Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1915-07-30


almoRt entirely upon vegetable food
This consists for the most part OF
weed seeds. since in the North these
birds do not appear TO attack grain
to any great extent. They eat a few
oats, but their stomacha do not reveal
Rreat quantity OF this or any other
grain.
Az the season advances they gather
into large iiocks and move southwark.
until by the end OF August nearly all
have left their breeding grounds. On
their way they frequent the reedy
marshes about the mouths OF rivers
and on the inland waters of the coast
region and subsist largely upon wild
rice. In the middle states. during
their southwark migration. they are
commonly known as reed birds. and
becoming very fat are treated a.
game.
Formerly. when the low marnhy
shores OF the Caroiinaa and some Of
the more southern states were de.
voted to rice culture the bobolInka
made great havoc both upon the
sprouting rice In spring and upon tho
ripening grain on their return migra.
ton in the fall With q change In
the rice-raisinG districts. however.
this damage 10 no longer done.
Cooperative Marketing Of Wool.
Serious losses are often suffered by
the flock master because Or improper
methods OF handling the clip. West.
ern wool growers are paid lower
prices than foreign producers because
nf fnaRn44 N H.
years they have made some al.
vancement in clipping and assert.
ing feeces az shown by cleaner
clips being offered for sale In
some localities In the West some
OF the large sheep breeders associa.
tons have officially recommended
certain changes In the handling OF
wool by the growers II ia estimated
that improper methods of preparing
the wool for shipment cost the flock
master from one to three cents a
pound. for the manufacturer Is fire..
quentIy put 90 AN extra. expense.
against which. Of course. he protects
himself by lowering the price 10 the
grower.
To remedy this condition, some
form of cooperation among wool
growers in any given region 10 urged
In n new publication Of the depart.
ment Of agriculture bulletin 2O6 THE
Wool Grower and the Wool Trade {"
The individual alone can do little 40
improve matters. for his clip la like.
~ 10 be too small 10 induce the buy.
err to make any alteration in their
accustomed methods of estimating
wool values. With cooperation how.
ever. II should be possible te prepara
the entire clip Of any section 80 that
the reputation OF it's wool would be
snh&aesa aud the growers obtain the
full market value of their product
iufncient number of wool growers
houid be included In each co.opera.
I've association To enable at least
900 or 5000 pounds of each OF tho
arious grades 10 be marketed at ops
me.
Cooperation viii. OF course. do ~.
good. however. nniesn the Individ
II growers follow improved methods
banding the clip. An instance OF
e present lo~ price Of American
eok as compared sith foreign is
iveu In the bullstin already men.
oned Two lots 81 cool OF the same
Faos. one OF them from Idaho and
1s other from Australia. we're pnr.
hassd BY = Philadelphia manufaetur.
the American at laH cents a
sound and the foreign one Al Is cents
pound. before securing In tbs
american fleece the kind OF Eool thst
bis manufacturer really RnntSd
mounted 20 1919 per cent Of the
otal: IN the foreign fleece 10 50 Sc pNr
's@nG 4 more accurate system Of
trading had given this manufacturer
: per cent more Of what BE aansse
han tbs American methoda In con.
sequence the foreign sheep grover
got the larger price for his fleece.
me manufacturer paid for the I'm.
poTsed WOOL % cents a pound ana 70
he domestic wool 49, eenta =
sousS-s difference Of 81 cents. III
- time shFiakMee. -OR sorts. etc.