The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1862-06-11
fats for farmers.


A correspondent Of the Prairie Former do
cusses the question Of washing sheep. and argues
that ir is better for both the wool grower aud the
WOOL buyer TO leave the sheep unssshed- Ine
Question is one Of much interest, and We make
the foIlo.,np extract ION the article TO which
We have referred:
have been hearing wool buyers tell for the
La, fifteen years that they sefe just gong TO
make . gre ,r # renee in buying a. TO condi ion
but shat tine has lot arrived, nor do think II
will 40 long as there is no ma ket price tsor the
producer) OF wool, but every buyer buys Just
- he light o chap"
never ye, got better comparative price for
clean, Iisht lot Of wool. than Tor = heavy lot
You viii understand that do not advocate pct
ting up a dirty. heavy clip Of WOOL. only mean
70 say thai under the present systsm u buying,
no mar, III an, market, wili get pad tor putting
no a. clean aud nice clip as rnsny men would
take pride in, provided buyers we're wiling TO
pay tor such.
such wool BUYERS as come West will not pay
over 2 Or 3 c...l, per pound more for the very
cl..ne-t. highest ~Ool than for the sASas qua!it,
q. heavy AID greasy a. can Comfortably De put
Of TSe difference IN weight between two such
lots is ali VI Que pound 10 the fleece. For the
v.ry hight clean q p weighing z pounds u
the he.c. the buyer ali pay as cents per p0uGd;
for the very heavy clip. land by heavy, m-aD
greasy mot dnt,) lac will pay AZ Cents. On-
ptui d OF AZ c-ut grease, cones " AZ Cents u
tIx fleece 40 additional cents TO the pound on
a. Z clean clip, COMES ~ Q cents 10 the zee.
You see the oayer pays t.e honest conscientious
Rros.r, ~bo wishes ITO do the clean thing" q
bounty of nine Gents; he puts a dl-courager OF
heavy wool, TO the tua. Of iorty three ceIss into
the heavy ~ooi growers polk You can s.l
any amour. oi clean. white grease, 10 any WOO
b.yer; but II you suffer your grease to become
di.coloIed, he thinks it asi.i heavy. GreAs.
brings ~ iuuch as WOOL DIRT does lot.
W within u few Years, the question Of selling
wool without washing, Or ''in tue DIRT as It i,
called, has been d good deal discussed. Manu-
facturers, AID ~ooi buyers generally, profess Il
be 10 iavof vi tI, aud ain satisfied = 0ol growers
would like the Change, II buyers ard grover
eJud es Lau su far price !os wool ia that con
Iivi,.
Washing he' p Is, 10 me, the most vexaiious
job Connected With wool crossing, and one which
] would gladly BE- delivered from. know tha,
Sumo comteid that ~as Iiug 10 very heal
thy operation Tor the sheep, and l. NAV be but
oil sheep D-u kuow that sheep commonly get
in the couise ,i a month or lxO after shearng
-~.,h,ngs from rains. and d.shing summer
sho~~rs, a. eHectlve tor ali purposes Of heal b,
Is III tfley hau ucch pchbcu ~ All Jay, kicGeu ON
q bank into a creek, and hauled about and hail
dsosn.d by some nAii-Or wholly ''usnI" human
-IuhuunAn.
Why then, you ask, since wool buyers and
wool g,o~ef- are agreed on not washing, do you
st,li continue To wasn! l hardly know myself
bus the mann reason, l ,hink, 10 because that Il
would bc sucn au Innovations ON long establish d
usag-, tna.-IiSe all great cnsnges-it will TAX,
Some years vi agitation TO o,lmg about. On.
other reason IL ~ De found ia the price which
buyers at present pay tor unwsshed WOOL, aud
aud sh,ch they would like To establish a. the rate
iu Care ali woo as sold uu washed.
From shal have SAID about grease and heavy
wooi, YOU cau see that buyers much inte =
esteo Ia She change as gtOsera Their practice
la buying clip vi ~ooi, - To deduct So :.
Cent oa all ur,~a,ned h-eces. As re y-uer.l!.
have but fe~ such, We submit u this discv.u,
but Tar from being wiling u sell our entire
clip at the same rate. Nov there is uOI TINS df
fersLce in ~eight IN washed AID uuwashed woO
j douI care Ito" Clean it Is washed AID until
buyers are aiding To give u more liberal compxr
alive price for asued WOOL, they gill have ~
buy washed grease st The highest price.
MUOL GROWER.