River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1895-06-06
FARM ANDiGARDEN.
SPREADING A FLEECE.
Hints About Tyirg Up Wool to the fses
AdrautAge.

Hints About Tyirg Up Wool to the Best
Advantage.
Our method is to tie up by hand with
put the help OF any xoy or press. Use
4 table by feet sand feet high
Have a half-inch hole through the
middle of the baclS edge, through
which TO pass the vine, ard notch
directly opposite in the front side in
which to fasten the q hi of the Irvine.
We thus use a singleeord. The fleece
IS placed upon the tsble very much as
in any method of ". ng. always turn
the fleece, however, fin such way as
TO have the neck end of the fleece next
to me. append rough outline of a
fleece spread upon the table, indicating
by the dotted line th'. place for divid-
ing the fleece.
A fleece needs to be lined to give il a
good appearance ans keep it from pull.
ing apart. After spreading it upon the
table draw the fleece together, com
pressing TIE fiber as icl osely as practic.
able, then divide the fleece as indi.
Gated, thus partially skirting the fleece
as this takes off thea coarser fibers on
the lower part of thA fore legs and oi
the neck; raise this carefully and place
il with white end down upon the body
fleece, covering this as well as possible.
Next lay the wool Il bonn the belly upon
this, place the loose,l clean locks upon
this, and the fleece is ready TO fold.
The fleece will now sie in q somewhat
irregular square, longer possibly
across the fleece than the measurement
from tail to shouldef.
Fold these edges, the front and back
inward first until they nearly meet
then make doubls fold or roll the
right-hand end up; holding this in
place with the rignt hand bring the
left-hand end up lin the same way
catching it with tn. right hand; Will
the left hand bring fhe string from the
back of the fleece, chen with pressure
by the left hand h,!ld the fleece in DO
sition while tn e end of the String is
brought up with the other hand. Thi:
first knot ought 70 catch the last
point of the fleece Plat was turned up
SO as to hold the fleece in form, though
no other cord were put about it. With
a single knot at this point pass the
Irvine around at right angles, tying al
the same point. tf the fleece is small
and the fibers hold well together, this
is all the Irvine necessary. But in
large loose fieeces it should be passed
around twice morf drawing in what
might be termed tive corners of the
fleece. This is all bye ever place about
the fleece, thus having but one closely
tied bow knot. WQnever make prac
tice of trying to get on as much Irvine
as possible. | havd seen fleeces put VI
in presses with fsur separate knots
each containing nat less than foot o.
Irvine. This PRACTICE, combined with
that of using the coarsest, heaviest
Irvine obtainable, las mitigated against
the American wool industry very
greatly.
A couple of years we tried using the
small hemp cord recommended by
manufacturers. bat there was no finan
cial encouragement for its continu
ance, and as 1T now costs more thar
the wool will bring per pound, we ar,
again using the cd nmon wool Irvine
We are careful, however, get 1
light, smooth twin4.
With this method of tying it re
quires about four pounds to the hun
dred feeces The advantages of this