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here and tell us why tlu'.v are {graded in a certain way, and the price 

 each grade should brlnj^ iu the market. It struck me that there was 

 something wrong when I heard that we were producing wool for the 

 Eastern markets and the Southwest was jiroducing wool for our market. 



-Mr. Levering: If we had a place where wool could he inspected 

 Mr. Strange could pull out a few samples from the fleeces and send it 

 there and have it graded. When the buyer came to him he coidd show 

 him the tag attached to each sample, showing that such wool as that 

 should bring 22 cents a pound. The buj^er might say he would only give 

 17 cents, but you can say that he can not have it for less than the price you 

 put upon it. and j'ou will probably get that price in the end. 



Mr. Houudtree: I would like to have Mr. Strange's suggestion in 

 regard to having someone at the ne.\t meeting explain the grading of wool. 

 Hut if we should get this person here would the members bring samples 

 of woolV How many of us have brought samples of the kind of wool 

 we are growing to this meeting in the past five years? However, if we. had 

 a man here who understood the grading of wool it would be a benefit 

 to the members of the Association. 



I shall tell you what I do with my wool. I send samples of my wools 

 to the big Eastern manufacturers and get it graded and sell directly to 

 them. That is what I Intend to do. and that is what every one of you can 

 do. We have dealers in Crawfordsville wlio handle an enormous (pian- 

 tity of wool and some of them can not tell the difference between a 

 Shropshire fleece and a Southdown fleece, and you are at the mercy 

 of these buyers. Don't sell to these men; sell to the manufacturers. 



Mr. Strange: If we act individually in this nnittcr it win have no 

 effect, but let the Indiana Wool Growers' Association make it iniderstood 

 that It is l)ehind this movement and the movement will have some weight. 

 That will put a force behind it they will respect, and th^y will grade 

 the .samples for us. 



President Thornburg called for the reports. 



Mr. Miller read the following report of the Auditing Committee: 



Halance in Treasury $8.15 



I Mii's received by Secretary 5.5() 



$13.G5 

 raid for postals l.-'jO 



Balance .$12.1.'> 



1. M. .MILI.KU. 



(j}E()K(JE lIAKSIIHAKCiEK, 



Committee. 



