Wayne I understand that Yocum McColl did a fiber study last year of huacaya and he may have looked at approx. 600 samples. I am not sure of the details, the data points collected or the availability of the information - but you might check with Angus McColl. Claudia Raessler, Royal River Alpaca Company ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sixth Day Farm" <home@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <alpaca_fibre@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, February 20, 2004 4:09 PM Subject: [alpaca_fibre] Re: An idea is a good first step > > Hi fellow list members, > > Does anyone have access to national "herd" averages for fiber values > (AFD, SD,CV, CF, etc.) and if so, how were those numbers arrived at. > > Mr. Whittick, if you are reading this post, have you collected a > database of the testing you have done from which you could calculate > averages for the samples you have run? > > Thanks, > > Wayne > > --- > List Name: Alpaca Fibre Production > ListAddress: alpaca_fibre@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > List Archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/alpaca_fibre/ > List Administrator: Ian Watt (alpacaconsult@xxxxxxxxxxxxx) > > How to Unsubscribe: send an email to alpaca_fibre-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and put "unsubscribe" (without the quotes) in the Subject line of the email. --- List Name: Alpaca Fibre Production ListAddress: alpaca_fibre@xxxxxxxxxxxxx List Archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/alpaca_fibre/ List Administrator: Ian Watt (alpacaconsult@xxxxxxxxxxxxx) How to Unsubscribe: send an email to alpaca_fibre-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and put "unsubscribe" (without the quotes) in the Subject line of the email.