The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1865-06-14
The following Articles from The n

noW. ANY metnOu tnat VIII reach and
remedy the evils of the wool trade should
and we doubt not will be, cheerfully ac-
ceptcd by all honest wool-growers,
A few days ago we received the follow
ing inquiry from commission wool house
in St. Louis, Missouri:
SIN your issue of the 9Th inst, in the
wool report, we read as follows: "NIan-
ufacturers are determined to accept mel.
Their unwashed, half washed nor washed
bucks, except at "A discount of one-tnird. $
Being unacquainted with the mode of
conducting the wool trade in New York.
you will much oblige by explaining it in
an editorial, especially the extract above. s.
There are few persons engaged in the
wool business who are not aware that it
has long been the custom to deduct one
third from the weight OF unwashed ncoces,
this being about the average which they
would shrink more than those which
have been well washed but there are a
large number Of fleeces in every purchase
which are in such condition, that it has
always been matter of controversy be-
tween buyer and seller whether the sheep
had ever been in the water or not. the
seller invariably claiming that they had,
the buyer maintaining that they never
had. 1T the dealers were VERY anxious
to sell, then the buyers argument pre-
VAILED; but if the anxiety of the buyer
exceeded that of the dealer, then the
weight of the argument was on the side
OF him who sold, and the wool was de-
clared to be washed But this contro-
versy has been brought to close the
last Winter and the present Spring; and
all iieeces about which the slightest
doubt may be raised, and those which
both would agree the sheep had been in
the water, but was badly washed, aie
classed with the unwashcd, and subject
to the same deduction. Bucks heeces
about which there was no doubt. all par
ties agreeing that they were washed, yet
the ends of the staples being full of gum
and the staple full of grease, and though
manufacturers never claimed any deduc-
ton for them before, they never liked to
purchase them if they could avoid it..
These are now subjected to the same de-
duction; so that the custom may now be
said to be fairly established in all the
Eastern markets, to dednct for all wool
which does not give unmistakeable evil
dcnce Of having Decn washed, and all
washed bucks fleeces, onc-third Of the
weight.
Since the washed and unwashed bucks
heeces, are both subject to the same de-
duction, we do not in the future expect
to meet with many washed bucks heeces
and we hope that the sytem which has
been inauguratcd will work the great OBJ
jcct for which it is ntended-that of com
polling dealers to make close examina-
tiCn of the condition of all heeces before
they purchase. This will be one OF the
greatest benefits that ever camo TO the
farmer who washes his wool well and
brings it in good condition into the mar
kct. Neither will any we think, be so
foolish as to risk deduction OF one-third
for allowing their sheep just TO swim
through the water, but they will either
wash well or not at all.
Should this system work well during the
coming season, we may expect another
year to see campaign against heavy
strings. We may expect a deduction on
account of extra weight Of strings of
about five per cent The sheep sheariug
season is close AT hand, and it is very i'm
portant that the farmers should understand
these things in order that they may act
undcrstandmgly and prepare for the great
change winch now appears TO be await
ing them. lie who has always labored
hard to bring his wool into the market in
good condition will rejoice that brighter
day is just about to dawn, and that he is
going TO reap the long delayed reward
which sooner or lator is the lot of him
who never wearies in doing we'll
The adoption of the system TO which
we have referred has been serious loss
TO the dealers during tho season of stigma
ton, for a great many had bought indis-
crminitely, without much reference to
either washed or unwashcd. If they met
with farmer who did not did not wash
at all, his wool wonld be bought for I'M
washed, but during the washing some
sheep will get away from the washers Ell
Their before or after going into water,
these have frequently been sold to dealers
for washed wool, and now when they are
submitted TO very rigid examination.
and this class of wool thrown out and
subject TO deduction Of one-third the
weight, it comes ut time when they can
little bear such deduction, for, when ad-
ded to the fall off in price from what they
bough. at, it makes very heavy loss,
and if added 10 what they might have
sold for last Fall, it makes that loss such
tremendous one, and produces such an
impression upon their minds that we do
not expect to find them buying without
seeing that the wool is in such a condition
that it can be bought without being liza
BILE TO deduction when in the Eastern
market; and those farmers that have been
i'll the habit of only half washing their
wool may expect that the day has gone
by when they can receive as much for it
as those who wash well. Depend upon
it, that nothing bur washed wool, done
up in the best possible manner, will bring
the best price, and he who would stand
at the head of his neighbors for obtaining