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Show H V f DEVELOPING THE i jl! v IT SHEEP AND WOOL l :' Y ! INDUSTRY IN U. S. i j' The scientific handling of an 1m- lli h ff" J11 " i001 t0 f f nTarket in the beat condition and at f$4 1 i the most favorable tlmo for tbo rro- ij) ducer, la the roault of the evolution lr ' ot modsrn business mofhjjs. One of tho moat valuable lndustiloi In tho west In the '-wool growing, and tho wool citp of tho northwoitero states la now vry largeluy banrcd In that way. Portland has been made tho regional wool center for warehousing, grading and distributing distribut-ing tho wool product of the northwestern north-western state. Next to the livestock Industry, wool production at present prices la ofee ot the blggeat Items In tbe list of Uncle Sam'a raw material industries. About twenty million pounds ot wool la handled at Portland, Port-land, and under proper conditions, fotry to fifty million pounds should be handled. Under government regulations reg-ulations and Inspection tbe wool goes through the warehouse direct from the grower to the manufacturer. The wool Is all graded nccoidfug to gov I ernment standards and sold by sample sam-ple under ..distribution orders from the wool administration. For Instance, one lot of 1800 pounds was scpjrted Into fourteen grades an dthe owner received- from 42 to 70 cents a pound. In short, the grower gets tho full manufacturing manufactur-ing price for each grade. Under the old system the dealer bought at the lowest grade, sorted the wool and made his profits on the higher grades. Practically the lowest grado, determined the price. Now govern J ment grading takes the place of the dealer and a government Inspector fixes the grade. This Is what is known as the Australian system and It spoils stabilised values for wool The government has established sixteen six-teen grades, but there are three kinds ot wol In each grade, choice, average and Inferior. Wool comes to the ware bouse mank kinds In one sack, and a lot of 260,000 pounds will be divided di-vided into thirty distinct .kinds, which is then distributed to the manufacturer man-ufacturer according to the grados under government orders. There Is no such think as speculation and cornering cor-nering the market under this system. sys-tem. If this plan is Continued after the war, the wool growing Industry will be permanently standardized, because be-cause when the wool Is turned over t the warehouse for grading, it la practically owned and distributed to the mills by the government. The Columbia Basin warehouso empany has a system of extending cre'dit to the wool grower and loana money direct on their sheep or on the wool clip. Handling tho wool clip under government direction Is to all Intents and purposes cooperative coopera-tive marketing. The Portland wool bouses tarry 18,000,0)0 Insurance and will handle from 15,000 000 to '20,000,000 pounds wool tbls.ye.ar. The wool from five states is handled under this system now Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana and Wyoming. ' Not only grading the wool, and financing the grower, but keeping close watch on mabnufa'cturlng and 'transportation conditions are parts of the service rendered to the Industry. In-dustry. Aa a matte etf fact nothing la left undone to reader wool growing grow-ing a afe and profitable Industry atnee warehousing and grading waa Taken over by the government April 25th. Tbe whole principle of 'Inspection 'In-spection and grading la U'bring tbe grower and the manufacturer together to-gether without losa to either. Scientific Scien-tific grading soon convince tbe growe rthat It pays to grade up i!u flocks and ralso better breeds ot shoep, and aa a result produce more f tbe higher grades of wool. From B0 to 75 per cent Is saved In freight" eastby baving the. wool graded and 'compressed Into bales of about twenty pouatda, to the square foot. Government Inspection goes further and the warehouse company sends experts out to the sheepmen to consult con-sult with them on the best waya ot handling flocks and Improving their business. It Is a well known fact that range lands suitable for pasturing sheep are fton destroyed by careless dls-psltion dls-psltion and Ignorant use made of tho samo, it g bellovod nllotlng rango lund3 tactual ranch ownors la the best policy Instead of leasing to trans lents. It is also part of the educational educa-tional program to encourage ' tho . r -HIWIB wiggB maintenance of thousands of the small flocks of sheep. The small flock has better housing as a rule, Is less subject to extremes of climate and tbe sheep are never allowed to go to the starvation point. If there were general cooperation with the governmet n the part of the press aid the people, millions of pounds of wool could be added to the present product, enriching the nation and every individual Interest-. ed In this Industry. 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