The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1920-07-14
WILL ship WOOL
july 20 and 21
Sheep Men Of Crawford County Will
Ship Wool Through State Fleece
. Wool Growers Association
WILL LOAD ON JULY 1921
Take Your Wool to Northwestern
Freight Depot on These Days Be-
tween 8 and O'Clock .,s

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The sheep men Of the county will
ship their wool and market through the
State Fleece Wool Growers association
this year, according to reports from
the farm bureau Office. The returns
from marketing wool through this
channel last year were very satisfac.
tory, says County Agent Quist, and by
marketing through the association this
year the wool growers will profit even
more, since the margin between the
commercial wool buyers price and the
true market value is much greater
now. s
The method for shipping and hand,
ling the wool this year is Identical with
the last years method. All men hav-
ing wool to ship should bring it to the
i Chicago & Northwestern freight depot
qat Denison. next Tuesday or Wednes.
day, July Goth and 21st. Each mans
wool will be weighed and marked. All
the wool will then be consigned in one
car direct to the Wool Warehouse Stor-
age company. County Agent Gluist will
be at the car both days to keep record
of each mans shipment and to do the
weighing. The wool must be brought
to the depot between a. m. and S p. m.
of each day. since the freight scales
are accessible only during those hours.
By shipping comparatively and mar,
keting through the Federal Fleece Wool
\ Growers association the farmers are
selling their wool direct to the wOOlen
mills. The National Wool Warehouse
and Stprage company of Chicago act as
"a grading and commission company for
the state wool growers association.
The plan and cost for> cooperative.
marketing |. of wool Is efficient and
cheap. In every county Of the corn
belt states, tho wool Is brought to some,
central point. Each mans wool Is
weighed and marked by the county
agent who acts as the general manager
4 forl each county unit. The wool is ship;
ped by! car load lots .tor the National
Wool Warehouse company. Here each
sack is weighed as soon as sunlOaded
and the Chicago weights checked with
the, county agents weights. ,,
The sacks are then emptied at the
grading table and each fleece graded
according to length and strength and
ifineness of fibre, as to brightness and
,oiliness! of fleece, freedom from burs,
ard stray, and according to the twinej
used In tying up the fleece. Ffeetes'
tied with sisal binding twine sell from
when paper wool Irvine is used.
Il After sorting the wool is stored into
ten various grades. ranging from fine
staple" to common and braid. :. Z. &s44<
Later in the season when the woOlen
mills begin operating to full capacity.
samples of the various grades are sent
to the mills. together with the amount.
Of each grade for sale. Wool manufac-
turers like to buy IN large quantities
and consequently Wnen the Natlonai
Wool warehouse company can OHer
five hundred thousand or mliilon
pounds OF one grade OF WOOL 1or saie II
attracts many OF the mili buyers. me
success OF marketlhg. Wooi coopera.ive,y e
.s uus ...,an W. wi, ,,,nr,s wool a,adsS
Ina at ~. ~ aas nh;i!tss % sa,, M io roc .yoo,nts 'of
a,u n,,.' .1rada .na a;ra,t 20 ,ha ,Sooian mills
oi.v W. sn -, .he e,,t ~ h,a % ,nars for
,,os s.n.i,,s ,vo,s ,hro,,gh tho state
Eraace Woo, Gro,vars, association? The