Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1908-03-26

loosely woven that some OF 1T /
comes off in the wool . in the pro-
cess of combing and is thus woven /
into the wooden material, and
when such material is of line
and high class character and dyed
in light and expensive colors and
jute and sisal become plainly Wis
ible because they are more or less
vegetable matter and will not
take the dye the same as wooden
fibre. Under such conditions IT
will be readily seen that a yard OF
such goods that would ordinarily
sell at two dollars. as first class
goods will be classcd second and
discounted fifty per cent. The
yard of goods will weigh not
more than eight ounces and the
loss thus sustained is more than
the original cost of the wool.
Irvine that is glazed such as is
commonly used in mercantile in
stitutions for the tying of large
parcels would meet this objection
completely and cost but a little
more than the Irvine now in use.
"Another objection is the ex-
cessive use of branding paint OH
the sheep. The paint does not
readily dissolve in the securing
process of the wool and has to be
clipped off by hand which is te-
dioas and costly operation. True,
we must have our sheep branded,
but in many instances we could
use much less paint than we now
use. We hope to see the day when
some chemical scientist will dis
cover a paint that will suit our
purpose and will dissolve easily in
the securing process.
Another objection of the manu-
facturers and one that can be east
/ 1y overcome by the wool growers
without extra cost, is the sacking
of the black and white woods to-
gether. When sacked together
/ the black wool adheres TO the white
wool to such an extent that it pre-
vents the manufacture Of pure
white goods in the natural colors.
On the same principle it is OBJ
/ jectionable to tie two ileeces to-
gether because one may be fine and
of he
packed tightly together for period
of perhaps two years in some in
stances, one fleece adheres to the
other so much that they can not be
successfully graded FleeCes should
be we'll tied singly and not with
wool that does not belong 10 that
particular fleece. Tags that are
taken up from the shearing floor
should be sacked separately and
plainly marked as such. Another
thoughtless practice of few WOO
growers is the sacking of foreign
substances, such as old sheep hides,
etc. This practice is wor king
serious injury to the western wool
grower and should be severely dis
countenanced
AS wool growers we must re-
member that our product comes in
competition on the Atlantic sea-
board and elsewhere, with Aus
tralian and other woods, and while
it is true that we are protected
with a tariff to considerable ex.
tent, we must not lose sight OF the
following facts, viz he Aus
tralian woods in particular, are
grown in pastures that are green
the year round, they are impJrtec
and they must pay the tariff, bui
these woods are of splendid quail.
ity and are packed neatly anc
cleanly in the most improved anc
inviting condition and consequently
appeal TO the American mauufac'
turer as against the untidy i'll
packed American woods, the differ
ence in the tariff notwithstanding
However, whatever the Austr altar
wool grower can do TO make hi:
wool merchantatle on account OF
improved methods of packing VIZ
can do, and il is up to us to SCI
that our woods go TO market il
such merchantable condition a
will maintain the high STANDARD
OF excellence to which they arr
Justly entitled. -