The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1879-05-21
Preparing Wool for lIarke..
Some Timely and Valuable Sug-
gestions How 10 Handle Flee

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Some Timely and Valuable sug-
gestions How 10 Handle Flee
fces.
The National Live Sock Journal gives
some timely and valuabl esuggestions
TO wool growers in regard to prepar-
ing wool for market, as follows;
There is small room for doubling
that il is to the ultimate interest Of
sheepbreeders to SO cultivate their
focks as to induce the growth Of the
greatest possible weight Of cleansed
wool for their expenditure Of labor
and food, With each recurring sea-
son comes the usual avalanche Of ad-
vice from middlemen and manufac-
turers, toppedoff with an emblazon.
ment Of the great advantage to the
grower in placing his woods upon the
market in the lightest possible con.
dition. Certainly, no teaching Of
the Journal has been atyariance with
this proposition. There is, however,
one view Of the situation which the
complaining parties seem to have
overlooked; i. e, that the would-be
teachers are, BY their action, contin-
ually discouraging any general adop-
ton Of heir precepts.
Wool growers will average with
the best 81 humanity; butas the ma
jofity Of men will be found acting in.
the line Of their present advantage,
those who repeat to the wool-grower
the oft-reiterated maxims fayoring
clean washing, early shearing, neat
rolling, and minimum Of string, to-
day, and tomorrow offer them no
more, or very little more, than the
price paid for wool not SO systemat-
ically manipulated, must attribute
the failure Of their teachings to that
.excusable sel6shness Of man which
prompts him to realize for his capt.
tai and labor the maximum results
consistent with lawand equity. The
incentive to WOO. growing is money
making; and SO long as the fock-hol-
der can get more money for the
fleece of a sheep when unwashed, or
half-washed, or one that, after having
been properly washed, was allowed
to remain on the sheep until the
normal amount of grease had been
restored, Just SO long will fleeces be
found as heavy as legitimate means
can make them. The manufacturer
who expects an opposite result must
base such expectations upon ele-
ments of character seldom found out
side the lists Of those who are prompt
ed solely by philanthropy.
The growing and selling Of heavy
heeces-aoeces carrying large
amount Of grease and gums alto
gether Legitimate, so long as the sell
er practices no deception by conceal
ing the true condition Of his product.
The man who would buy an invoice
Of wool without examining its con-
dition and quality, or having such
examination made by some compe-
tent party, would find in bod carry
ing more appropriate field for the
display of his peculiar qualifications
than a wood-loft can ever afford. As
markets usually run, the grower gets
more, money per head of sheep for
heavy wool than for the same heeces
in the1ightest possible condition;
and 50 long as such a premium on
heavy feeces is held out to their
pockets, all appeals to the ears Of
men will be but as the noise of
sounding brass or q tinkling Gym
bal" Wool will, as a rule, be made
as light as possible, and its subse-
qnent manipulations attended to
with the most rigid oversight, when
ever the markets show premium
upon such observances; but until
that time very little change from the
present practices need be looked for.