Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-05-23
5000 SHEEPMEN
WILL COOPERATE
To MARKET WOOL
Kansas Producers viii Ship.
Their Product to a Farm
crowned Cooperative
Firm in Chicago.
tBy The Associated Press.)

Manhattan, kanS., May ~
Kansas sheep and wool growers
are making arrangements for a
wool pool week, which probably
will be set for the first week in
June, During this week all the
wool in the state is to be loaded
on cars and shipped to the Ma
tional Wool Warehouse and Stor-
age company Il farmer-oWned Cos
operative firm in Chicago.
Kansas wool growers have
learned that it pays to handle the
marketing of their wool from the
time it leaves the farm until il is
sold TO the manufacturers, accord
ing to c. G. Filing, temporary
manager of the Kansas sheep ana
Wool Growers cooperative aaso-
citation, The Kansas wool pool last
year amounted to about one mill
lion pounds, and was made up Of
wool belonging to $500 growers,
More than thirty counties pooled
their wool and shipped it to the
Chicago company which inSures
the wool and sells it direct to the
manufacturers.
Price Satisfactory.
Because the wool market has
been stagnant for the past year
not all Of the 1920 wool clip Of the
state has been sold, but that which
has been sold has brought satislac-
tory prices, Mr.. Filing states, Last
week more than 1900 pounds OF
Kansas half-blood wool was sold
at 20 cents a pound, Previous to
this sale all the Kansas bury wool
had been sold at Is cents, all Of
the black bury at 8 cents, and all
the tag ends at cents. The total
for handling the wool previous to
its sale was about cents Il pound.
How these prices compare with
prices obtained by those who mar
keted their wool through the com
mission houses may be seen by the
fact that the Kansas State Agri-
cultural college, which is said TO
produce the best wool in Kansas,
was forced to take 10 cents a
pound for its clip. The college
could not take advantage OF pool
ing as there was no pool in Riley
county.
Other Examples.
Other examples OF selling direct
to commission companies were
given by MIR. Ehing: Wolfe Wood
ard, Maize, Kans,, reported to Mr..
Filing that he had received only
2 cents a pound, net, for his wool
Edmond Lodge, a 1S-year-old
hoy of Eureka, Kans, received four
2-cent stamps az the net returns
Tor underground fleece. For
several years he has marketed his
wool from his one sheep through
the regular channels of trade. In,
f917 he sold the clip to a Kansas
City commission house and re-
ceived 1851, net, or Ga cents q
pound. In 1919 he got 43 cents
pound or a total of S5.lS for the
fleece. These figures represent the
returns after all expenses We're
paid.
The boys clip this year was sold
at IA cents a pound and expenses
were as follows: Express, 50 cents
war tax, 8 cents; commission, 40
cents; outbound freight from Kan
sas City, IA cents; war tax, I cent;
storage and insurance, 60 cents;
total of SLIGO. The twelve pounds
of wool at IA cents amounted 10
sf.6S, leaving the boy cents net
for his 1920 wool clip.
Two Methods Compared.
How selling pooled wool through
a cooperative company compares
with selling direct to commission
is shown by a letter
from n. Y. Meek, county agent at
Enid, Okla. MIR. Meek states in his
letter that his county pooled its,
wool and consigned three cars to.
one Of the largest commission.
in Kansas City and two
cars to commission firm in Chi
cage. At the time the letter was
written none of that shipped to
Chicago had been sold and only a
part Of that shipped to Kansas