The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-06-21
MARKET WOOL
CO-OPERATIVELY


Wool growers are advised by the
United States Government, which has
taken over the wool; supplies of the
country, to pool theirproduct. "Grow-
ers who desire to do so will be al
lowed to pool their clips in quantities
of not less than minimum carloads of
10000 pounds, and consign the wool
so pooled as one account to any ap-
proved dealer in any approved dis
tributing center. Growers are urged
to adopt this latter course through
county agents and others, this elm
mating the profits of one middleman."
d. A. Spencer, sheep extension special
list, stationed at the University of
Missouri, Columbia, offers the follow
ing suggestions for proceeding in CO.
operative marketing. If further de-
tails are desired, growers may OBJ
tain them by addressing Mr.. Spen-
GER.
Appoint one man as manager of the
pool.> The manager should tag every
sack of wool with the lot number and
gross weight of the sack, and keep a
complete record of each growers
name, respective lot number and
weight of wool. He should also re-
ceive the records of weights and
values of each lot from the approved
dealer in the approved distributing
center, and make returns to each
grower. "
"Give each grower distinct lot
number and mark this number on
each Of his sacks of wool. Also mark
the gross weight of each sack, upon
that sack; be sure to mark the lot
number and weight on the sack with
regular black sack-paint, as tags may
be torn off. AS double check, deal
ers prefer to have every sack tagged
also. The tag should show the lot
number and the gross weight of the
sack.
"There are two classes Of ap-
proved wool dealers. The, first is
made up of those approved dealers
who are located in distributing CEN
ters and who buy direct from grow
ers through agents or from country
merchants. These dealers operate on
profit of per cent, and not to ex-
coed per cent, of the value of the
wool, which profit is paid by the gov
eminent. The second class of deal
ers is designated as those who are
located in wool growing districts and
who buy direct from growers, and re-
sell or consign to dealers in distribute
ing centers. The dealers of this Sec
ond class operate on a profit of not
to exceed one and half cents pound,
which profit they obtain through the
difference between the price paid to
the farmer and the price they receive
from the dealers in the distributing
centers. The commission merchants
in the distributing centcrs are not ap-
proved dealers of distributing CEN
tiers but are classified with the coun-
try dealers and operate on a profit Of
one and half cents per pound. To
eliminate the profit of one and half
cents and to be sure to obtain the
best possible valuation, send the wool
to an approved dealer in distribute
| ing center. The approved dealer OF
the distributing center will value each
lot separately and send the record OF
the values OF each of the lots togeth-
err with check covering the value Of
the entire pool direct to the manager
of the pool who In turn should make
returns to each grower"
Approved distributing centcrs Of
| interest to Missouri wool growers are
st. Louis, Chicago and Kansas City.