| Show j Report on wool I pool made at annual meeting Members of Uintah Basin's largest commodity marketing the Uintah Basin Wool met in Vernal recently and re-affirmed their faith in their officers by electing them to another term of Re-elected were Jay Dan and Earl managing In his report to the President Searle noted that the Pool had grown steadily in membership and pounds of wool handled since first business was done by the cooperative in Only of wool were handled that first In the cooperative handled pounds of wool for The thrilling thing about it remarked is the way we are able to help ourselves at such a low overhead Because of more people are signing up for the 1960 year Average selling price for all wool in the 1959 consignment through the Uintah Basin Wool Pool was per Mecham reported that the wool was consigned for sale through the National Wool Marketing Association Each consignor's wool was graded separately and marketed according to its individual The grading resulted in a breakdown of 23 different grades of A look at the marketing results indicates that the choice fine staple wool sold for 63 per pound while dirty burry wool sold some a pound less and tags dropped way down to per Officers of the wool marketing organization encourage their patrons to be more careful in managing their sheep Keeping the wool and separating the black wool from the white will bring even greater dividends in the future Charges for handling the wool last year were as In lots less than per in lots over lbs per G lading costs were per pound for lots of less than and per pound for lots of more than lbs Freight rates were per Interest on advances after the wool was delivered stopped when the wool was was Storage costs were per cwt pei Anyone desiring to consign wool with the pool this year can sign up by contacting the managing Mecham of Vernal President Searle reported that area meetings will be held in the future to permit more farmers and ranchers of the Uintah Basin to get-acquainted with the |
