The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1908-03-21
FROM JOHNSON
IN EASTERN SHEEP MARKET
Burkett Leasing Bill Killed For Time
Committee MAKES MANY INTERESTING SUGGESTIONS tn
SHEEP MEN...GREAT IMPROVEMENTS NPACkNG WOOL
Can RE Done With LITTLE EFFORT.

untidy and uncleanly manner in
which some of our western woods are
packed Their objections, in brief,
are as follows: A great deal of cor
raj dirt and other trash is packed
with the wool in some instances, in
others an excessive amount of Irvine
is used and almost all fleece Irvine in
use in the west Is injurious because
of the fact that almost all of the
Irvine Is made from jute or sisal and
is SO loosely woven that some of 1t
comes off in the wool and becomes
mixed with the wool in the processes
of carding and combing and it thus
woven into the wooden material, and
when such material is of a fine and
high class character and dyed in
, light and delicate colors the jute and
sisal become plainly visible because
they are more or less vegetable mat
ter and will not take the dye the
same as the wooden fiber Under such
conditions it will be readily seen that
a yard of such goods that would or
dinarily sell at two dollars, as first
class goods will be classed second
and discounted fifty cents. The yard
of goods will weigh not more than
eight ounces and the loss thus sus-
tanned Is much more than the origi-
nal cost of the wool. A Irvine that Is
glazed such as is commonly used in
mercantile institutions for the tying
of large parcels would meet this OBJ
lotion completely and cost but little
If any more than the Irvine we now
use.
Another objection Is the excess
| .t, Of iirc int tho
sheep. The paint does not readily
) dissolve in the securing process of
t the wool and has to be clipped off
t by hand which is tedious and costly
-. operation. True, we must have our
/ sheep branded but In many instances
e we could use less paint than Is now
e used. We hope to see the day when
( some chemical scientist will discover
e a paint that will suit our purposes
e and still dissolve easily in the scour-
ing process.
e facturer and one that can be easily
J. overcome by the wool grower with
}. out extra cost is the sacking of the
= black and white woods together.
s When sacked together the black
f wool adheres to the white to such an
8 extent that it prevents the manufac-
e ture of pure white goods in the nat
o ural colors. On the same principal
= it is Objectionable to tie the two
d fleeces together because one may be
o fine and the other coarse and after
d being packed tightly together for q
1T period of perhaps two years In some
n instances, one fleece adheres to the
10 other so much that they can not bs
successfully graded. Fleeces should
r. be we'll tied singly and with no WOO
Il that does not belong to that partic
n ular fleece. Tags that are taken III
or from the shearing floor should b.
ne sacked separately and plainly mark
o. ed as such. Another thoughtles
n practise of few wool growers is tn
he sacking of foreign substances, sucl
d. as old sheep hides, etc. This prac
a. tise is working serious injury to tn
be western wool growers and should b
W. severely discountenanced.
"a GAS wool growers we must re
,lv member that our product comes i
In competition, on the Atlantic ses
cd board and elsewhere, with Austrai
on ian and other foreign woods, an
ID while it Is true that we are protecte
to by a tariff to a considerable extern
he we must not lose sight of the follow
he ing facts, viz: The Australian WOO
res in particular are grown in pasture
that are green the year round, the
are imported and must pay this tart
On but these woods are of splendid qua
~ ity and are packed neatly and cleal
Led u Ine s pao.+,1- naaI
the American manufacturer
NJ against the untidy, ill-packed Amer
~ can woods, the difference of the tar
az. Notwithstanding. However, wha
IN ever the Australian wool grower C;
ion do to make his wool merchantable {
account of improved methods
~ packing we can do, and 1t Is up to
rs to see that our woods go to mark
~ in such a merchantable condition
'd will maintain the high standard
excellence to which they are just
W. entitled -