Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1918-06-12

and girls to enter into some of the
farm operations and to keep them in
terested in the farm life. The club
work is one. of the best mediums that
we know of to interest the boys and
! girls.
AS was mentioned in a previous ar
! ticle, it will be necessary for men,
bers to keep an absolute record of all
the feed which is fed and the amount
of time which is spent on the pigs, in
feeding them and other operations
which enter into the work. Monthly
report blanks are furnished from the
County Agents office and which are
to be made out. Any boy or girl who
will talk this over with their parents
and get their consent will be furnish
ed an enrolment card from the County
Agents office, at which time they can
start in with the pig feeding contest.
The plan is to feed one pig up to
September list. The pigs should be
weighed at once in the presence of
some neighbor or disinterested party,
which is all the preliminary needed
for the contest. The pigs are finally
weighed again on the first Of Sep
TENDER, by a disinterested party. The
members of the club are going to re-
ceive prizes of various kinds and in
for them at the county fair, at which
time they are expected to bring their
pigs, have them judged and receive
prizes. Also those interested in the
corn work are to bring in ten ears to
be judged.
1t is hoped that at least fifty or more
boys and girls will enroll in the pig
club work in the next week. If you
are interested call or write the County
Agents office and the regulations and
membership cards will be sent to you.
Selling Wool.
The County Agent has just received
from the Bureau of Markets, a men,
orandum in regard to marketing wool.
In this memorandum it states that
growers should get together in the
marketing and handling of the wool
crop. This is stated in order to re-
duce the costs of selling.
The County Agent will assist in
marketing the wool production in this
county if growers will please notify
him at once of the stock which they
have on hand Give the weight, the
kind of crop, that is the type of sheep,
and the condition of the wool and
when they wish to market. In this
way we will try and get growers to-
gether in order to expedite the matter
of shipping.
The Bureau of Markets gives the fol-
lowing information:
Pooling by the growers is the best
method of handling the clip. A list
of licensed wool dealers will be list
ed below. From a letter received re-
Gently from one of the large wool deal
ers in Boston, the following estimates
are given on the net price to the pro-
Queer. Very little wool should net
the producers less than Csc and in
many cases much more.
Half blood taple---------------
Half blood clothing -------4-----5Sc
Three-eights staple ------------7419c
Three-eights clothing ------------7Oc
Quarter blood staple -----------72c
Quarter blood clothing ----------6Sc
Common and Braid ------59c |
These figures will serve as an APP
proximate guide in informing the pro-
Queer about what he may expect for
his wool.
Growers who desire to do so will be |
allowed to pool their clips in quanti-
ties of not less than minimum car
loads of 10000 pounds, and consign
the woods so pooled as one account to
any approved dealer in any approved
distributing center. The growers are
urged to adopt this latter course
through County Agents, or others,
thus eliminating the profits OF one
In case one grower has carload
to ship be sure and consign all Of his
wool in one car. In case several own
ers load in one car the price received
will be an average of all of the lots
shipped. 1t will pay the grower to
ship his wool on this basis.
a grower ships to, if the firm is licen-
sed. as the government will fix the
price, but the one thing the County
Agent should guard against is the
protiteer Have the farmers list their
wool and assist them in making ship
ments. Small dealers may attempt to
buy at exhorbitant margins. In case
you find a dealer buying wool find out
his license number, the amount of
wool purchased and the price he paid
the grower.
Firms Where Sacks Can Be Purchased
Burlap sacks for sacking wool may
be obtained from the following deal
erS.
Milwaukee Bag CO.. Milwaukee, Wis
M. J. Neahr & Co., Chicago, Ill.
Bemis- Omaha Bag Co., Omaha, Neb
Regal Bag Co., st. Louis, Mo.
e Central Bag Co., Chicago, ILL.,
A 10h-11oz. TT. burlap sack is
the most practical bag to buy.
The seaboard prices for wool Of {
different grades as given out by the
War Industries Board are as follows:
~ Choice Avg. /
Fine Delaine ---------$1.S0 $1.65
Fine clothing ----------- 10 l.60 /
tialf-blood staple - 1853 1.57 6
clothing ---- 1.60 1877 t
staple - 1.40 1.34
clothing 49, 1877 1925
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