The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1841-06-01

Sd. Do the German. wool growers secure their
feeces with Irvine, or by twisting band Of wooR
And which mode Is most acceptableto The n,aru-
faciurers 1850 a
4 9TH. Is it not very common to find inside heeces
shorn in this country, dung locks and trash If all
descriptions entirely useless to the manufacturer?
or, say one hundred pounds, what per centage is
lost by the purchasing, unknowingy, wool having
this trash with i,a Pease state Of the most
.giaring instances OF frauds which Rave TO
your knowledge in this way -s5 .n grsss, IA
9Th. Are you not in your purchases Of wool, very
much influenced, in fixing prices by itscondtion--
whether Cyvel washed or badly "ashed--if go,
could no, the difference you allow amply compen'
safe, and more the farmer, for the extra time re-
qnired IN washing ....s .. io.-s~i
9th. Will protection or sheltering Of sheep, I'M
prove the quality of the fleece?
Boston, May !, 1882.
DEAR Srn-Absence from home number of
weeks, is my apology for SO long delay in reply
ing TO your highly esteemed favor OF the 2sth Of
March. b II. -a.' M
In reply 10 your queries, have to say sa
LIST. The average loss by securing American
wool is "a l-2 per cent. @ 6o .s r.,#
|
is "a per cent, Some of the best clips in Saxon,
will not shrink l6 per cent, but the WOOL is
commodaed, Technically called)-lhat is. the
skirts and head Of tho heeces taken off. Spanis l
woods have been shorn: as We tako them, they
shrink about 10 per cent. The woods from New
South Wales are of the Saxon family, the stock
hav ing been carried from Germany; they yield a.
bout seventy per cent OF clean wool
| he A., from, IL. nh al he
in Germany packed in bales weighing about
400 lbs. each-the Aeeces never done up singiy
but spread fiat aga,ns, ,each other there is no
Irvine about them. This mode cannot be adopted
in this country for long Time, till which let the
feeces be secured by gentle twist of the ,ail-if
your neighbors cannot make it out to their minds,
| let refer them to my excellent friends, III. ID.
Grove or Daniel Rogers, Of lioosick, no will re-
leve them at once. .s t.t, q
/ 4th. The practice of enclosing IN the fleece,
clippings, &c, too common, and should be dis
couraged by manufacturers. have known six
ounces of useless stuff taken from one fleece,
there is another practice equally disgracelnl-the
use OF from FIVE to twenty times much Irvine as
is necessary. A short time since, took sixty. six
feet Of large Irvine from fleece. -, ~. .t
9Th. These cheating practiees short sighted
inasmuch as the clean thing brings price proper
tionate. We always fix the price per pound by the
quantity of wool il will yield--in our purchase we
frequently make difference of FIVE cents pei
pound in precisely the same qualities BY adopt
ing this system, the loss on our purchases is less
| probably, than other manufacturers. For the
last three years the loss in stapIing room on A,
mercan wool has been l-2 per cent; this include
clippings Irvine. dirt, &c. s.... +,
9th. believe protec ton in winter essential tc
the production of fine wool, especially in this hard
climate. My acquaintance with wool growers in
this country is very extensive, and do not know
single instance Of fine wool being produced with.
out sheileriDg the sheep. Besides the quality Of
the wool, there many other considerations W by
y sheep should be sheltered; and first, humanity
the saving of life Of old and young--avoiding dis
eases Of all kinds, &C. &c too numerous to men.
, ton. t,4...r ...-.-qs,..s gs..,... s
) The art ofgrowng wool in this country is be.
coming better understood yearly, and believe the
time is not distant when can afford to produce
wool at European prices.
\ Your obedcnt servant and friend,
i s@ .s s. LAWRENCE
/ DO not the above facts, Messrs. Editors, bear
me out, most fully and conciusvely? 1t seems
that the Spanish wool is first in point of cieanli-
/ ness, next the Saxon or German then Australian
or New South Wales, and last Of all American!
| But lei us inquire, where is New South Wales:
| Why il is a British colonial settlement on the Is
land OF New Holland, where also is Botany Bay,
the place where Engand's culprs are banished &c
expiate their crime and yet in that land of villains
and scape goats, it seems that in cleansing theii
I wool, they more honest than we, by four anc
one halfper cent ! Oh shame where is thy
blush, !! &a. ,sG4ts e -
l. Yours truly, l.. A. MoRRELL.
Lansing, rompkins Co, N. Y, Feb, %, 1870
i AS Vermont is The first wool growing Stats II
the Union, in proportion to its population, ough
we be a little ambitious about the reputation
Of our wool in all respectsi And would not al
our newspapers be doing their readers acceptable,
service by devoting little attention to this sub
jects ~
The American board Of Foreign Missions he'll
its anniversary at Philadelphia on Friday evening
The exercises said be exceedingly interest
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