Show WOOL CARS LONG TOUR arii amna WOOL VAL URS TO 1311 RAL RAI 8 IN FOUR STATES washington D C may 26 tho car 0 t tho U 8 department of agriculture which lett left livingston Aon montana tana on january lath lids has given demonstrations in more titan than go 60 towns ot of the important sheep grow ng states to at least persons interested in fit wool growing anco leaving langston the car has icon dourng montana idaho wyo abing and utah in order to demonstrate to sheep me i 1 that the production of better woo means more money for hem ham thal tour Is the result of it cooperative arrangements made between the durcan of animal jn industry of the department of at agriculture and the agricultural colleges of the tour four states named tile the trip of this car ts Is regarded regard ed by wool specialists 0 tile the most important educational educato nal effort that has yet been made in aid bt bf the sheep industry which provider provides 9 states slates embr embracing aci ono one third of the total area of the auntry iou with the reater greater part of their income in ili re recon coul years a wide in interest t has been aroused in the better preparation ot at wools for market mark et at tile tho same time li however wever thera tere lias has leen call in some quarters rs a certain daubl whether the financial finan lal returns would repay the attention loi and expense involved in ili a depart departure ro from the pres ont ant mot methods linds or rt leather ather the praest lack ot at methods the lie moro more progressive sheep men have realized that the I 1 jup cefis of tile the ino movement Is de dependant lmont apart general cooperation p ration among tile the wo voi growers this can hardly bo be expected pecked in ili the of familiarity with the market grades of wools and a knowledge of the wide differences n up values possible in wools of the aada samo grades it Is to furnish this information formation to practical tibal sheep men that il demonstration aar ar is now making makin 9 IB tour lit in the car are live sheep with fleeces representing the main market graces grown in the section in which the car is traveling above the crates cral I 1 holding tile the sheep are cases containing similar fleeces the grade shrinkage and value of 0 which are arc 1 alp clearly arly indicated stationary ma giffing riffing glasses show tile the distinctions I 1 in tho the fineness of the various grades of small samples Conid considerable erable space lit Is also devoted to exhibits demonstrating tile the wa in which the value of woal depends upon its natural shrinkage strength and character the methods of branding packing anti and tying are arc also alao shown another portion of the exhibit which has aroused much interest consists of cases containing samples of wool in various stages of manufacture from the wool in the tha fleece leeco to tile fini finished shod fabric very few sheep men understand tile the many processes involved in the manufacture of finished arti clea from tile tho fl neece ce and are riot not 1 therefore in a position n to appreciate he which manufacturers attach to tho the vt odthe ho wool hoy boy purchase |