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Show Ilij NEW SHEARING METHODS I fa PRODUCE BETTER PRICES 1 1 jM First Year Under the Australian II I 1 System Proves Satisfactory 1 1 Phamplet On Workings If! M i Bhccpmen nnd stock growers Ken- Bi ,' erally throughout tho Intcrmounlnln jj m ' and Western Btatr who hao evinced fl jj Interest In tho work that hit been BQ f carried on during (he pant year or Bl fl ' morn to Itixuro the proper preparation Bfci ftp of Western wool for the market will BB'' read with n Kood deal of Interest tho Itl following excerpt from a pamphlet St just lsucd hy tho Pioneer Australian Shearlnft hcd, of which J. K. Co- bm" p griff, president of tho Continental Nn- BB 8 ' I tlonnt bank of Halt Niko City, la presl- BB ft i,l dent, and which net a nut In detail tho BB R ' t reaulta of tho operation of tho first Bfl ' Australian ahearlnK shed established !t In thl country. ' I It was Cosurlff who a yutr or ao jl) nrro brought thn world expert, W, T. U Ultrh, from Australia and paid hla BBfll il salary and expenMa for twche month BH Cfii3 while Hitch Journeyed ntnutiK the Ht ' sheepmen and woolxrowers of Utah, V, ! Idaho, Wyoming and neighboring Sjfi i ,., states, telling them of tho Australian BBj , methods hy which wool I prepared BH ' for market nl Its source, tho ahearlnK BT l'lant la ritiriiK llnalo. B At the conclusion of the year for BBt which Cosgrlff employed Hitch to BBt 1 help tun Inlermountulii sheepmen BB I . solve their prolitem of it better price BB , for their wont, Cosgrlff decided that BH: as n fitting finale to his year's work In BBf this direction ho would head n corn BBt ', pany to erect the first shearing plant BBt. In tho United Htatea, Tho Pioneer BBt Australian Hhearlng shed wn organ' Bl lied and officered by Cosgrlff na prea- BBI Ident, T. W. Iloyer na lc president, BB i J. HI. A. llo) er ns ocretnry nnd treas BBS I v urcr, nnd lllteh as tho wool specialist. BBjf, " Others Interested In the company wern BW J. K. Ilnrtt of Itnirlln. Wyo.. nnd I). BBjH f A. Ilenvlll of Hock Hprlngs. Wo. ! These men erected the first Australian shearing plant of tho United Htatea nt Hit. Mile Hauch, six miles south of Hitter Creek station, Wyoming, where last season tho herds of tho i'ow Creek Cuttle company, tho l'loncer Hheep compaii), Ilocr Hros. Incur-Vorated, Incur-Vorated, nnd tho Antelope Htock company com-pany wern shenred. Thn United Htatea liurviiil of animal Industry sent several experts to the plant to watch Ha operation. Tho majority ma-jority of tho crew of shearers were Australian nnd New Zealand experts, the other crows ulpiut thn plant were coinprbt'd largely of students from tho Agricultural Collegn of Wyoming, nnd during thn operation of tho plant scores of prominent visitors wern entertained en-tertained from every section of tho West, Including observer from several sev-eral stain experiment stations. Tho construction nnd operating features fea-tures of the plant wern described In The, Hun's column while thn plant was In operation. HI nee, thn clos of the shearing season Cosgrlff nnd hi associates have been besieged hy rn-PPp rn-PPp quests from sheepmen nit over tho country, asking for details of the results re-sults of the first season's operation of tho Australian plant. Inasmuch as It Is the first of Its kind erected In thla country. Pamphlet Is Descriptive. Cosgrlff found It Impossible to per-ronally per-ronally answer these Inquiries, nnd several days ngo decided to put thi result In pamphlet form. Therein hw take up In detail many matters of paramount Interest to sheepmen nnd woolgrowers. Tho following nre excerpts from the pamphlet prepared nnd Issued over the signature of tho Pioneer Australian Austra-lian Hhearlng shed Thn plant la of n permanent nature, well constructed of heavy material and painted. It will last n number of years with little or no upkeep expense. ex-pense. As It was tho first one constructed con-structed In thl country the cost wns considerably higher than n like plant should cost when constructed by nn experienced contractor with ample time given hint. On account of the plant being located six mites from the railroad, tho cost was appreciably higher, due to tho expense of hauling material nnd workmen. Hheepmcn who are