THE CO-OPERATIVE SALE OF WOOL IQ 



" b) Placing one inside the sack and sewing the sack up, using 

 strong, hard twine. 



" c) Sewing the second shipping label securely to the side, not to 

 the end of the sack. 

 " 4. Storing. 



" a) Store the sacks where they will be kept dry until ready 

 to ship. 



"5. Shipping. 



" a) Forward the wool by freight, via the most direct route, to the 

 Co-operative Organization Branch, Department of Agriculture, Regina, 

 making the shipment between June 19 and July i. No shipment should be 

 forwarded later than July i. 



" b) Either prepay the freight to Regina or forward the shipment 

 freight, charges collect, and the Department will pay the freight and de- 

 duct the amount from your cheque before making the final settlement. 



" c) As soon as the shipment is made, forward the bill of lading at 

 once by mail to the Co-operative Organization Branch. 



In 1914, 180 sheepfarmers prepared and forwarded their wool accord- 

 ing to these directions. Their total consigment, amounting to 69,404 

 pounds, was assembled in Regina and sold at a flat price of 17 ^/^ cents a 

 pound. This, after local freight from the producers' stations to Regina 

 and the cost of twine, sacks, storage, handling etc. had been paid, brought 

 the producers an average price of 16 14 cents a pound. In 1915 the work 

 was carried on in practically the same way, and 306 sheepfarmers marketed 

 altogether 148,339 pounds of wool through the branch, obtaining a flat 

 price of 25 cents a pound. 



In 1916 the Dominion Live Stock Branch undertook by arrangement 

 to provide expert graders to classify the wool, and the same instructions 

 were issued to producers as formerl5^ Four hundred and eighty-seven 

 owners of flocks marketed through the branch their wool (176,601 pounds) 

 which was sold by tender. The following figures summarize the total 

 weight of each grade handled and the price realized for it. 



