Diversified use of sheep wool in Haryana
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Date
2011
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CCSHAU
Abstract
The present study was planned for diversified use of sheep wool in Haryana by developing various
products. To achieve the objectives, list of thirteen products requiring insulation characteristics and their design
were prepared. Two designs of top seven products selected for development were: curd vessel cover, chapatti box
cover, lunch box cover, water bottle cover, baby feeder cover, baby quilt and assan as per experts preference as a
result fourteen products were planned for development. Two production techniques i.e. wool as tufting and blanket
fabric as an interlining was suggested for covers where as direct blanket fabric was suggested for assan. Paper
patterns were developed for the products as per their design and the size of the container.
To finalize the production technique water bottle cover, lunch box cover and baby feeder cover were
selected. All the three covers were made by both the suggested production techniques. Insulation characteristics of
developed covers were analyzed and compared with that of ready- made covers procured from the market. Selfmade
covers provided better insulation characteristics than ready- made covers in both the condition i.e. higher to
low and lower to high temperature. It was further analyzed that the products made by tufting technique had better
insulation properties and were light in weight than products made by interlining of blanket fabric. Hence tufting
technique was used to prepare the planned covers and baby quilt where as blanket fabric was used for assan. Blend
of wool and poly fibres (50:50) were recommended for tufting of baby quilt due to its highest thermal properties.
The developed products were shown to the 60 selected respondents assess their acceptability. Developed
products accepted in descending rank order were: lunch box cover, curd vessel cover, water bottle cover, chapatti
box cover, baby quilt,, baby feeder cover and assan.
Important reasons found for their acceptance was that ‘ it will be easy to carry lunch box or any bottle
used for carrying liquid to work place or while travelling’, ‘the products will help to maintain the temperature of
food items for longer period’, ‘the shape and size of the product can be changed according to the container’ and so
on. The paper patterns were graded to three sizes for mass application.
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Sowing, Vegetative propagation, Germinability, Biological development, Biological phenomena, Drying, Developmental stages, Genetics, Altitude, Biomass