The chronicle=news., 1914-03-25
no nU1ovI Al1llcAU WOOL
~ AUO11AIlAU METHOD

WA.hingloa. d. C.. March 81
II Amesiesn Woois were ssst - mar.
bet graded ssd put up - attssetivsay
as are Australian woois. II is estinst.
ed that an iaerea.e in price Of -
much as esats . pound might b
received by the grower. Wool
growers. dealers. and manufacturers
seaessily sds,it that the American
.yslem tor lack Of syslssab Is very
bad. and al the sasuai nesting of
the Naliossi Wooi Gsowess Asnoris-
lioa In salt Lake City. Utah. cossid'
ssssbis Interest MAS shown in the
proposal ia adopt the Australian
method Of putting ap So0a. Three
cents = pound u,os ~oois s~iiins Ut
from fifteen 10 thirty eeat. . poand
Is v-sy high psseea'sse Of ias. which
esa and aoubsisss Will be prevented
By growers in the future, Tho Grow
sss' ssia In this particular Is In no
Nay opposed to the tnierests of the
dealer. or manufacturers
The Haseau of Animal Industry II
the q. Il. D-psStneat of Agriculture
ha. prepared . collection u -sa,s'l~ss
and Australia ~aais fos use IN eau
.siioaAi work In ihi. diF-eitna. This
eshihi, Includes ssmpie~ of various
ssads~ ~ ~ooi. sAosiag how gsa6e
ssd value may be- deissmiacsd BY far-
tors usdss the control Of tho sheep
ssts~f.
Australian Asd Ns~ z@sisnd ~oo,s
arc graded or 'ris..a'' 81 the time
Of .hsssiax. They are also .hip.s~d
il bales isss-sd Of s.sks. The wool
eiass-ss' Who d. their vosk NJ tAc
shessiss siast are familiar With thS
basis II sssdias wool tns asssfasi.
usrss' usrs. No hale ruaisias 0oev
,hss os- Grad. of wool. and ssS oss
hale il . lsuc representative Of oh.
-ss Of the same Grade ssosa fsoa the
sun- tsork. IL many isaaasrss The
tjsrxsu assr Aiso ''skistea'. 2Atrt.
isR Is the ssaossi tsuo the f1sess
oe that ,srs os tho ~ooi sAoss fson
tho i-ss aad belly. sssh sAistiass
sos,sis asasi of the dirt sad ioee'sa
usiles ps-s~st 10 the nere~ asa
whom hsicsa and sold s~psssieiy hsisk
their s~sasi value ssd Do sos d-ssses
from the appearance sad asif"sa
character Of tho BODY wool.
Quite fs-sueal,y The hodirs of
| lAus,salsas fl~er-s are held sossih~s
b. . roll twisted tsoa the fleece IT,
.sit asa which sesscs 10 keep the
lts~.. Issses while b~iss placed II
the bale asd after the hale ts osea~d
n, the ossk~t. thus Asoidiss posi-
biii,y Of iujary Isaa The as~ Of "a'
suitable lwisr.
Osiy q smsii proportion OF Ahsvst.
.ss y 90, sso~sss separate their wool
iaio grades before ssekise Tor ship
.,u,, Tales the fiork II Of tvsS
uuifusss character the ssrks OF wuo'
mus, l~ or~a~sd al the warehouse aas'
their .oas-sls graded before h~in; ;
Iott-s-a sas sale. surfing - n~se'
done in America and On the nssjosssS
Of ,sa.l~. the Isxs CT duns sosks arc
!i-u with the ilr~c~s.
The breeding of the shr~p is "'
lin, Importance In dri-rHining the
sssdr of the wool. Wool stuwrfs. as
Ia rule. ate not familiar enough With
she commercial GRADING of wool to
upd~ssland into which Of the grades
tho flc~ec. of = particular breed OF
sheep would bc placed. Asidc from
the matter of grade. the value of
wool l. controlled Ia a great extent
by the feed suppl, aud methods 81
h,.dinx the sheep on the range. t.rs.
sons upon these i'oinis ~ acil ss W.
on the handling Of the sisorn WOOL
can he brought home by the exhibit
,hs, has been prepared BY the bn-
rcau Of Animal Industry. ., is no,
too much 10 expect that in the next
decade Improved business pae,iccs
will add over ten pcr cent TO the re-
turns received for WOO, hy sheep rails
err.