The Coolidge examiner., 1934-06-15

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there were 100000 sheep grazing
over the settled AREA OF eastern
United States -Four years afterward
there were 100000. About this
time foreign wool aooded the United
States markets and the wool Indus
try was ss hnrd-hlt as other indus
tries, In the panic of 1919
As large American cities and
towns took form. demand for home.
spun vaned and factory made wool.
ems took their place Prices paid
for wool By manufacturers encour
aged sheep raising so that by 1870
the range % the animals had spread
from the Atlantic 20 every state
east OF the Mississippi. as well a.
10 Missouri and Louisiana.
With the western migration In
the middle OF the last century went
sheep. By 1890. Iowa. Wisconsin.
Minnesota. Arkansas. Texas. Call
fornia and the areas that now are
oregon and Arizona. Joined the wool
growing regions. Two decades later.
there was not 4 state in the Union
that did not have a sheep popula
ton Of at least 5000. By 1893 the
national nock" had grown 70 more
than 100000.
To sheep. many regions of the
world owe az least partially their
discovery and growth. for these AMI.
mails often have been the compan-
Ions OF pioneers Magellanes (for
Horly PuntA Arenas). Chile, the
southernmosi city OF South America.
was saved by the neecy animals. The
city was an important coallng and
ship supply station for craft douhl.
Ing Cape Horn before the compile
ton OF the Panama canal The
canal stripped II OF former prestige.
and even many OF It's stauncheS, citl-
Eens prophesied It's doom. Smart
business men. however. saw the pos.
sibllities OF sheep industry on the
surrounding mainland and nearby
Islands. and turned their faces from
the sea 20 the land for their llvell.
hood. Thanks 10 sheep. Magellanes
stiil IL thriving port.
How Fiseecs Are Handled.
While. in q few remote regions OF
the United States. homespun is
worn. factories have almost entirely
erased the home Industry from this
country. One OF the several hun.
cred modern American manufactur.
Ing companies normally operates 90
wool mills that employ 5000 work.
era A display OF one company re
Gently Included $500 different styles
OF wool fabrics.
Wool greatly differs In quality.
The same breed OF sheep In the
same country may produce different
qualities OF wool. The best wool
grows on sleeps shoulders and
sides.
When q sheep is sheared the fleece
holds together. The whole fleece
then is tied and with other com
plete fieeces is placed for shipment
In bags containing from 100 TO 500
pounds each.
At the factory expert workmen
sort the wool Some sorting tables
are covered with wire netting
through which dust and other loose
foreign matter falls while the sort.
ers tear the fieeces apart. In some
wool growing countries wool is
washed before II Is sheared from
the sheep. Unwashed neeces con
tain grease from the skins OF the
animals. After sorting, the wool is
secured by passing 10 through a Sc
ries OF vats OF warm. soapy water
From the washers II Is conveyed 10
drying rooms and thence 10 card
Ing rooms where II begins the Jour
ney that ends In wooden cloth and
other wooden products worsted
fabrics are made OF yarn whose
nbers are parallel, while woolens are
made OF nbers crossed and mixed
Wool Is constantly moving In com
merce. Although the United States
normally produces about one tenth
OF the worlds annual wool clip. II
Is only a little more than half OF
the wool required by American
cloth and carpet manufacturers
American manufacturers call upon
the wool growers OF Australia, Ar
gentihs, Uruguay. South Africa.
China. England. and many less i'm
portant wool producing countries for
additional raw material England
is the leading importer OF wool, for
most Of the export wool from all
the leading wool producing regions
OF the globe Is shipped to British
markets. Much OF II is reshipped TO
other countries. London is the
largest wool market Of the world.