The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1903-12-26
Preparing Wool For Market.


must be washed The difference be-
tween the prices Of washed and TN.
washed wool Is 80 great that 1t pays
the grower every time to wash it.
Good delafne wool will NOT shrink one
third. which prices quoted In the mar
ket seem to indicate. There ere many
ways Of washing, however, which do
not prove successful. have seen some
housed breeding ewes washed SO that
the discoloration which appeared only
in patches before the operation was
distributed all through the wool. prac-
tcally injuring its quality to con-
adorable extent. BY distributing the
color all through the wool 1t was given
e dtpgy appearance which immediate.
y excited the suspicion Of the buyers.
Nevertheless, the careful preparation
OF the wool for market Is as essential
to-day as any other feature Of the bust.
ness Probably what Is needed as
much as anything else in every good
wool-growing section OF the country
is a cooperative securing house. This
would solve the problem and save to
the farmers a considerable part Of
the profit that now goes to the COM
mission men. It would cost little to
send the wool to such house and have
It secured ready for market. Secured
wool sells SO much higher that the
profits In some instances would be in
creased from twenty to fifty per cent.
Such a securing house could be con-
Quoted In almost any good sheep rails
ing district on the commission plan.
II would pay both the farmers and
the commission men. The two. could
agree on q fair commission for scour-
ing the wool. and the farmers could
easily keep such house running. In
fact, It would draw upon wide neigh
borhood. for it would pay the growers
to have their wool secured at home on
Z dxed basis. and then ship it to mar
ket In this condition. AS 1t is now
the unsecured, unwashed wool is al
ways purchased at such low prices
that there Is a very wide margin of
profit left for somebody to make be-
fore the wool Is finally made up into
cloth. There are too many middle
men who must get their pay. BY dis
posing Of few Of these the grower
would receive more. and the consumer
would actually be charged less for his
manufactured product. A good scour-
ing house would save washing. which
y sometimes an expensive process.
ana also save loss in other ways. A
house Of this kind located right in the
heart Of q wool-growing country could
easily calculate upon handling from
ten to fifteen million pounds Of wool
annually-W. r. Edwards, in the Pro-
Stess1ye FArmes. 4
Rsps For Hogs.
n Il W., Nut Bush. Tenn, writes:
Z wish some Information as to the
value Of rape as a pasture for hogs,
time Of sowing. amount Of seed per
acfA preparation Of soil. and about
how many hogs an acre will pasture"
Rape may be sown in early August
- : fall pasture for hogs. It will not
b ready to pasture until about six
weeks after seeding, provided the sea-
Aon r. not too dry. Rape is a succu-
lent plant and grows well in moist
po0 and IN q season when the rainfall
ID we'll distributed. It can also be
planted early In the spring. say, about
the LIST of March. and pastured along
n the latter part Of May. June, and
sometimes into July. During the hot
weather Of August and September it
frequently dies down. especially II pas
tnred close. and must then be re-
seeded Tor fall grazing. Seeded in the
early August in drills, eighteen to
ewanty.four inches apart. 1t should be
ready for pasture about the LIST Of Oc-
lDbef and should furnish plenty of
grazing until the list Of December.
eeed at the rate Of about four to six
pounds per acre. It is much better to
dfill rather than to broadcast, as the
Deed can be covered more uniformly
Ind q better stand obtained. Hogs
)Aould not bs turned on until the leaves
Ipsout out enough to mat across the
powA A soon as the rape is up and
~ sevaral weeks thereafter It should
os cultivated carefully to destroy
weeds and preserve q dust mulch. 1t
. not possible to determine the num-
~ Of hogs an acre Of land will carry.
Lhis depends on TIE size and age OF
he animals and the growth made by
10 crop. In one instance it might
,arry twenty for one month and in an
Deher eaSe q larger or lesser number
II Z varying period Of time. Hogs on
me should receive some grain. Corn |
D very good or, you may mix corn and
vheat meal or corn and soy bean meal
ogether with advantage.-Knoxville |
Journal and Tribune.
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Sow wheat Late and Escape the Fly.
: farmers should take warning from !
be past and sow their wheat late this
ReaY 20 a. 70 escape injury by the
3eseiAn hy.
11 there Is no wheat up when the
III brood Of flies emerges. they must
Athes de without depositing eggs. ar
pV1k II, them elsewhere than on the |