The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-06-30
MORE SHEEP FOR NEW ENGLAND.
Attention of American Public Directed
to Securing More Wool.

One OF the economic benefits incident
10 the war has been the way that the
attention OF the country, and especially
of business men and manufacturers, has
been called to the need for greater pro-
duction OF wool Sentiment in regard to
this matter has crystallized into the
More Sheep More Wool movement
which is sweeping the country, and which
is being fostered by the More Sheep
More Wool Association OF the United
States. Necessity for the encouragement
of wool growing was developed early in
the war, even before the country was
involved in actual hostilities. One of the
most pressing needs of the government
in Quitting the new army was an ade
quate wool supply. This need was final
" met, but only by strenuous effort, at
considerable cost of money and time.
Now that the war is actually over, it
has been found that the work of recon
struction requires that the supply OF
wool shall not only be adequate, but that
it shall be promptly available. Hence
the insstent demand for material in
crease of the focks OF the country, and
the intelligent consideration of the prob
lens that enter into the business of
sheep raising. The need for more wool
is just as pressing now as during the
height of the hostilites, though shown in
a different way. Instead of letting the
movement die out, as has happened TO
so many other war activities. an eff
cient, permanent organization has been
created whose chosen work is the en-
couragement Of all intelligent efforts to
increase the wool supply.
Wool, like wheat, is classed as one OF
the chief essentials of modern life, these
being the foundations of food and cloth
ing, which must be considered first in all
plans for world reconstruction and bet
termeut. 10 assute an adequate supply
Of either may wen engage the best eff
forts of business men and public Off
Gals. In some parts Of the West, wool
growing is the principal industry, and
the people of that section need no en-
couragement to enter into it in whole
hearted way. This is also true of the
middle West, where there are no great
sheep ranges but where the farmers
keep sheep as they do hogs and cattle,
as incidental to their farming opera
tions The best wool in the country, and
in some ways the best in the world is
grown in Ohio and neighboring states,
under farm conditions
New England must draw inspiration
from the latter section for success in the
new movement. Wool growing is no new
thing here. and there are many acres of
grazing land in all the six states that
are well adapted for sheep raising and
for little else. Unfortunately, the growth
in population has brought tremendous
increase in the number of dogs, and it
has been found in practice that dogs
and sheep do not run well together
Maine has drastic dog law, and efforts
are being made in other states to pro-
vide a legislative remedy for the dog
nuisance as it affects sheep raising. Prog
ress is slow. and the public conscience
hard to awaken, but something is being
done.
All over the country the movement is
being pushed to encourage large iocks
and to protect them when in existence.
Incidental to the more sheep more
WOOL movement is the campaign for the
use of virgin wool in the making of fab
RIGS for mems wear clothing, and for the
proper labelling of those which contain
a percentage of shoddy, or ''Teworked'
wool Window displays are being ar
ranged, newspapers interested and ev-
cry possible effort is being made to pop
ularize the movement.
As the wool market center of the coun-
try, Boston is vitality interested in all
efforts to increase the wool supply
though her merchants, strange to say
have left most of the work of organiza
tion and propaganda to men from other
sections With an intelligent encourage
ment of sheep raising, wherever profit
able, the passage of wise laws for the
protection of the hocks. and such regu-
lations as will prevent wool from being
displaced by shoddy, the production OF
: wool will continue to be one of the most
profitable and important Of the coun-
try's industries. In this movement, New
England ought to have larger share
than has yet been outlined - Boston
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