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market which have said would be proved to be true,
by an unqucsonabe witness. proceed to do It, al,
though have some compuncon on the score OF good
taste, the testimony IS embraced in letter which
has already been published some years since, IN the
old Genessee Farmer with some comments by my
self Your present list of readers, probably varying
essentially from that time, well as the importance
of the subject constitute my apology for introducing
it second time TO the public. The information that
it affords will be new TO many, doubt not shall
omit the letter addressed to Mr.. Lawrence, and only
insert here, the queries. will further state that the
distinguished gentleman is the head of that NAM
moth WOODEN manufacturing establishment, the Mid
desex Company, located at Lowell, Massachusetts,
which has the capacity to manufacture 100000 pounds
of wool per annlnl, and is now working up at the rate
1000 pounds per day.
The queries addressed to Mr. Lawrence, are as fol-
lows =
First. OF the average of American Wool, washed
in the usual way,wha per centagos lost by cleansing
or securing.
Second. Is the German or Saxon Wool better
washed, and the general condition better than the
American Wooll Please state the condition OF Span
ish Wool also
Third. Do the German wool-growers secure their
1coccs with Irvine, or by twisting band of wool =
And which made is most acceptable to the manuiac-
turcr
Fourth Is il not very common to find inside flee
shorn in this country dung locks and trash of all
desc ipt)ns entirely u &C s to TIL manufacturer? Of
say 100 pounds what per ccnlagc Is lost by the pur-
chasing unknowing wool having this trash with it 7
Please state of the most glaring instances of
frauds which have come TO your knowledge in this
way.
Fifth. Arc you not in your purchases of wool, very
much influenced, in fixing prices by its condition
whether well washed or badly washcd-l SO, could
| not the difference you allow amply compensate and
more, the farmer, fo the extra time requlredn wash
ing
Sixth. VIII protection or shcltcring of sheep, i'm
prove the quality Of the fleece 2
BosroS, MAY l. 1885,
DEAR SrR-Abscncc from home number of weeks
is my apology for so long delay in replying to your
highly esteemed favor of the 18th of March,
| In reply TO your queries have to say
lst The average loss by securing American wool
| is 81 per cent.
| 3D. The average by the same process on German
| Wool is a per cent. Some of the best clips i'll Sax
ony will no, shrink over l6 per cent. but the wool is
accommodated, technically caed)-that is, the skirts
and head of the fleece taken off, Spanish woods have
been shorn as we take them, they shrink about 10
per cent. The woods lom New South Wales are of
the Saxon family the stock having been carried from
Germany they yield about seventy per cent Of clean
wool
| Sd. The woods from the most celebrated locks in
Germany are packed in bales weighing about 400 lbs.
eachthe leeces never done up sinsly but spread flat
against each other-th is no Irvine about them
This mode cannot be adopted in this country for long
time till which let the ecccs be secured by gentle
twist of the tail If your noighbors cannot make il
out to Their minds let me refer them to my excellent
fri ends, III. ID. Grove or Daniel Rogers Of Hooslck
who will relieve them at once.
| 4h The practice of enclosing in the fleece chip
i pings &C. is too common, and should be discouraged
by manufacturers. l have known Sin ounces of use
less stuff taken from fleece, there is another
practice equally disgraccful-- the of from five &c
twenty times much Irvine as is necessary. shor
time since, took slxty-sx feet OF large twnc from
one fleece.
9Th These cheating practices are short sighted, in
asmuch as the clean thing brings price proportion
ate. We always fix the price per pound by the guam
Il tity of wool it will yiedin our purchase we frequent
y the same qualities. by adopting this system tn,
loss purchases is less, probably than som,
other manufactures. Forthc last three years the loss
over saplng room on American wool has been l..
per ceut this includes clippings, Irvine. dirt, &c
9th believe protection IN winter is essential to thu
production of fine wool, especially in this hard climate
My acquaintance with wool arowcrsin this country
is very extensive and do not know single instance
| of fine wool being produced without shcterng tn,
| sheep. Besides the quality of the WOOL there arr
many other considerations why sheep should be shci
tered and first, humanlty-the saving fife of ole
and young-avolding diseases Of all kinds &c &c too
numerous TO mention.
| The art of growing wool in this country
are becoming better understood yearly, and
believe the time is not distant when we can afford Il
lproducc wool as European prices.
Your obedient servant and friend
$. LAwREscE.
Do no, the above facts, Messrs Editors, bear inc
out, most fully and conclusvcy II seems that tn,
Spanish wool Is first in point of cleanliness, next tn,
Saxon OF German, then Australian, or New Souti
Wales, and last of all American! But let us enquire
where is New South Wales Why It'll British col
onal settlement on the Island of New Holland, where
also is Botany Bay, the place where Englands cul
prts are banshed 10 eXplae their crime and yet ii
that land of villains and scapc goats, it seems that it
cleansing Their wool, they are more honest than we
lbyiour and one half per cent. Oh shame where il
thy blush !!
| Yours truly l.. A. MoRRELL.
Lansing, Tompkins Co., n. V, Feb. %, 1910.
As Vermont is the first wool growing State in thu
| mon, prOpOrtlDn population, Olluht