Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1920-02-26
STATES WOOL TO BE
GIVEN A REPUTATION
Poor Results From Individual
Marketing Leads to Change
of Method.

wisconsin WOODS nave Deon given
too little opportunity to make name
| for the state. The clips from this
state have gone on the market ind1-
vidually and with but little support
from the states great wool bulk. Pro
duced in Wisconsin added to uni
| form grade of fleece, sack, or carload
wool should mean better profit for the
grower and a bigger boost for the
sheep growing industry" says Andrew
w. Hopkins. booster for bigger and
! better Wisconsin. secretary of the Wis
consin Live Stock Breeders associa-
ton and agricultural editor Of the Uni
versity of Wisconsin, who helped to
form the 1919 pools among Wisconsin
sheepmen.
| "Wisconsin sheepmen have often, in
the past worked under a considerable
handicap" declares Mr.. Hopkins.
'"There has been a serious lack Of the
proper marketing machinery, and we
have lacked information in regard to
markets. Individual wool growers
have not been in the closest touch
sequnntlv suffered losses"
Badger Fockmasters Noted.
The state offers not only good soils
for sheep raising, according to Mr..
Hopkins, but it also has n natural
| paSturage, is handy to a central mar
ket, and has a climate suitable for
raising good sheep with a heavy fleece.
| The state has among it's sheep breed
ers men who have made an envlable
record throughout the country. Some
of the best blood obtainable in the
wOrld-famed sheep districts Of Eng
| land has been introduced into WiscOn-
sin f1ocks in the past. Our fockmas-
tiers have the natural conditions and
the ability to produce wool which
should command market topping
prices A lack of information, a lack
of united effort and a lax method Of
marketing the product individually
| have in the past prevented the wool
grower from getting more of the con-
sumer's dollar.
"WOol has often been associated in
the minds of most people with rags,
old iron and junk" says Mr. Hopkins.
The wool box method Of COMPRISING
and packing the wool for shipment or
for sale to the local dealer has injured
the quality of the wool and cOnse-
quently lowered It's price, since it was
not in the light, fluffy state in which
the market desires to have it.
Will Be Proud of Our Wool.
"But much of this is going to be
different in the future. We are going
to know more Of wool and it's value
and prices. We are going to get more
nearly it's real value by disposing Of
it comparatively, and by presenting it
to the market in a better way. Good
grading of wool will consist of pack
ing it in such way that we will have
a pride in all the wool that is tagged
Produced in Wisconsin,
Last spring through the co-opera-
ton of the Wisconsin Live Stock
Breeders association and the WiscOn-
sin Sheep Breeders association, much
Wisconsin wool was pooled and sold
ers had been paying. One cOmmu-
nifty alone increased it's income on
wool by $1,000 by marketing the wool
comparatively. Sheep producers are
going to get fairer share of the con-
sumer's dollar These better prices
are going to result in better farming,
and the better prices are going to
mean better living, which is the ulti-
mate aim OF our efforts"
Wisconsin sheepmen were never
more encouraged than they are at
present, according to Mr.. Hopkins,
and plans are being pushed to pool
Wisconsin wool by placing it in cen
trail warehouses in quantities that will
be an inducement to buyers to look it
over. The state marketing division
has volunteered its services to aid
sheepmen in marketing their wool.
Through the cooperation Of represen-
tatives of the market division, the
state grange, the wool division of the
American Society Of Equity the farm
ers' Institutes the Wisconsin Live
Stock Breeders association, and the
Wisconsin Breeders association, a
wool growers association is being
formed. The plan calls for growers
in the wool-producing districts either
to use existing agencies for pooling
their product, or to form themselves
into community, county or district as
sociations to assemble and to ship
their woods to central points, where
they may be inspected by buyers