Table 11.

Path coefficients of cashmere production Performance on fineness of LCG.

Sex	Independent variable	Correlation coefficient	Direct action	Indirect effect
				Cashmere yield	Cashmere length	number of curls	Short cashmere rate	Net cashmere rate
doe	Cashmere yield	0.278	0.036		0.003	0.001	−0.001	0.238
	Cashmere length	0.322	0.06	0.002		−0.002	−0.003	0.265
	Number of curls	−0.246	−0.028	−0.002	0.005		−0.002	−0.220
	Short cashmere rate	−0.238	0.011	−0.002	−0.019	0.004		−0.231
	Net cashmere rate	−0.936	−0.905	−0.009	−0.018	−0.007	0.003
buck	Cashmere yield	0.541	0.321					0.293
	Net cashmere rate	−0.866	−0.770	−0.122