Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1896-07-02
STUTSMAN COUNTY SHEEP.
Wool Being Brought to Market
BY Flockmasters Of the
County.
The Industry Holding lts Own
In Spite Of the Low
Prices.

with tho clumsy looking burlsp. covered
bundles OF fleece. II. B. Allin 10 about the
only buyer in the field Cow though out
eide buyers are expected to flock in after
Jnly l to bid on tho stocks now being
stored. Last year Stutsman county
wool growers ASSOCIATION handled $4,000
pounds which was sold to eastern buy
ers at On average Of about 1Oc-some Of
the wool brought SO and some lilo &C.
coding to quality. Mr.. Allin last season
handled about $4,000 pounds. The total
amount marketed here last year was
about 125,0OO pounds and 1t is expected
that the amount will be about the same
this year. The heeces this year average
somewhat lighter than last year-some
say 25 per cent-becsuse Of the heavy
rains which have washed the feeces free
Of dirt and much Of the grease and
made them much clearer than usual.
Then, too, the sheep sre being graded
up for the production Of coarser wool
and larger mutton. Many Montana
sheep have been brought in here, largely
Merinos, that produce heavy, fine
wool. Gradually an admixtufe of Ok
ford Downs, Shropshires and some Cots,
wolds have been graded in. They are
considered harder. make larger NUT
ton and yield higher grade of wool
though the Heeces are much lighter.
On the whole, however, they are more
valuable and make up in different ways
for the loss in weight Of fleece.
The sheep came through last winter in
good shape and though the season 10 q
little late, the Aeeces are averaging up
we'll. Last year some wool was marketed
here from outside OF the county.
Some Of the sheepmen are storing
their wool and refusing to sell at the
present low price. They are waiting in
hopes Of relief to the industry from the
next congress.
Geo. House Of Kenssl, whose little
flock is we'll taken care Of brought in hie
clip OF 1000 pounds, averaging eight
pounds to the Aesce. Nj. Sohallsnde,
Of Montpelier, also brought In 1.OC
pounds, the product Of his band of about
14O head. John Reynolds, from the
Reynolds & Clock ranch north Of Wind
sor, brought in ton Of wool. The yield
averaged about seven pounds. Geo.
Mckenzie Of Kenssl, marketed 1000
pounds Of 611 pound feeces; J. B. Smith
10000 pounds running about 81 pounds
and o. v. johnson q clip that il in
storage. 81. b. Allen bas about the
havisst heeoes reported this season. Hia
aock on his farm near the Wright
brothers, few miles south of the city
yielded fleeces which ranged from 8 to
81 pounds esch-sud tho wool of good
quality.
Wool when shipped in sacks, require.
to be closely packed in order to got TO-
600 pounds into . car % ss to secure the
lowest freight tariff -car load rates
Much Of the wool marketed here in sacke
has 10 be repscked and filled to the
utmost. When thus filed they average
about 800 pounds each, ranging from 225
to 400 pounds. The big burlsp sackt
are suspended IN frame and the deecee
tramped down compsctly by man with
stout pair of legs who is completely hid.
den from sight in the big bag when at
work. The suffocatinR order of the
wool il grown accustomed to and is not
noticed by the men who handle the
heeces, which are loosely tied together
with binding twlne.