Government of Japan. Experienced technologists teach villagers how to process wool and prepare raw materials for the production of various goods. For the first couple of days, the villagers have washed, combed and prepared 25 kilograms of wool.
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