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Show sne bign-up f 1931 Wool iffy Cooperative and HTiTv.epoits from all wool growing lt in nets of the United States to ' pyran,i(1 dquarters of the National Wool rketing Corporation tell of the E Ijm .: support which wool growers )ne only ij giving their cooperative at the half-ton ginning 01 its seccnd rnarket trade ?son. ' Manti t- '-timates the middle of Marcn -lced the coopeiative tonnage of 'ESSaryTI wool actually signed at 75,000,-'S 75,000,-'S men pounds, which is far in excess every g the volume at the same time s and Jli; 5 year. five st-reports from the field indicate . We i cooperative units are getting 3d ten-' considerable volume of wool from is. sT1? members. Current belief is iuar's R?iit the cooperative wool tonnage ; 4th ?'f" 1931 will exceed the large vol-; ; call' th te Slven the growers' organiza-1 lore durme its flrst year of Pera- fills' r 1930- " ''The Utah Wool Marketing As- iation, Salt Lake City, whlcn " -idled 10,210,000 pounds in 1930 1 approximately 12,500,000 lbs. II Hl'ned the middle 01 March with liJlre wool expected when shearing s under way. Of this volume, 10rt SeC5'iBhlv l.u3.00 fleeces, approxi-tely approxi-tely 434,000 fleeces represent fn w members. Jas. A. Hooper, iretary of the Utah association, o vice-president of the National VGr fpo1 MarketinB Corporation, re- "rts growing interest in coopera-e coopera-e marketing throughout the en-Telet)Wa en-Telet)Wa intermountain district. " "From Yakima, Wash., comes the I- , port that the Oregon-Washing-k I I j i Association, which handled a 'J-lVtle over 5,000,000 pounds last ar, already has signed about 4,-0,000 4,-0,000 pounds of which fully 500-'-station Jig pounds represents new mem-rship. mem-rship. J. P. Sears, secretary of HstariM le Oregon-Washington Associa-vaWx Associa-vaWx ,n anticipates that the volume 11 reductiis vear w'" De considerably great - i , , than the . amount which the -"b owers consigned to the cooperate coopera-te last year. Shearing is now ider way in Washington. The Eastern Idaho Association, icatello, had approximately 3,724,-LlHtaiD 3,724,-LlHtaiD SiO pounds signed the middle of m.i a. arch, reports A. H. Caine, secre-iei. secre-iei. Ury of this voiumei about 5,000 pounds is from growers who 'e new members in the Eastern laho unit. Although the season just getting well under way in laho, tin's uit of the National ' is ;ry close to its 1930 tonnage, V6StEthlch was 4'17a'000 Pounds. Many jain coming into the cooperative f J .' tne leading clips of Idaho are VtOOQ rogram. The Western Idaho As-iciation, As-iciation, Boise, has signed again rmanfiis year the John Archabal clip E approximately 500,000 pounds, 'his Is one of the key clips of 3aho. The Colorado Wool Marketing V J U BSOClat;ion. Denver, which in 19C V andled approximatelly 5,500,000 ' ounds, expects the tonnage will be t least 6,000,000 pounds this sea-on, sea-on, according to L. W. Clough. ecretary-treasurer. The middle )K 'f March the Colorado unit had lgned approximately 479,000 fleec-s, fleec-s, or about 3,830,000 pounds. Last I 'ear, at shipping time, the tonnage J if this unit of the cooperative was oughly 300,000 fleeces, or about 1.400,000 pounds. The Colorado init also is getting a considerable fT"olume of wool from new members. mem-bers. - It was the belief of Murray E. Stebbins, secretary of the Montar.a 1 Wool Marketing Association and a member of the national board of ,4 Tjfllrectors, that Montana will pass Us 1930 volume by fully 2,000,000 pounds. He predicts the 1931 , Montana cooperative tonnage will r fording better than 15,000,000 pounds, to yon lcominS from close to 3.000 growers. Last year the Montana cooperative nice it 'unit shipped approximately 13,- ijOOO.OOO pounds, ease c - Th(j paciflc Cooperative Wocl iricate f Growers, Portland, which handle! close to 10,000,000 pounds last year, now has approximately 8,000,000 ,X i pounds of 1931 wool signed and mUL looks for the total tonnage for uiall ic'this year to equal that of the pa;t (Season. ou big The Texas units reporting so . B(l:far indivate increased tonnages. ly Tlie Lone Star association. Sin Angelo; expects its 1931 volume to umount to between 7,000,000 and d toUs" 7 500 pounds. Last year the grow-, grow-, jJ ers in the Lone Star association doDe shipped 6,582,000 pounds. Tne 0il and1 Lone Star association ' reports few i withdrawals and quite a bit of e che" new business. . 0 "The Mid-Texas Association, Men 1 " nrd, had 1,750,000 pounds signed Tjirset'' 'lle middle of March, according to J. R. Smart, secretary, contrast Wy r with a, total volume of 1,663,000 pounds for the entire 1930 season. The Nevada Wool Marketing Association, As-sociation, Elko, reported approximately approxi-mately 300,000 fleeces or about 2,- ) 400.000 pounds signed the middle of March. Last year this association associ-ation assembled 1.977.000 pounds "I wool. C. A. Sewell. secretary of the Nevada unit, expresses the belief be-lief that the 1931 volume will ne ilnh materially greater than that for " The outlook is favorable in both 5 North and South Dakota. Last lrji year the North Dakota association l" handled about 3,375.000 pounds, while the South Dakota volume was 3,827,000 pounds. The North Dakota association reports that only on-ly 200 members withdrew during the year from a total membership in excess of 5,000. Both of these units expect their 1931 clip to equal or possibly exceed that of last year. Reports from the Middle West indicate that growers in the fleece wool districts will do their share toward advancing cooperative mar-j mar-j keting of their product. The Wisconsin Wool Growers Association, As-sociation, Portage, which operates as an indendent unit this year had approximately 550,000 pounds in Sight the middle of March, and P.. E. Richards, secretary, expects the association's volume to be larger-before larger-before the seaon is over. Last 'year the Wisconsin growers shipped approximately 280,000 pounds of wool through the Minnesota and Central units to the cooperative. Tne United Association, Baltimore, Balti-more, Md., expects a material Increase In-crease in 1931 volume over that of last year. In 1930, growers in the United States shipped approximately approximat-ely 1,110,000 pounds of wool. Paul Mueller Jr., secretary, reports that cancellations have not amounted to more than one or two cars of wool. tsoth the Midwest Wool Marketing Association, Kansas City and the Minnesota Cooperative Wool Growers Association, Wabasha, Wa-basha, expect the 1931 tonnages to bo about the same as those of 1930. Last year the Midwest was 3,491,-000 3,491,-000 pounds and Minnesota about 1,200,000 pounds. An intensive membeship drive is now under way throughout' the Midwest Association territory, reports re-ports A. E. Turner, secretary. In this campaign the cooperative is receiving excellent support from agricultural colleges in the stales in which the association operates. These colleges are doing all they can to assist the grower to develop his own strong marketing association. associa-tion. The Iowa Association, Des Moines expects a 1931 volume twice or possibly pos-sibly three times greater than the 1930 tonnage, which was 1,145,000 pounds, according to Chas. Sexton, secretary. |