Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1896-04-29
THE PUTTING UP OF WOOL.
Timely Suggestions to Growers in Pre-

Timely Suggestions to Growers in Pre-
pairing Their F1eeces ior Market.
The following article by f. j. HUI
ing. in the American wool and cotton
Reporter, is given the JOURNAL
through the courtesy OF VIM. Brown
& Co., the Salem wool buyers, whose
advertisement appears in this paper,
and is worthy the perusal OF every
sheep grower In Oregon. Mr.. Hullng
says;
1t is my opinion, writes cores
pondent, after compllmenting the Re-
porter on it's monthly sheep edition,
that more wool is badly prepared for
market through ignorance than
through intention to deceive or de-
fraud. But IL is fact that much
wool is handled on the ranches In
such way that there II loss to some
one, which may be avoided. If the
man who buys wool from the grower
uses good judgment, the grower Is the
loser. If the grower 'sticks" the
bnyer, by deceiving him or permitting
him to deceive himself, he Ito use the
translation OF a Mexican expression
which covers the case pretty well)
"dismerits" his wool, and causes the
buyer to be more than cautious on
second trade. And without any deli
mite understanding on the subject,
F buyers In general sooner or later
BECOME WELL INFORMED
on parties who have the name for poor
packing of their wool.
As a beginning: In some districts OF
Colorado especially, the prevalence OF
4 cockle burrs on the range is u great
evil. Many sheep owners follow the
practice OF having the burrs picked
from the fieeces by hand before shear
Ing, and some let them remain In the
wool. From my own experience, both
as sheep owner and wool dealer, / be-
lieve that II is preferable TO pick the
burrs from the fleece before shearing.
The total expense is more than gained
by the grower. III there are few, the
Expense is light. II there are many,
there is more need for IT, While some
buyers make light OF the presence of a
few burrs, the fact remains that sooner
or later somebody
HAS TO REMOVE THEM
from the wool at expense. And my
OWN experience is that can take
hem out cheaper and more satisfac-
IDrily on the ranch at the shearing
bens than can in the securing mill,
tf which am manager.
In the shearing pens, among Ameri-
y IN sheepmen, 1 do not find II 50 often
De case that the shearing Is done In
1irty places, as that much which
&hould be left out OF the wool-tags,
&Feepings, etc.-are packed inside
BE fleeces or scattered through the
4scks, instead OF being packed separ-
nIely. Tags and sweepings, with
HOol so low as has been the case in the
nast year or two, hardly pay the
eight. Yet buyer would prefer to
NJ all he can get for them, TO be as
<Nfed by their separate packing that
Ney are not scattered through the
pol, than to have them packed in
ny other way. And when they are
'eked apart,
THE QUANTITY Is KNOWN,
N1ile judicious buyer, In examining
pol, is bound TO discover them, and
packed in the fleeces will over
Eimate, rather than underestimate,
'e quantity present.
tying fieeces, il is mistake TO
sisal binder twine in any event.
tter by far leave the fieeces unified
.Rn use it. Fibers OF this twlne sep
Hte and become mixed In the wool,
H operate against IL whenever dis
Nfered. / have known buyers OF
pes in the market TO refuse TO take
N wool from a pile OF heeces In
fehouse, where. there were scatter
neeeces tied with binder twlne.
when using the proper twine, as
'll quantity as .wIil do the work
FAld be put on the fleece. A fleece
Epol properly folded requires but
strand OF twlne "frOm north 10
p and from east to vest" and
''g more is waste OF twine TO the
er, OF time 10 the tyer, Of weight
He buyer, and OF time In taking il
mere the wool is eventually hand