The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-08-30
TILE WOOL coNrnoYEs.Y.
Shall We Raise spanisii or saxonJ
what DO Our sheep Men say?

Shall We RRtse spanish or saxonJ
what DO Our sheep Men say?
10 ne Editor o. he Iatelli0sRee.
sIR:-Havipg read San editors opinion
on WOOL" also the farmers opinion Of
wool, in your issue OF the 94th inst, we
will now give you the opinion OF one who
is neither en- editor nor farm. Your
Valley Grove correspondent dwells con-
siderably upon the Gue qualities Of the
Spanish wool as now raised oy most wool
growers in Pennsylvania, West Virginia
and Ohio. He fairly admits that tarmeis
in general do not give the exact facts in
regard to the class Of wool they grow, when
the wool.buyer comes around. Knowing
as they well do that Saxony wool in good
condition will bring from 10 10 cents per
pound more than The high-bred Spanish.
In fact the secured pound OF tine Saxony
will bring so cents per pound more than
the general run OF Spanish cllps, when
cleansed for the cards. Your correspon.
dent must be in the line Of raising this
Spanish stock as your editorial appears 10
have stirred him up TO the defense OF grow
ing this heavy gum-stuck wool. This Is tho
class OF wool that ia now mostly raised.
This gum and grease is what makes tbs big
heavy Aeecee; this gum will not wash out
on the sleeps back and the more oil this
in the fleece the better for the farmer,
when he can sell to some buyer that does
not know the difference between the two
classes Of wool. That high.bred Spanish
woods are pretty well gum:stuck, no one
need deny-it Is selt.evident fact.
We will name one case. The Hon. Sam
uel Jewett, oil Independence, No, who, by
the way, has from 400 to 500 Spanish
sheep, had a celebrated ram valued at
$3.50, which was shorn in the spring OF
1851. The unwashed fleece weighed 273'I
pounds. 1t was then secured out by II
manufacturer, made ready for the cards,
and then weighed only q pounds, loss |
Of q pounds or nearly ~ per cent Of the
unsecured weight. Now, was this gum
stuck or not? This wool was then valued
at 10 cents the secured pound or 81 Y, |
the value OF the cleaned fleece.
Now take titstclass buck OF Saxony
blood. Well-bred ne will shear about u
pounds OF nice, fine, white wool, not yell
low gum. In cleaning for the cards this
will lose about 10 per cent, leaving 4 40
pOulup VI nlEb NUOIt NDlku dpuub III w |
per pound, or 81 SO for the secured fleece.
The value OF the 273 pounds unwashed
would not be more than from 10 to IS cents
per pound, and il buyer would offer les
than % or 20 cents he would get himself
insulied because he did not want to buy
q pounds Of gum or yellow grease. |
We have examined thorough bred and
grade Spanish sheep, and We have the first
one to see that has no gum in the wool.
All have it more or less, and it is OF such
q character, that no one can tell what will
be the loss in such wool by handling them.
We are confident that these woods are often
bought at such price that the secured
pound is not worth to the manufacturers
by two or three cents what the gum pound
cost him. The general grade OF wool grown
in this section is far below that grown here
twenty years ego. Will Your correspondent
please inform us, why two agents left Bos
ton last week for Australia. Was it to buy
gum stuck wool, or was it to buy class Of
fine wool such as could not be got here?
let him answer.
In conclusion We will say that such weol
as is used in the manufacture OF fine all.
wool cassimeres is not grown in such guam
iity in the United States US should be.
We have seen flocks Of SAxony sheep, OF
800, with good constitution, white wool, no
foot rot, in every respect, We believe, super
ior to the same number OF Spanish sheep
10 be found anywhere to-day. D.