contemplating tho erection of such n plant may have corrals which can be ullllied, n well ns much lumber lum-ber In the building now being used. Tho Plant Cot Item. Main building, 11200; additional shelter shed, IHJS.30, painting, 1197; outside corral, I U 4.10; machinery nnd equipment, tlXiZ.M; cost of bunkhouse. kitchen, dining loom, sleeping rooms, office nnd laundry. IMZO.or. offlc? furniture, (2S7.IS. Total MH7 07. II will bo noted that there nrn building build-ing nnd appliance In connection with this plant which nrn seldom found In thn ordinary Western shearing shear-ing pens. It la unfortunate, that wo have heretoforo never had due regard for the health nnd well-being of our shearers nnd helpers. In thn ordinary .hearing plant there I no opportunity for shearers to take n bath from thn beginning of thn shearing season to Its tdosn nnd thn living (unrter nrn of thn most wretched kind. Wn ran hardly hope to sccum satisfactory service until th need of the men nre provided for. Tho Cool of Shearing. The cost of shearing, handling of the wool, nnd packing, Including wool packs, branding paint nnd material of every kind used In connection, vva firteetl nnd four-fifth cent per head. Thl price Included n large number of meals furnished each day to thn visitor visi-tor who camn to tho plant nnd thn cost of taking them to nnd from thn station In automobiles, nit of which vva done without charge. Tho company com-pany wn pleased to have Visitor see tho operation nnd offered every facility fa-cility possible to enable them to visit the plant, In computing the cost of shearing, Interest on tho plant Is not Included, but thl Item probably would be offset by the expense Incurred In providing for the visitors who came Three unusual Items of expenditure had to be faced this sesson which will be absent next year six extra men to make up for the loss of time caused by nn amateur crew, extra cost of making wool packs from material of an unsuitable width, and extra cost of making the Improved, hollow ground thick combs. Will Ho Normal Next Ycnr. Next season extra help will be unnecessary un-necessary and the cost of making the standard wool pack and the hollow ground thick comb will tie normal The elimination of this extra expense will more than wipe out the fraction over fifteen cents per hesd. The fact must not bo overlooked that wn supplied sup-plied these expenslvo comb to the shearers free of charge, when U M tho usual custom for shearers to supply sup-ply their own combs. Most of these combs, which were specially made to our own design, cost fl.OS each, but manufacturers nssure us that these can bo made nl the regular price next year The pay of the fully qualified wool classer from New Zealand was only six dollar per one thousand fleeces, or n fraction over half a cent per sheep. When all these thing are taken Into consideration they amount to n strong argument In favor of the advantages of the new sjstcm when Its superior organization I once established. es-tablished. Thn usual cost of shearing nnd packing In thn old way In pen In thn locality of Hitter Creek was 1C nnd 16 4 cents thn past season. Machine Hhearlng Only. Thn sheep nt our Hitter Creek shots were nil shorn with machine shears, the shearers using thin or thb k roinlm ns thn owners requested. The thb k comb leave n still. bio ns king as ma) be desired. Over half of the sheep shorn were what might In-termed In-termed merino blood nnd the rest print limlly trossbreds. The praitlcnl sheepman will rpihkl) rcttllxn that thn cost of shearing aid IHiiklng In thn new wny must have been i-ousldernbly higher the msI season than It would be If experienced operatives could bo found. In fait, the same crew would perforin the work lit it lessened cost another ear due to the experience alono. If n number of shed were In operation so that 'he some crew could obtain work fur it long season, the cost per head would be materially reduced. .MlrdcndliiK StnlcmcnlA. Many mlslendlng statement regarding regard-ing thn cost of shearing linvn been madn by persons who knew nothing about the actual cost. No doubt many of the rcudcr of thl article will wonder won-der nt the comparatively low cost of shearing, classing nnd piuklng the wool. Wn call their nttrntlon to the fact that sstem nnd order nlwns bring better result at lessened cost. In fact this can hardly bu appreciated except by those who have had experience ex-perience with tho new sjKtcm nnd compared It with thn old order' of thing. Twenty shearer sheared on an average .lout lhlrt-tw j i""u"dl sheep Per Ua This I. . . h Igher . erage than Is I1' '' BTh ' th.n under former ?"