The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-03-31
THg WOOL MARKEr.
Prospects Hereabonts Thh Spring
cheese MakinE as Compared With


time quite bearish In his view Of prices,
and looks for the market to open here.
abouts at 81 and % cents this season.
Reporter-Will the farmers be willing
to sell at such prices?
Dir. H.-Noj they will hold of. Only
those will sell who are compelled to.
Reporter Can they afford to sell at
such prices?
Mr.H.-No; farmers hereaboutscan not
afford 10 sell wool under 80 cents pound.
Reporter-Do you look for an improve.
ment in pricesP
Mr.. HI cannot see anything 10 mater.
tally advance prices. The manufacturers
have been supplying themselves this
winter In order to avoid any pressing
necessity TO buy this spring.
Reporter-Since the farmers cannot
raise wool at less than 80 cents what is 10
become Of the industry?
Mr.. HIT will seek the cheap lands OF
Texas, Oregon, California and the great
West, where wool can DO probably raised
at 10 cents per pound. Our farmers must
go into dairying, making cheese, which Is
q business that can not well be overdone,
and that has apparently a great future be
fore II. Had itnot been for the cheap hay OF
last year our farmers could not have afford
cd 10 have fed their sheep and sold their
wool at 3Ocents. II hay had been $40 to
Sl9 per ton instead Of s. TO 50, you would
have seen q great many sheep killed for
their pelts, One dry season may produce
this result.
Reporter-You do not then expect 10
see old times come again in sheep raising
and wool growing in this part OF the coun.
try.
Mr.. H.-Hardly, for the reasons stated
Land is too high in this region to com.
pete with the cheap lands Of the west and
south west, and when feed is high 1t pays
better to sell II than to winter sheep, I'm
less wool Is much higher than at present.
Reporter. makes you think that
cheese making would be more profitable?
Mr.. H.-Because Of the large and In.
creasing export demand for cheese
Cheese is like meat and bread, it is always
in demand, and those who are engaged In
its manufacture down in Monroe county,
Ohio, are getting rich. It seems 10 me
that 1t is the natural future occupation Of
the farmers in this part Of the country.
In confirmation Of this view Of Mr..
Horkheimer's, we may refer our readers
to late issue OF the ISTELLIOEScERw where
in occurred all account OF q meeting at
Houstonville, Washington county, Pa,
at which the cheeso question was quite
fully and intelltgently disCussed.-Among
other things, it was stated that more
money could be made furnishing milk at
6 cents per gallon TO clieesery than in
any other way. Prof Adney, Of Wash.
ington College, who was present, stated
that "the authorities agree that the Coun.
try possessinga varied surface and mum.
erous springs Of pure water is best adapted
for cheese making, as the milk partakes
largely Of the water used by the
cows. II is estimated that twenty.
FIVE pounds Of average milk will
make five pounds Of cheese or two OF but.
ter. Take for illustration the proposed
factory. Three hundred COWS will furnish
900 gallons per day for a period OF seven
months. Anime pounds TO the gallon this
will make $40 pounds OF cheese, which ut
the low price OF eight cents per pound will
amount 10 S4S 20 per day, and upwards OF
$1,000 for the season. After paying one.
sixth TO the cheese maker, the farmer
would realize $S7 so from each COW. The
same amount Of land that pastures one
COW will be required for ten sheep. The
wool from those sheep will bring Sl5 ut
present prices, making difference Of
so 90 in favor Of cheese. The consump.
ton Of cheese can be trcbled in this coun.
try, and will be, II a good article Is manu-.
iactured.P aHF
The Washington county meeting passed
the following resolution at its adjourn.
ment:
| ReOlred, That owing to the lateness OF
the season, il will not be possible to make
all the necessary arrangements to start a
cheese factory at this time, but that VIC
have faith in the practicability OF the pro.
ject, and shall endeavor to putt into opera.
ton in the fall 10 be ready for the summer
Of 1850.
After our reporter had CLEANED Mr..
ltorkheimer's views on the wool question,
he called on Mr.. Henry X. List 10 ascer.
tain what he thought OF the outlook. lie
found things very quiet at Mr.. Lists wool
house. Very little woolis on hands there,
most OF Mr.. LIS holdings being in Phila.
delphia and Boston. He said that he
hardly knew what to think about wool.
He thought 1t cheap and safe last year at
30 cents, but had found 1t Improbable
enough at that price. lie Concurred with
Mr.. Horkheimcr that wool was not likely
to open at over % TO 2S cents, and he
couldn't tell whether he would be willing
10 buy at that price or not. II it should
happen 10 strike quarter he would buy
| nFeftv frnalv Ha said that tbo EoIln,r; -,
letter from Edward A. Greene & Co., Of
Philadelphia, expressed his views OF tho
wool market Mt this time.
PTLADILpnlA, March %, 1870.
We are receiving numerous inquiries
from Virginia and Maryland regarding
tho prospects Of the new clip. As vet Il
is impossible TO give any definite informa.
ton, further than to say that prices will
be considerably below those oil last year.
II seems to us that it would be well TO
inform growers that such will be the case,
and that such Is the depressed state of the
wooden goods market, that while prices
arc very low there is not enough margin
in goods to allow OF an advance in wool.
We would caution buyers TO be-rarefuI
about wet wool, and also to remove tho
dung from every fleece before paying for
It Thesetwo items have caused great loss
10 the buyers, and il growers understand
that dung and water will not be pail for
We think you will get your wool in better
condition. Also avoid bury wool. The
most desirable wool this year will be the
medium clothing, which will probably
BRING, as much or more than the long
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