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Show HOW WOOL GROWERS CAN HELP THEMSELVES. That the American wool grower has been slow to understand the fine points In the marketing of hiB wool, is the substance of a government bulletin, bul-letin, and that he can increase the price of his wool clips as much as three cents, a pound is a further announcement. an-nouncement. The western wool grower has been careless in the shearing and putting up of hia wool for shipment. Had ho followed the example of the Australian Aus-tralian sheepmen, he would have derived a much larger revenue than he has received. How the change, for the better can be made is thus stated: Australian and New Zealand wools arc graded or "classed" at the time of shearing. They are also shipped in bales instead of sacks. The "wool classers", who do their work at the shearing plant, are familiar with the basis of grading wool for manufacturers' manufac-turers' use. No bale contains more than ope grade of wool, and any one bale 1b a true representative of others oth-ers of the same grade shorn from the same flock. In many instances the fleeces are also "skirted." Skirting is the removal from the fleece of that part of the wool shorn from the legs and belly. Such skirtings contain con-tain most of the dirt and foreign matter mat-ter present in the fleece and when baled and sold separately bring their actual value and do not detract from the appearance and uniform character of the body wool. Quite frequently the bodies of Australian Aus-tralian fleeces are held together by a roll twisted from the fleece itself and which serves to keep the fleece Intact while being placed in the bale and after the bale is opened at the market, thuB avoiding possibility of injury from the use of unsuitable twine. Only a small proportion of American Ameri-can wool growers separate .their wool Into grades before sacking for shipment. ship-ment. Unless the flock is of very uniform character, the sacks of wool must be opened at the warehouse , and their contents graded before being be-ing offered for sale. Skirting is never done in America and on the majority of ranches the tags or dung locks are left with the fleeces. |