The Sun. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1915-1932, 1920-05-07

Making the article for sale look at-
tractiye is recognized by most bust
ness people as an important factor in
making sales. writes Prof. Il. B. Mil.
lin of the University of Utah 10 The
sun. This is as true in woods as In
most other articles offered on the
market Growers Of small clips are
showing much interest in adopting
better methods of marketing their
product. One Of better marketing of
their wool, sometimes lost sight of. is
better preparation for the market.
The first thing in properly preparing
wool for the market is to get the
fleece off the animal without spelling
The attractive qualities of the wool.
The sheep should be shorn ON "a clean
floor for dirt. chaff and siraws picked
mp by the wool from n dirty floor less
ga the attractivonpss of the fleece
and iis value per pound Machine
shear. handled with reasonable care
make % ncaier looking job and do not
make So many second cuts as hand
shears. They also secure more wool.
Second cuts make flccces less attrnc-
tive tu the buyer because the short
wool produced by these cuts b. not so
valuable rs the longer.
Naturally. the most attractive part
Of the fleece. the shoulder wool.
should Boz exposed 10 the buyer X view.
This is done by spreading the fleece
out. flesh side down, on a clean floor.
folding the sides IN until the fleece b.
about fifteen or eighteen inches wide.
and then rolling the fleece forward
from the brcech toward the shoulder.
taking care 10 fold back the neck
piece on top of the shoulder wool lust
before the roll is finished. After The
ficrsc is spread aud before 1t Is rolled
up, tags and dung locks should be re-
moved. because after the wool Ia pack
ed they are going 10 come in contact
with other parts Of the fleece and
often stain them. This stain cannot
be removed and makes the stained
wool less attractive and less valuable.
The tags and dung locks should be re-
moved and sold separately.
Paper twinc IL the most acceptable
for mhking'a fleece attractive. II h
cannot be- secured use wool twinc or
n hard glazed Irvine, and use only the
amount necessary 10 tie the fleeccs.
Binder Irvine should never be- used as
it, iibors get into the wool and can
not be- separtcd from H. They will
not dye. hut appear in the finished
cloth as undyed iibcrs. 10 does not
make the fleece attractive, but in
stead actually makes il unntlrnctiyc.
One large commission house has q
standard dock of five cents a pound
on all wool tied with binder Irvine.
Black fleeccs should be packed
separately, but III this Is not possible
put them ia the top or bottom of u
bag where they will touch as little of
the other wool ms possible, The black
fibers become mixed with the white
and make the white wool less atlrac-
tive 10 prospective purchasers. The
black iibers must be sorted out, Tor
II not, the white wool is liable to be
made mp into white goods when
would contain black fibers and thus
hive It's value lowered.
When the wool is caked, pack il
firmly, for the sacks are then easier
10 handle, more of them can be placed
IN one ear and fewer sacks are need
ed. All these little things serve 10
make wool attractive 10 the buyer
and thus assist in making il sell
easier and for a higher price aud in
the establishing of a good reputation
for the growers product.