The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1892-05-20

as had most important article sent me
from Boston, which wish 10 go before the
wool growers of Michigan:
HOW WOOL SHOULD BE PUT UP.
Among the improvements which the
grower should adopt in methods of prepar-
ing his WOO. for market. we would urge up
ON his attention the following:
All rubbish should be kept out or the
fieeces, which should put up with merely
one or two ties of the best hemp twine. or
glazed Irvine.
Sisal Irvine should not be used. Many
growers still fail to realize the injury to
their woods resulting from the use OF sisal
Irvine This ssal costs only or cents
per pound but il is weighed with wool cost
mig from 20 to 80 cents per pound, so that
the manufacturer has not only to make
reduction in price sufficient to protect him
self against loss in weight but also to guard
against the damage to the goods by the slsal
fibre
American hemp Irvine possesses many
advantages for use in tying heeceS, ana,
every thing considered, cost ETC., is, prehaps,
to be preferred to any other. 1t has strength
lightness and glazed surface, while its cost
is very much in its favor, it being about
half the price of the linen Irvine used in
Australia. 1t can be bought for ID cents
per pound. The linen Irvine, however, is
better, as it contains all the elements neces-
sary, and has already met with approval by
wool dealers who handle Australian wool.
In putting up wool for market, the dung
locks should be clipped OFF and thrown
away when shearng. AS to the stuffing of
fieeces with tags, etc., and the decrease in
the real value of the wool resulting there
from, the following letter from Mr.. Joseph
Walworth, of the Pacific mills, who is him
self large buyer of WOOL is well worthy
of perusal = = IN
"A few months ago needed to get up
sample of wool for a new cloth. l bought
10, 900 pounds of Australian unwashed at
the extreme price of 4215c per pound. |
also bought 10, 900 of washed Ohio combing
at 3616c per pound thinking to cheaper the
Australian and still have soft effect. What
was the result? The Australian was put up
honestly, no stuffing, and only string like
cotton thread to hold the fleece together,
while my crack lot of Ohio, which was prais-
ed to the skies, gave 1Sp per cent. of stuflings
and produced so little top that the Austral-
ian unwashed at 4219c produced as cheap a
top as washed Ohio at 36Tc. OF course,
we stick to the Australian, as the top is
worth deal more per pound in top than
the Ohio.
Lately was sent out in st. Louis, Chi
cago and Milwaukee. l found fieeces of wool
with three pounds of dung, or valueless stlf-
ing i'll one fleece. or 20 cents cheating in
one fleece; other fl 'eceS would have two lbs.
OF stuffing in one fleece, and those fleeces
had been taken for good wool by the local
buyer OF course, these We're extreme
cases. On the whole, | thought that St.
Louis and Chicago had improved somewhat
III putting up their wool; they do not try to
sell quite so much prairie soil at 25 and SOC.
per pound as formerly. While was away,
got crack lot of 80, 900 pounds unwashed
eombing wool in Milwaukee. This was,
undoubtedly, grand lot of wool especially
in front of the pile, and had to pay little
extra. Judge my surprise when we began
to pack. when we found nearly every fleece
stuffed, and not stuffed in clumsy man.
Rer. but In smart, cute, thief-like
manner, well calculated to deceive. | told
She owner that we should take all the stuff
mgs out if we packed the wool or we would
stop. He said we might go on. Among
the wool we found some great, big, clumsy
1eeces, that we were told were put up by
the Swedish settlers i'm Wisconsin. [ un-
did several of these clumsy fieeces, and
found in each case three feeces spread out
on one another, and not a particle of dis
honesty. We came to the conclusion that
the poor Swede was yet benghted foreigner
and, consequently, honest. Out of the So
600 pounds that we should have taken we
threw out 5000 lbs. of stuffing and rubbish.
] told the owner that l was surprised that
his 'Ocal buyers had taken such stuff. He
said they were forced to take it or lose their
srade. So concluded that they must make
II up in price paid the farmer. In view of
she general dishonesty of the farmers i'm put
NM hal
siency of local buyers of wool, | think you
are engaged in a praseworthy work in try
ing to make them do that which is right.
Bat am inclined to think that you have
steady job before YOU"
i have personal knowledge as to this lot
of wool bought in Milwaukee, as l person
ally examined 1t, with view to buying it
before Mr.. Walworth bought it, and his
statement Is correct. Farmers may talk
tariff until doomsday, but until they discard
the slovenly and dishonest manner of putting
up,their wool as has been their custom for
the past six or eight years, they must expect
to sell their wool cheap. Just refer back to
Mr.. WalwOrth's letter and see what percent.
of waste was in $4,000 pounds of crack
lot of woOl-9, 900 pounds or almost 20 per
cent. 1t is just so here in Michigan. [
have been buyer over twenty years. In
my early days of buying Michigan wool,
The shrinkage by cleansing was about
swenty-eight per cent. For the past six or
eight years, it has run So to So per cent. Is
1t any wonder our Michigan wool has be-
come so unpopular as it is today? There is
no lodging it when / say there is no wool
so little sought after as Wisconsin and
Michigan wool. Refer again to Mr.. Wal
worth's letter wherein he says: II bought
10000 pounds of Australian ,nDdshed at
421zc and 10000 pounds of Ohio mashed
nj 3616c." See the difference: Az for un-
washed, as against 36H for our iUdsIed.
Why Is 1t so? Simply because of the con-
aition of our wool, and nothing else. Now,
how to remedy it? Only one way. If you
Wosit your wool, ,Dosh IL don't drive your
sheep to some creek or lake to drink and
then call them washed), or, better still,
don't wash At all. Keep your sheep clean
and tag well before shearing; use no box to
put 1t up; use small linen or hemp Irvine;
bring your wool to market in the same con-
aition as you would expect to buy your
sugar or tea, and you will soon find ready
sale nj good prices, and it will be but a
Ss0rt time when our domestic wool will rank
* V should first i'm every market and be
sougbt after the same as Australian wool is
new. w. l.. LAMoREAUx.