. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. BULLETIN OF THE MPIHNIOFAfflOJIl No. 206. Contribution from the Bureau of Animal Industry, A. D. Melvin, Chief. a May 25, 1915. THE WOOLGROWER AND THE WOOL TRADE. By F. B,. Marshall and L. L. Heller, Of the Animal Husbandry Division. CONTENTS. Introduction 1 Present methods of disposing of wool by the growers 2 Factors that determine the value of wool 3 Wool grading 11 Market grades 14 Sorting wool 21 Pounds of wool per pound of cloth 24 The need of improvement in handling Ameri- can wools 24 How American methods of ha
. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. BULLETIN OF THE MPIHNIOFAfflOJIl No. 206. Contribution from the Bureau of Animal Industry, A. D. Melvin, Chief. a May 25, 1915. THE WOOLGROWER AND THE WOOL TRADE. By F. B,. Marshall and L. L. Heller, Of the Animal Husbandry Division. CONTENTS. Introduction 1 Present methods of disposing of wool by the growers 2 Factors that determine the value of wool 3 Wool grading 11 Market grades 14 Sorting wool 21 Pounds of wool per pound of cloth 24 The need of improvement in handling Ameri- can wools 24 How American methods of handling wool may be improved 27 Fundamental rules for the wool grower 29 Glossary of terms used in the wool trade 31 INTRODUCTION. The United States ranks as one of the principal wool-producing countries of the world. The amount of wool imported by Ameri- can manufacturers is equal to more than one-half of the home-grown clip. American and foreign wools are often offered for sale at the same time in the warehouses of Boston and other wool-marketing cen- ters. Some American wools are equally as valuable as the best foreign wools of the same class. On the whole, however, the appearance of American wools compares quite unfavorably with that of most of the foreign wools. The difference is due nearly altogether to the growers' methods of preparing the wool for shipment. Foreign woolgrowers, and Australians in particular, maintain a uniformly high standard in the handling of their wools. This care in preparation and the certainty as to the character of the contents of the bales has given their wools a high reputation that insures their bringing full value at the time of selling to the manufacturer. Persons familiar with the buying and manufacturing of home- grown and foreign wools assert that on account of poor preparation Note.—This bulletin discusses the preparation of wools for market and explains the effect upon the value of wool of the factors under the control of the grower. I
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