The Columbus journal., 1893-09-06
AND HOUSEHOLD.
GOOD WOOL AND HOW 1T
CAN BE PRODUCED.
Fine Wool IL Growing In Demand
About EgEs-NO Refow Of Sap
Tariff ON Animals-HOrticulturSl
Hints and Household Helps.
To Make Wool More Profitable.


There has been a steadily increas-
Ing demand of late years for fine
grades Of wool, and while foreign
1rowths have had a tendency to COM
pete successfully with Our home
grown poorer grades of wool, they
have practically had no effect upon
the sale OF the finer grades. it is to
this point that farmers should have
their attention drawn frequently,
tor very many who 60 into the sheep
business think that wool is just the
same, no matter how grown They
ssc,ve good blooded stock, and nat
urally expect that these high priced
animals produce good, sslable wool.
Tbey are somewhat astonislicd when
they find that after all more depends
upon the proper care Of the sheep
than upon the breed. Poor and COM
mon grade woods in this country are
not in great demand. They are not
profitable to the sheep grower, n
it is the class of sheep raisers that
grow this wool whom we always hear
complaints from.
Fine, home made WOODEN clothes
are daily growing in popular demand
here, says the American CultivatOr,
and the large mills ire absorbing
s~ch grades of wool rapidly. People
who wear these clothes are willing
to pay fair prices for them, and the
mills consequently offer a premium
for the fine grades of wool. We can
depend upon this demand a great
deal better than we can ON any
short-lived fad for an inferior article.
There are a few points about wool
that even the old experienced flock
master, as we'll as the beginner might
think about. The fine grade of wool
that takes we'll to-day is the one that
has a good fine staple. but not too
silky in fiber. The wool is graded
often according to the even develop
ment of it.
If developed evenly it will resist
tension equally. This wool can be
woven freely and easily by the mills,
and it makes good cloth that will be
equally strong in all parts. No breed
alone will produce such wool. The
finest breed in this world, unless at
tended to properly will not give an
evenly developed wool fiber. The
strength and development of the
fiber depends upon the uniform good
health and vigOr of the animals, and
if these are checked in any way the
fiber will be long and strong in some
places and weak and short in others.
This production of inferior wool is
caused by every neglect to feed the
animals regularly. by starvation and
by exposure to inclement weather.
They all combine to injure the fiber
so that it cannot pass muster as a
fine grade. If treated in this way
continually, the patches of poor fiber
will increase in number so that the
wool will degenerate annually, and
finally become so poor that it does
not pay to keep the sheep.
Good staple should also be evenly
fabricated along in its whole length,
and this can only be accomplished by
having the animals in perfect health.
If growers would stop to think of
how much this neglect Injuries the
fiber of their wool when placed upon
the markets they would give more
attention to their animals. We must
have good. stock, but more than that.
we must have the time and patience
to grow good wool by attending to
the sheen.