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Show jj Tlic Standard's U. A. C. Bureau I Articles of Interest to Farmers, Housekeepers and Others J Written for The Standard by Experts at Utah's Noted ! I Agricultural College at Logan I 'inn ' i-f una in ii ii i ! I, , i, a, , , Making the article for sale look attractive at-tractive is recognized by most business busi-ness people as ,an important factor in making sales. ' This 13 as true in wools as in most other articles offered on the market. Growers of small clips of wool are showing much interest in adopting better methods of marketing tholr product One method of better marketing their wool sometimes lost sight of Is better preparation for market. mar-ket. The first thing in properly preparing prepar-ing wool for market is lo get the fleece off the animal without spoiling ,thc attractive qualities of the wool.' The sheep should be shorn on a clean floor, ofr dirt, chaff and straws picked up by the wool from a dirty floor lessen les-sen tffe attractiveness of the fleece and its value per pound. Machine shears handled with reasonable care make a neater looking job and do not make so many "second cuts" as hand shears. They also secure more wool. "Second cuts" make fleeces less attractive at-tractive to tho buyer because the short wool produced by theses cuts is not so valuable as the longer wool. Naturally the msot attractivc part of tho fleece, the shoulder avooI, should be exposed to the buyers' view. This done by spreading the fleece out, flesh side down on a clean floor, folding the sides in until the fleece Is about 15 or IS inches wide, and then rolling the fleece forward from tho breech toward the shoulder, taking care to fold back the neck piece on top of the shoulder just before the roll is finished After the fleece is spread and before it is rolled up, all tags and dung looks should be removed, because after the wool is packed they are going Iq come in contact with other parts of the fleece and oflen stain them. This slain cannot be removed, and makes the stained woll less attractive and less it is rolled up, all tage and. dung locks should be removed and sold separately Paper twine is the most acceptable for making a fleece attractive. If it cannot be secured, use wool twine or a hard glazed twine and use only the amount necessary to tie the fleeces. Binder twine should never be used as lis fibres get into the wool and can-. not bo separated from iL They will not dye, but appear in the finished cloth as undyed fibres. It does not make tho fleece artravtice, but Instead J makes It unattractive. Ono large com- " mission house has a standard dock of 5 cents per pound on all wool tied with ! binder twine. Black fleeces should be packed separately, sep-arately, but if this is not possible, put them In tho top or bottom of a bag where they will touch as little of thej other wool as possible. The black flzers become mixed with the white f and make the white wool less attractive attract-ive to prospective purchasers. The black fibers must be sorted out for if not, the white wool is liable to be made up Into white goods which would contain black fibres and thus have its value lowered. When the wool is sacked, pack It firmly, for the sacks are then easier to handle, more of them can be placed in ono car, and fewer sacks are nedeed All these little things serve to make the wool attractive to the buyer and thus assist in making the wool sell easier and for a higher price and in the establishing of a good reputation 1 for the grower's product 00 |