Show Compressing of Wool To Be Initiated By Denver Warehouse DENVER Colo Ma May 23 23 Corn I pre pressing of wool a new practice in Inthe Inthe the Industry will be l e Initiated at atI I Merrion fc Wilkins warehouse in Denver Colorado It was announced Id I'd Saturday y bv by Russell Wilkins partner in the Merrion 0 S Wilkins Company This project is a cooperative eni en Denver Wool i i t vor t between the firm and find the government and will wUl willbe be e directed direct d by J M Coon senior Agricultural economist of the Farm Credit Administration Department of Agriculture Mr Wilkins said sald The purpose Is to alleviate the shortage in burlap supplies larRel large q 1 of which have hereto heretofore heretofore heretofore fore gone one Into wool bags for the packaging of the clip and to reduce I the faculties facilities needed In transport transport- transporting transporting transporting ing the wool ool from the producing areas to the centers of manufacture manufacture manufacture ture Where baling has been done Inthe In Inthe inthe the past on a small scale cale balerson balers balerson balerson on the pattern of those used in Australia have been employed pro pro- prod producing pro producing d a package e In which the density of the wool is la about bout 19 pounds per cubic foot toot In the new process which Is now being inaugurated Inaugurated the wool In the bales will willbe be compressed to a density of about 25 to 30 pounds per cubic foot or approximately twice the density of the wool woo In a well packed pack packed packed ed bag This will about double the capacity of railway cars used in shipping the wool and a corre carre corresponding reduction in the rate of should result |