▁their ▁very ▁fine ▁w ool ▁after ▁she aring . ▁There ▁were ▁three ▁main ▁reasons ▁for ▁the ▁custom ▁in ▁Australia : ▁▁ ▁The ▁English ▁manufact ur ers ▁demanded ▁that ▁Australian ▁w ool g row ers ▁provide ▁their ▁fle ec es ▁free ▁from ▁excess ive ▁veget able ▁matter , ▁b urr s , ▁soil , ▁etc . ▁so ▁they ▁could ▁be ▁processed ▁in ▁the ▁same ▁way ▁as ▁any ▁other ▁raw ▁w ool ▁ ▁The ▁dirty ▁fle ec es ▁were ▁hard ▁to ▁she ar ▁and ▁demanded ▁that ▁the ▁metal ▁bla de ▁she ars ▁be ▁sh ar pen ed ▁more ▁often . ▁ ▁W ool ▁in ▁Australia ▁was ▁cart ed ▁by ▁bul lock ▁team ▁or ▁horse ▁teams ▁and ▁charged ▁by ▁weight . ▁W ashed ▁w ool ▁was ▁l ighter ▁and ▁did ▁not ▁cost ▁as ▁much ▁to ▁transport . ▁ ▁The ▁practice ▁of ▁was hing ▁the ▁w ool ▁rather ▁than ▁the ▁sheep ▁evol ved ▁from ▁the ▁fact ▁that ▁hot ter ▁water ▁could ▁be ▁used ▁to ▁was h ▁the ▁w ool , ▁than ▁that ▁used ▁to ▁was h ▁the ▁sheep . ▁When ▁the ▁practice ▁of ▁s elling ▁w ool ▁in ▁the ▁gre ase ▁occurred ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 8 9 0 s , ▁w ool ▁was hing ▁became ▁ob sole te . ▁ ▁Australia ▁and ▁New ▁Zealand ▁had ▁to ▁disc ard ▁the ▁old ▁methods ▁of ▁w ool ▁har vest ing ▁and ▁evol ve ▁more ▁efficient ▁systems ▁to ▁co pe ▁with ▁the ▁huge ▁numbers ▁of ▁sheep ▁involved . ▁She aring ▁was ▁revolution ized ▁by ▁the ▁in vention ▁of ▁an ▁Australian