Local contacts / collection points
South West Richard Yonge 01752 880252
South Ian Mason 01590 679921
Wales and West Collection site 07973 267111
Wales and West Doug Lockton 01994 419327
Northants and South East David Haworth 01954 261833
North East John Taylor 01347 878208
BMM Ltd is a Society registered under the Industrial and Provident Societies Act.
Annual accounts are made available to all members.
SHEARING AND PACKING MOHAIR
DO
SHEAR by groups in age order –
youngest first and end with older males
SHAKE out second cuts and short hair
REMOVE grossly stained fleece
(but only the really dark urine stains)
and remove all artificial stains
REMOVE severely seed contaminated fleece
REMOVE large thorns, leaves, pieces of hay, straw and baler twine
PACK similar fleeces together, compressed into BMM PAPER sacks
TIE securely with white natural fibre string
LABEL clearly with an indelible pen on the sack
Use 2” letters for your name, membership number and grade or age of fleece
(eg. kid, young goat, adult or 1st, 2nd, 3rd clip etc)
Put the same info on a slip of paper inside the bag
RECORD your bag info and total gross weight and send a copy with your fleece
STORE your mohair, if necessary, in a dry barn on wooden pallets
DO NOT
USE polypropylene or other man-made string or cheap sacking and make sure no man-made baler twine offcuts are in your fleece. One small piece, accidentally in a TOP, will mean the loss of a buyer for good
PACK wet fleece – dry thoroughly before packing
GRADE unless you have experience
USE tie on labels – they get lost in handling