The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-08-24
WOOL GROWING
MAKES GAINS
North Dakota Federation Re.
ports. so Per Cent In.
crease in 8 Years

Fargo. N. D.. Aug. 24--tAy-With a
record Of six years successful oper-
alton, the North Dakota Fede ration
OF Wool Growers association is ready
to market its seventh state wool pool.
and indications arc that 1896 will
be the most successful years since
Its establishment, according to Will.
liam Guy Of the North Dakota ARri-
cultural college, secretary OF the CO.
operative. Organization. .
! In .la2O, wnpl was hard hit by the
postwar defla&ion. In addition to
!, the general toboggan price slide.
which was taken by all agricultural
products atsthat time. tho wool sit
I Uation was further aggravated by tho
action Of the government In dispos-
ing Of huge stores Of wool aceumulat-
ed during the war, Guy said in com
!; menting on the history Of the pool
Hold Conferences
When the wool producers, pf North
Dakota tried to markAt lhele, wool
from the spring clip that year, they
found that no one wanted to buy it.
For time, that ,rool twas nSactieally
worthless. County extension aeonts,
who we're encouraging sheep pro-
dpctien NJ . means Of weed coatIol,
were censuIted., ,s..y.s} s4se
A conference Of county agents.
wool growers, and local woal aasocia-
tons Of the state, was called at The
Agricultural college ,JNly Z and Q.
1920, BY John w. Haw. who was The
state county agent leader At that
time. The decision iof this confer
encs was to form = state wepl pool.
secure warehouse Tor ,sketaGe, grade
the voel and market It - ,9he east
More than 100000 posnds..Sf wool
was secursd. - producers praotically
had the choice Of sending stAAir wool
to> the state pool or not sA)Nng it
ut all. Consignors received prices
averaging about Is cents .pouad for
this pool. While the price IVES low.
the l.l64 clippers mostly figured that
It was'a clear profit, as they would
not have, seevrsd. anything for their
Satisfied that they could do their
own assembling, storing, grading,
selling and financing through the
state organization and still realize
. larger price than the average Of
fered BY private buyers, the decision
was made to continue the pool, even
though the market had come back to
some extent In 1921, and since then
has been relatively good.
With the private buyers in compcti
ton since 1920. none Of the pools has
reached. the volume Of the first one,
but it is significant that this years /,
pool, which will reach $50. 900 pounds,
is the largest since 1920.
Better Prices Realised
Nearly 5000 shipments Of wool
have ben made to the state pool since |
1920. aggregating 1884, 200 pounds.
Average prices realized by the pool
have been considerably larger than
the average prices paid by buyers,
from 5 to 10 cents per pound, accord |
ing to officials Of the Organization.
In addition, they estimate that fur /,
Their increase of five cents per pound
has been realized in the incpeased !,
level Of prices now offered by private
buyers who are forced to compete !
with the pool to secure wool. Dur
ing the existence Of the state pool
they estimate that wool producers
have received total between $780,
900 and $500, 900 more for their prod
uct than would have been the case If {
the pool had not been in existence. !.
During the past three years VIC
have witnessed an expansion of near
~ 80 per cent in the sheep industry
in North Dakota Mr.. Guy SAID, "The
of sheep has increased from
e64,OCU head in 1924 to 100000 head
a. the present time. Our changing
scheme Of farming in this state is re-
slDnsible for this change. III. weed
problem. crop rotation. thu nccc ,si
ty Of having a class Of stock tina: will
handle our feeds. our
climate and farm equipment all fn-
vor sheep production.
Sheep Are Necessary
Sheep are absolutely necessary to
North Dakota agriculture and our
farmers are going TO have sheep
ewes are twelve dollars 4
head or six dollars = head, or whcth-
or wool is forty cents . pound or
twenty cents. "
1--WE have . lot Of farmers start
ing sheep for the first time, who in
many cases are not familiar with the
,alue of the product and the meth
ids necessary to meet. market re-
luirements. We feel that it is of !
treat Importance and very. essential
hat some wool marketing organiza-
ion be maintained here in the state, s
m organization representing the
rrowers themselves. managed and d.
.ectcd by thcm,( one that will be
-orkinE for their interests rather
han for the interests ef others who
nay wish. to be getting the, profit ont
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