Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1877-07-25
FARM AND FlREsIDE.
The Uses Of the Several Kinds efWssl.

producer of raw material in learning
the uses to which his proddcts are put
when manufactured. Many people
keep different breeds of sheep, and have
often but misty notion Of the purpos'
es to which the wool Of each variety is
applied. In this connection, Leonard
Drane lately read, at the annual meet
ing Of the Kentucky Wool-Growers'
Association, an address on wool and
its classification for market. Besides a
full account of the special subject which
he proposed to treat of, the speech was
rich IN other information connected
with sheep husbandry, and we have
therefore here condensed it for the
benefit of our readers.
1t has been asked Of manufacturers.
What is the most pressing necessity
ofyour manufacture ?" and answered,
"We want more domestic wool )" but l
would say. we want more domestic wool
improved to suit the manufacturer.
There are forty-six mills in the United
States that use foreign wool entirely,
and seven hundred and sixty-seyen that
use both domestic and foreign wool, OF
nine hundred and th!rty.one mills using
seventy per cent. Of foreign wool.
Would manufacturers import wool il
they were supplied at home with the
various kinds they want to use? They
would not.
l have condensed the uses Of wool
into three classes from Mr.. J. L. Hays
report to the Department Of Agricul-
ture in 1872. Merino wool is used in
opera and common flannels, blankets,
shawls, shirts, vests, skirts, drawers,
cardigans, hose, fancy eassimeres, mel
tons, overcoats, light coatings, fancy
cloakings, some varieties Of delaines,
coburgs, cashmeres, ladies' dress goods,
and all mixtures Of wool with shoddy
the longest and finest Merino woods
are used to carry wool substitutes. The
peculiar excellence Of Merino woods is
found in the soundness and strength OF
all goods they are used in.
Combing woods are used in shawls,
fancy knit goods, ladies' fancy cloak
ings, serges, moreens, alpacas. cloth
Innings, mohair lusters, lasting, demasks
for furniture, furniture covering. cur
tains, table-cloths, reps for furniture
and curtains, webbing for reins. girths.
suspenders, flags, military sashes. cords
and tassels. nubias, braids, bindings,
ETC., etc.
Coarse woods are used in common
fiannels, blankets, also the noils OF
coming wool. The warps Of ingram
carpets, two or three-ply, consume oul
coarsest long woods the shortest sta.
pied coarse woods are used for filing,
We should grow in Kentucky bes'
pure Lincolnshire. Cotswold, Ram
boullet Merinos, and Soushdowns, and
cross them on our native sheep aud
each other until we establish new races
Kentucky stands fourteenth in humble!
OF sheep, compared to other States ii
I576-Indiana. 100000, Iowa, 1868,
900; Missouri, 1924, 200; Wisconsin
l62, 800; Illinois, 1911, 900; Michigan
$3.50, 900; Ohio, 1916, 600; California
6.750.000; and Kentucky, 5000; il
the United States, 100000 to Sc,
100000. There are three States tina
have more sheep than Kentucky pro
duces pounds OF wool. No ANNA
pays better profit. The clip Of th'
United States for 1876 was about 200
COG. 900; of England, Ireland, and Scot
land, about l62, 100000, mostly comb
ing; Of the Continent Of Europe, abou
400, 900, 600; Of Australasia, about $50,
100000; Of Buenos Ayres and River Il
Plata, about 100000. These ar
the principal wool-growing countries o
the world, and produced 1882, 0O0, 00
out Of the estimated 1.4l9, 100000 OF
the entire globe.
The value ofall kinds of wool is de
termined by its strength, luster. work
ing qualities and shrlnkage. Wool i
divided by governments for tariff, an
wool merchants, into three classes
Clothing, Combing, and Carpet. and
produced in quantities in this order
Kentucky wool should be classed a
combing, delaine. medium coarse an
black. Wool merchants separate eacl
division into as many classes, as Their
are distinct qualities Of staple in eacl
division, to suit the purchaser. Manu-
facturers take the feeces, putting then
into as many classes as there are dis
tinct qualities Of staple in each fleece
according to its length, color, luster, etc
except the cumming locks, which the
will not buy unwashed.
Clothing wool is generally divide
into three classes-ine. medium, an
coarse. The average price for fifty
three years, since 1924, for each class
per washed pound, is for fine 6llc.; nae
dun, 561c.; coarse, Ale. or nearly SO
per pound less on each class as it grow
coarser. Average price per washe
pound Australian in London, from 1856
to 1870. inclusive, as estimated by Nj
Bond, 432c. gold. Counting freights
commissions, ETC., for same period, til
average price in currency for washe
Australian, would be Soc. per pound i
New York, or 19c. more than any (
or clothing woods, and 29c. more tina
for our coarse woods. Card or x wool
are required to be fine, short in staple
full Of spiral curls and serratures.
Combing wool consists in drawing on
the fibers straight and PARALLEL; the
twisting into yarn, called worstsd, 18th