Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1867-08-01
Heavy Wool.

Editors Ratiasd Herald In converse
tion with a highly intelligent superin-
tendent of q large wooden mandatory
few weeks since, he remarked that
"when we had a lot OF three or four
pound fieeces to sell he was ready TO
buy, but as for buying this greasy, gum
my, heavy wool, he would not do It,"
Now this gentleman was really so pred
JUDGED against what it pleased him to
term greasy, gummy, heavy WOOL"
that he would not touch 1t at any price,
in fact, any clip of wool that averaged
Ave pounds, was In his estimation, a
very oily lot; although In response to
our inquiry in relation to the quality OF
the wool when cleansed, he acknowledged
that when thoroughly cleansed, or to
use his words, "when you got at the
pure wool" the wool from our heavy
feeced merino sheep, was not surpassed
in this country for the majority of fab
RIGS manufactured here. We asked
which he preferred six pounds of
cleansed wool from one sheep or the
same amount from three7 Again he
truthfully acknowledged In favor of the
heavy fieeced sheep for the following
reason: Six pounds of wool from one
sheep is more uniform, as matter OF
course, than the same amount from three
different sheep. The wool, itself, is vastly
superior, the fibre stronger and more
elastic, and that portion of the fleece,
that is rated as third quality, is much
better, longer, etc. A fleece of wool is
divided in three grades the first Is that
portion that comes from side and back
the second from neck, outside Of legs
and head; the third from belly, inside OF
legs and scrotum, and the sheep that
produces six pounds of secured wool
generally has q long thick covering of
wool on the belly that is vastly superior
to the generality OF belly fleeces from
our two pound fleece sheep. We modest.
ly suggested that as it naturally cost
somewhat more to keep three sheep than
one, that II we could realize as much
profit from one as from three, and as it
seemed to US that the heavy fleeced
sheep seemed to please him the most
judging from mis- Acknowledgements, we
thought we would prefer to grow the
six pound fleece to make money on.
Some Of our readers may say we have
taken too heavy fleece as an example;
but the same principle would apply to
lighter ones, and 1t Is well known
throughout the country, that we have
merino sheep that have produced eight
pounds and orer Of pure secured wool.
The great trouble in relation to selling
heavy wool is just here. The great
mass Of wool buyers are unable to dis
criminate in regard to the quantity of
extraneous substances in the fleece and
are determined to set the price lo,o enough
to cover any amount of oil and grease.
We have known manufacturers to make
forty per- cent more in working up lot OF
heavy wool than they ever made on a
light lot. As general thing they think
how much of this will cleanse away and
not how much will be left after it is
cleansed; they have mounted their hob
by and have ridden it well, but they are
now beginning to open their eyes and
find Figures wont lie," and that they
must take care of dollars and cents. All
the wool grower asks, is Just dswtmina-
ton in regard to the condition of his
clips we have no doubt but that there
are lots Of wool in which are little
wads OF grease, that need q tremend-
oss shrinking, but the buyers must not
take such lots for criterion as fire.
quently clip, averaging seven or eight
pounds is better bargain at fifty
cents pound than some other lots at
the same price, which will not average
half that.
BREvET INFANTADo.