Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-01-11
maine WOOL
CLIP NEARLY
DOUBLED IN'21
State Association Re-
ports at Yearly Meet
ing in Augusta
Grading of Product Already
Showing Results - 52,s62
Pounds in 1921 as Against
10000 Year Previous-Now
440 Members in Association,
Representing p Locals

That the grading of wool had al
ready shown results was the state
ment of Secretary C. H. Crawford
Of Dexter, at the annual meeting Of
the Maine Sheep and Wool Growers
Association which was held Tuesday
morning at City hall. He stated that
in those places where the wool had
ben graded in 1920. and the pro-
Queer instructed regarding this pro-
cess, there had been a great change
noticed in the 1921 clip. The wool
was of a much better grade and
clearly showed that the work of
teaching had not been for nothing.
President W. J. Thompson of
China presided over the meeting and
III his opening remarks told of the
present size of the association and
the work that it was doing. He said
that there were at the present time
44O members in the association, that
the first years clip, that of 1920, was
about 10000 pounds of wool, that the
1921 clip was 52.S62 pounds and that
this spring would be between 10000
and 10000 pounds. They have now
two years wool, the 1920 wool now
being in the form of the finished
product and the 1921 wool being in
the process of manufacturing. The
association is paying the members
more than the average price for a
number of reasons. the principal one
being that it is handled from a CEN
trail point after being collected.
The report of the secretary was
then heard and approved. Mr.. Craw-
ford said that there were now -
locals having a membership of 81: So,
and that there We're also Z scattered
members. The total credits for the
association as given by the treas
urer. w. b. Kendall of Bowdoinham
were. S29,S13.15 and the debts SCI, =
Su.96, showing a profit of approx
mately 5000.
The secretary recommended at this
time that the association take a
regular account of stock at the end
fthe year and that at that time the
special dividend, be figured on a
basis of the business done that year.
He also recommended that the clip
be bought in June and that the price
to be paid for it should be based
upon the average price of wool for
that month.
He said that there was an increas-
ing demand for the products of this
association in the whole New Eng
land states and especially from Yer
mont, that one order filled meant five
moro. to come in. Speaking of the
work which was necessary in getting
the wool made up. he said that it
had been impossible to find a mill in
this State. hard as they had tried.
that would take. the total clip and
manufacture it. BY splitting it up
there was a greater loss both of the
actual wool and of the time necessary
to transact the business. Storage had
also been a problem.
He had recently been able to get in
touch with mill in Rhode Island
which, although at first not very en-
thuslastic over the work, had now
agreed to take the whole clip, pay the
freight from point of origin, scour,
grade if necessary and. in fact, to do
all necessary to get it ready to make
up. store it free and notify the head
quarters as to how much Of each
grade there was on hand. in what con-
dition it was, and all data necessary
to determine what it is best fitted
for, and then to manufacture it as
directed If there is enough of the
different grades to manufacture. They
would guarantee to duplicate any suit
ing if there was enough of the proper
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