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enhanced the value of the Wyoming clip of thirty-seven million 

 pounds, over one million dollars. The growers who stored their clip 

 in the Omaha house borrowed eight cents per pound and pledged 

 their warehouse certificates as collateral, and have carried their 

 wools for a period of six months, interest on loans included, for 

 less than one-half cent per pound. The clips that have been sold 

 through this house have brought the grower from three to five 

 cents per pound more than was oftered when wool was shipped, 

 and the wool still on hand will net the grower a much greater ad- 

 vance. 



The western wool growers generally, and the executive com- 

 mittee of the National Wool Growers' Association in particular, 

 seeing the benefits to be derived, the prestige and importance of 

 the wool storage proposition, have arranged to erect and operate 

 large houses at both Omaha and Chicago, and on behalf of the Na- 

 tional Wool Growers' Association, I extend to you a hearty wel- 

 come and earnestly appeal to you to affiliate with us in this great 

 enterprise for the betterment of our condition. 



THE VALUE OF UNITED EFFORTS AMONG SHEEPMEN. 



(Mr. Howard A. Chandler Charitan, Iowa.) 



It affords me great pleasure to be with you this morning, and 

 especially to talk on the sheep subject, because I believe that this 

 State will be one of the greatest ones for sheep in a very short 

 time. 



I consider that one of the most important subjects before us 

 at this time is that of the value of united efforts among sheep men. 

 We have all heard about the founding of purebred flocks, about 

 feeding too much fattening food, about proper barns, etc., but it 

 seems to me that there should be a great deal of work done among 

 the breeders themselves. Up until the past few years, the sheep 

 business has been considered more or less like the Belton hare 

 business; but recently the demand for wool and mutton, and the 

 building up of pure bred herds have placed the sheep industry 

 clear at the top. Some breeders don't like to start into the business 

 by themselves, either with grades or with purebreds; they are 

 afraid they will not have a good sale for their wool or mutton, or, if 

 raising purebred rams, they are afraid they will not have a market 



