The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1921-04-15

Keeping the Fleece Intact Is One of
Poois Have Emphas
prepared by the United States Depart
ment Of Agriculture)
They are being shown" down III
NIissouri-and they like it.
For the first time the wool growers
of that stale have been marketing
their wool comparatively, and the plan
is proving great success. At 40
Capitalization points the wool has
been brought in from the country for
pooling. All told. several thousand
growers have shared in the big CO.
operative movement and WOOL amount
ing to millions of pounds has been
handled. In each case it has been
graded as the growers brought it in,
an expert grader supplied to the bu-
reau of markets, United States De
partment of Agriculture. classifying
the fleeceS. The work Of the grader
is part of an investigation being car
ried on by the bureau in connection
with a study Of the tentative wool
grades which the Department of Agri-
culture has recently established.
1t isn't so much the immediate in
crease in money returns resulting from
cooperative marketing that interests
these growers although they promise
to fare as well or better than the aver
age in this years market. which is far
from nOrmal-but il is the benefit they
expect TO derive next year and the
years following from their experience
OF this season.
The showing in NIisSouri-and
eIsewhere-has consisted in demon
strating the value of grading rs car
ried on under the cooperative plan.
The growers have been quick TO see
their mistakes and propose not to re-
peat them AS d result. the entire
wool industry is to profit by a gen
eral raising of standards among the
growers.
Amazing Variety of Wrappers.
The seemingly incidentai-but real
" very mportant-matter of wrapping
the fleece illustrates the benefits of CO
operative wool marketing. one Of the
regulations which must be observed, if
the wool grower is to suffer no penal
~ when his wool is graded, is that
each fleece shall be wrapped in pa
per Irvine or hard glazed tW.ne. If
ether Irvine is used fibers from it are
almost sure to become mixed into the
wool and may cause serious trouble
in the spinning machinery. or if these
hberS are woven into fabric they be-
come conspicuous owing to the fact
that they take the dye differently than
the wool fihers. This often results In
the cloth having such defects as to be
almost worthless.
Many wool growers had never un-
derStood this until it was explained to
tham by the grader. consequently some
Of the lots of woo. brought into the
warehouses were done up in ways
thar would have been amusing had 1t
not meant considerable financial loss
to the uniformed growers. Some
used binder Irvine and sisal, Others
Bark. smooth wire, and barb2d wire
ANA still others cotton - torn in
strips Tie majority. Of course, had
their heeces tied with the proper
materials.
Incidentally the bureau of markets
explains that Mis- ouri is NOT alone in
wool growers IN all sections of the
country haze discovered that they
have beer following practices that
often seriously penaliZed them.
"No More Wet Wool for Me-"
But the use Of proper wrapping ma
teria is not the bnly thing which the
- operative wool growers are learn
ing. "Shear the sheep when the wool
is absolutely dry" say the Department
Of Agriculture and wool experts every
where But many growers apparently
do not know of this requirement one
grader III Missouri was amazed TO find
au of the wool in a certain lot thor
oaghly soaked. Pressed for an eX-
PLANTATION the grower admitted that he
did not know that moisture made any
difference in the grade. but realized
that moisture added 20 the weight.
When asked how ne could account for
the condition of his fleece. he admit
ted that he had allowed his load Ct
wool to stand in the creek all night.
When he discovered that It's was re-
sponsibIe for his wool beng rejected
he took the decision smilingly and
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8urs Cause Trouble.
Ore class Of rejects" III wool grad
ing is known as bury Many farm
ers have become Indignant when some
of their feeces were thrown into the
bury class. But in each case the
grader has been able TO show them
by careful examination that the con-
demned ffeeces contained large num-
hers of burs--SOmetimeS 80 or 60.
Every such experience has sent the
grover hack to his farm resolved to
"clean up those burs." Next year
you'll see an Improvement in my
WOOL" more than one man has told
the grader.
II is experiences Ike these that are
making wool growers In many sections
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