The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-06-17

Better Preparation
Of American Wool.

(Weekiy News Letter. Department Of
Agriculture.)
Considerable proeress hns been
made I'm the movement q secure bet
ter preparation 81 wool clips In the
western states. The active sneep men
OF carbon and saltwater counties,
Wyoming. have inaugurnted a change
that should be OF erent interest and
value 10 an s~heep-rnisinR sections.
Tile complete Australian method OF
srading ana packinE wool. and aiso
notifications Of the same were tried.
lt h well 10 that rac prcpara-
tion OF wool In our western wool
growing states II behind that used In
Australia and New Zealand. In these
countries the wool ~ examiaed when
h h shsared only one grade being
put into a bale. and the bales OF tho
same lot are uniform. The ieeces are
carefully skiited and each fleece is of
even, serviceablc quality.
a Representative OF the department
VINO visited several shearing sheds IN
the Northwest. states hat the work
attracted wide attention. Visitors
were humorous NJ each Of h sheds
and most of them wcr' sheep own
ers, who are ready Ia adopt such
ucw methods as may be found prne
teal Il was apparent, however, that
the shorter woods @ common in the
" estern states can not be passed over
taJles Tor skirting and rolling nearly
as satisfactorily as longer woo's
Nevertheless they can be graded to.
remove the necessity Of opening the
bass before they reach the mills.
Variations In Packing Clips.
The Pioneer shed located near Rit-
tor Greek. S~weetwater county. Wye.
viii place upon the market this year
$500. H00 pounds Of wool. prepared
under the supervision II men familiar
with shed operations ln Australia ana
New Zealand Al this shed the tieeccs
were skirtcd. rolled. classified, and
baled according to the Australian
methods The young men employed
iu the wool room came principally
from the University of Wyoming and
from tnc Rock Springs High school
This represented the FIRST Instance ~
training young men az home Tor nm
ployment In the Industry that is fore
most in several Of the Rocky Noun
tain states.
AZ Fly NV anu AA NhNNNHANAfA
naley's Ranch and Scion, Wyo., he
plan OF preparation ala not involve
| the use of labor In skirting the feecos
and IN preparing The skirtings into
hrst and second pieces and locks. as
was done az Pioneer SIZED. The pieces
were carried from the shcarins room
to tables iu the wool room where
mch who nae had experience in ware
/ house grading removed the heavier
tags rolled each fleece. and aasisned
10 90 the bale under rs proper name.
| 40 bale contained neeccs of more than
ono grade and no string was used.
The weight ol the tags and locks
amounted 10 bout 9 per cent 81 the
total weight of the clip.
Demonstrated Value Of Crn,lin".
A striking result; 81 the work was
the surprise shown hy sheep owners
Who. Tor the hrEt time. saw wr"i
graded and for the first time anoA
what grade Of wool thcy actuallr proc
lduccd. Heretofore in roudiug market
Iteports most growers have h'rN
prone Co note quotations FOR Oh" high
est grade aud tn value their 49, .lii'
accord. .giy. % was commonly stated
/ that. considered alone as furnishlut a.
: lesson In breeding for the produ tuu
I af better wool. rhis year experiment
was worth It's entire cost.
The wool graded and bnlcd 1t W'I'-
suffer shed were offered for sale ns
sealed bids on May g., but ON n'''unl
of difference ia buyers ana growers
ideas of values no sales resulted
Even had the woods been sold .ih'
mct that the selling was not genera.
al tho time would have preNrnl'd
comparing prices received for These
better prepared woods with those r".
cei,cd for others of similar ch'ra'i''
and quality but put up in the "ld'
fashioned way.
\ step Toward Better Wool aud
pri, e..