224 STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



"I boiijilit nine lanulri'd pounds of well waslicd Delaine wool in lliilsdak' county, 

 round tied, no excess twine, paying twenty-eight cents per pound, which graded right 

 up to Ohio at thirty-tlnee cents in Boston, netting three cents per pound ])rofit, while 

 losing nxiney on wool bought at twenty-three to twenty-four cents. (^>iiality and con- 

 dition generally observed is what Micliigan needs.' 



In closing, permit me to say that because ^Michigan wools are not the best, we must 

 not get the idea that they are the only wools which can be better grown or better 

 prepared for the market.' Other states are suffering from market prejudices which 

 have been established by careless methods. Nor should we. knowing this, be any the 

 less j>ersistent in our efforts to place Michigan wool on a footing second to none in 

 the open market. 



