Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1880-03-26

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ORGANIZATION OF The WOOL
GROWERS ASSOCIATION.
oFFIC NRs ELECTED--1NTER-
EsT1NG ECTs FOR FUTURE
USEFULNESS,
&C. &C.. &C.. 5plN
On Monday last, an adjourned meeting
of the Wool Growers Association, OF Au-
gusta. was held at the Court House, for
its permanent organization. Some ntty
gentlemen, all engaged in sheep raising,
were present, though, it being court day
many prominent in this industry, such as
Messrs Pratt. McCue and other wei! known
gentlemen, were absent. On motion OF
Mr. A. M. Bowman, Capt. JOHN n. Opie
was called to the chair and MI. II. FRANK
Larew made Seer, tary. The committee
appointed at the former meeting to propose
business, submitted th' following resolu-
tions empodyiug the oil jects of the Assocl-
alton:
Resotted By the sheep raisers OF Augusta, III
council assembled:
ton 10 re known DIS 1.-The Augusta Wool Growers
Association
"a II hat the objects of the Association shall be-
The advancement OF the general iuterests OF Wonl
growers and sneep breeders throughout the county
and state the PROMOTION Of s!eep husbandrs by
legislative enactmentS the adoption OF system Tor
disseminating information concerning the demand
for, and price OF flock products; the extension OF
Sneep raising throughout oar county aud stale by
inducing moe OF oul iarme S to grow steep Jnd ny
inviting capitalists aid farmers from abroalto 10
cafe III midst and engage i'll the enerp Use: the
discussion OF subjects pertaining to sheep huscan-
I'd The officers of the Association shall consist If
a ireside Mt and SIX VicePIesdenis Cone from each
magisterial districD q Secretary and treasurer
(boh Offices 10 be filed by he same person) and an
Executive Committee coin, osed Of the President,
Vicc-Presiuents and six OTHER PERSONS so
The bylaws which ere reported with
tie above are brief and require among
otuer things that tie entrance fee for
membership should be 81. and that the
meetings shall be held quarterly, except
called meetings. NC.
MIDDLE MEN"
Mr.. a. NJ. Bowman, ftom the commit
tee. explained the intent of the rcsolu-
tions. He thought thai the dissemination
of information would have to be given
eff ct by the appointment Of committee
of correspondence whn should get from the
consumers the state OF the market and pri-
CTS, procure their publication in our county
papers, and also obtain information bear
| ing on the objects of tie Association The
rs ablisilment of closer relations with the
| consumers would enable tue wool growers,
| ST id Nj. Bowman (langhingly turning to
| Mr.. z. b. Sllblett, con MISSION merchant)
| to dispense with our friend, Mr.. Sublett,
| (laughter).
| Mr.. SuDlett said he felt quite as much
| Interested in the grow th Of wool as any
gentlemen here, having last year bought
d hundred thousand pounds Of it. He
thought he had also disseminated some
| information about it for, in order to let the
Augusta growers know what those mys-
tic brands of * "X ,n.sX Xxx" and
mo. T. meant, he had sent to Boston and
gotten samples SO that our growers here
might see and know how the wool was
graded for each brand.
! Mr.. Bowman said that of course he had
not intended to reflect on MIR. s S USE
fitness, for he had sold his last wool crop
to him and would Pre- badly sell his next;
but what he meant was that middle
| men, might be dispensed with altogether
! by showing consumers where the crop was
and thereby bringing hem to the spot.
Mr.. Sublett in reply, good humoredly in
sisted that he was no5a middle man, (much
laughter).
WHAT MIGHT BE DONE IN WOOL
| GROWING.
Mr.. Bowman thought that there was
great advantage to the grower in publici-
ty; even the publication Of the proceedings
of these meetings would attract attention
elsewhere. Ours is sleep growing region
far superior to that OF breat Britain and vet
England in the proportion OF sheep to tile.
acreage has eighty sheep to our one. To.
| disseminate the knowledge OF the suitable
| ity of our soil to the growth of sheep
| should be ore of the u Tin objects OF this
| Associai ion.
The resolutions reported by the COM
mlttee were adopted.
THE ENROLMENT OF ii LENDERS AND
ELECTION OF OFFICERS
Col. s. a. East. as q member of the
committee which had reported the bylaws
about to he acted on, said that the sum of
81 liked by them as an entrance fee was
probably larger than necessary. There
would be little expense attending the i'll
auguEa5ion of the wol king of the Associa-
ton and would consequently be very little
use for money.
Mr.. Koiner moved that the sum be fixed
at SO cents. which was adopted.
The following gentlemen then enrolled
as members of the Association.
z. b. Conner, Il. j. Williams,
M. f. Gilkeson, DR.. D. W. Hanger,
"A. M. Bowman, John E. Hamilton,
samuel "A. East, Jas. A. Kemper,
John N. Opie, Samuel f. Pilson,
Tt. 5. Hogshead, Lewis Hartman
W. f. Gl'keson, j. H. Callison,
n. u mccormick. S. Brown Allen.
=. "A. TURK, R. F. Larew,
T. D. ouolett' John Churchman,
samuel forrer, Rudolph Turk.
G. W. Koiner.
"A number OF other names would howe
been on the list but for absence Of the
gentlemen.