Show County Agents Agent's Desk DeskI I By J. J Reed Moore I Most of the shee will start star t shearing their sheep soon Now 1 is s i the time to think about putting g up the fleece in as aa good a package package pack age as possible The cleaner th the e fleece the better the price 8 Be e sure to have the tags etc placed in a different bag The fine tine wool should be separate e from the medium wool If 11 fleeces es are burry full of hay bay leaves sticks etc they always are graded graded grad ed down Keep the black wool In 1 separate bags Those that shear hear r should try to avoid a double cut The shortens the fiber and sometimes sometimes some some- times will put the fleece in to a at t lower staple class Tie with th the e flesh side out I I Farmers are also urged to plant grain I as early as possible This pays off in higher yields An experiment ex ex- pertinent conducted at the over a 3 year period showed that the earlier planting consistently gave the highest yields For each day 15 delay In planting there was an an 18 to 20 ZO per cent Clint drop in la yield yield |