Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1855-03-22
farmers' Department.
From the Ohio CuldvstOr.
ExPERIENCE INsELLING WOOL.

Eps. OHIo CUtTrvAroR'-As the price OF
wool, the coming season, is becoming the topic
OF conversation among wool dealers, Il seems
70 me il would be well for farmers and wool
growers 10 begin TO inquire how they eau best
realize the full value Of their wool. II Is es-
peeiAlly important these times Of poor crops,
tight market, &C., that farmers should get
every ceut that their wool is worth. The
Wool Depot system seems TO me- 10 the True
way to pass the wool from the hands OF the
producer to the manufacturer, as by this sys'
TEN, il fairly carried out, no unnecessary agen'
ey is employed. To compare this with tbe u
susl way Of disposng Of our wool,is the object
Of this communication,
The wool in this part f the State is pur'
chased by large contractors; these have their
subs 10 almost every neighborhood. These
subs are generally men Of some reputation as
wool growers, The more the better. which en-
Ables them to lake advantage Of those not so
we'll posted in prices. These men being wool
growers themselves, and being supposed 10
have an interest in keeping prices up TO the
fair point, at least, are enabled. from the conf
dence thus inspired, to buy at such figures as
will pay the dealer for employing them. Thus
price down as low as possible, in order that the
dealer, bis agents, MS sub, and HIS sub.sub,
may all have share in the fleece
Whereas, the better way is to pass the wool
40 directly as possible from the gro yer to the
manufacturer, and here the Depot, as it seems
TO me, comes in as the very medium needed
Here We can send our wool. have il graded and
sold for one and half cent per pound, BY a
man whose highest interest requires him TO sell
Ms high as he can; and the manufacturer will
6nd il to bis interest 10 buy here where ne can
get wool assorted to his hand, and he can buy
Just the grade he wants, without being cOmpell'
ed to take that which be does not want, as in q
mixed lot; be can for this reasons pay higher
price.
So much for theory. now for the practice
Last spring, sent my.wool to the Cleveland
Wool Depot and the result was that realized
more BY about five or six cents per pounf, than
| could have done at home at the same time
From the time consigned my wool, / got a
monthly circular showing prices. sales. &c;
these always ranged from five TO seventeen
cents higher than our market.
Now suppose the ESQ., ,0QO lbs. of wool grown
in our county had been sold 8 cts. per ID.
higher than il was, it would have been gain
Of the neat little sum of Sls 5O0,-quite a mat
ter, these hard times.
As proof that got cts. per ID more than I
could have got at home, would say that some
Of my neigh RS who have for some years sold
higher than have, sold this year for 40 cts
while my wool, which was sold about the same
time. netted as cents. am not personally &C
quainted with Mr. GoodAle, never having seer
him neither am a-cenl-a- pound or salarieC
agent. but have found him to be trust
/ worthy, honorable man, and rs such would rec
, o~mend his establishment to my brother far
mers. Those who need pait money down fo
. their wool. will fiud this house ready 10 max,
liberal advances. Yours,
WM. BoNAR.