-" hB' , an Increased number of o.e rat es are reoulrcd to skirt and handle the , IteLZTlhe number required for pen-nWthe pen-nWthe sheep and In other place 1 correspondingly rtdu d. I'rclglit Hate Hcdiiccd. The freight rate upon baled ool to approximated ii per cent l'r from Intermountaln points to the AtlantU seaboard than It Is upon wool lnsack in many places this vlng mnl" to more than two cents per fleece When we lako Hits Into consideration. It materially reduces the ciwt of shearing shear-ing In the new way as compared wun Uic old. , . . in explaining the advantage for the shearer we think It well to give the views of one of the shearers at our sheds. He said "The advantages advan-tages to me In shearing here arc a follows I can catch n sheep easily around the neck In these catching pens, because, there nre no shorn sheep In front of me This Is n saving In lime, because by dragging n sheep out by a grip on the leg, t must then take her up by the neck In order to bring her Into proper osltlon, thereby there-by losing time. Cood Light Alv) llcl. Thn shells arc well lighted from the roof and only n rapid shearer can appreciate what good light mean to those endeavoring to shear rapidly and evenly without Injury to the sheep. The floor Is even ttnd clean and I nm not nbllged to tie the fleeie, which Is n saving In lime The shed nre well Ventilated nnd with nn nb-eenco nb-eenco of cold draught. This I Important Im-portant to n man heatetl by rapid work. Finally there I system, order nnd cleanliness, which brings out the best there Is In n man. When every facility I provided for convenience and comfort, Including lalmr saving devices. Intelligent operatives quliklj appreciate jour efforts and take more Interest In their work, which results In complete sa Isfnctlon for all concerned." con-cerned." . Wn suggest to the sheepmen that when they hear adverse criticism of the new method of shearing nnd pmk Ing they Inquire ns to the motives which actuate thesf self npHintid judges, many of whom never herded sheep a day In their lives, never own nil it herd of sheep, nnd never sold ti clip of wool. Turtles Arc Clinngril, often when nn lutHirlant and net esewry bill Is Introduced In a leglsla ture those whose selfish Interest nrr opixteed at once suggest amendments and modifications These suggestion are often onl) Veiled effort to defiat the bill. Ho. too, we find mum i gesllou of change nnd miHllfli atlon In the s)stem which we have adopted We. n sheepmen, have la-en told f r ears b the lti)em that our wool wat of far less valiie than the Austrnll.iii J wool because the tatter was skirted Unseed nnd ready for use. Hut now we are advised not to adopt the vers system which was held out to us ni it model. v'lil it not appeal to the thinking sh pmnu that .1 I logical to prepare our wool ulong the line of the most marketable wool that Is mild nt the nut Hon sales In lonilon, mi that In the event that the home market I d pressed we may send It to lmdon ' Stnndnril Mut lie Mel, To the man whose wool I prepared under the best world method, tendon quotation mean something; prepared In other wn) they mean comiHtra-lively comiHtra-lively nothing. The iHHwIhlllty, of Western wool being tmcked In audi a condition that It Is fit to lake It plate alongside similar wools from New Zealand nnd Australia In the world's market may be n ho line of nnxlet) to some people but the Intelligent sheepman who studies hi nwu Interests Inter-ests lauuot full to sec the advantage or adopting up to date methods. It Is unfair to advise the Autvrltaii sheep-mi sheep-mi n to cling to mii olwolete stm when their wo Is faced with the i impetltlou of proHMly prepared for-itlgn for-itlgn wihiI ImiHirtml dut rrw. Iligardlng the prices will, h were Uiilncd rr the hihiI shorn at our chid the owners of the lips are en-till en-till d nnd qualified to m what the win and whether or not the) were t itlsfni tor |
