CO-OPERATIVE WOOL MARKETING PAYS 73 



Co-operative Selling Satisfactory 



The members were very well satisfied. This co-operative sale 

 is simply an object lesson, a stepping stone to sales of lambs, hay, 

 and other products of the farm. 



The Third Year 



The following report of the third yearly sale of wool is copied 

 from "The Otsego County Farm Bureau News": 



The wool committee of our Sheep Breeders' Association, the 

 members of which are H. H. Marlette, John A. Curry and Howard 

 Cunningham, sold the season's wool clip at auction on July llth 

 to P. W. Talbott & Sons of Binghamton. C. W. Peaslee of 

 Laurens successfully auctioned off the wool and secured the price 

 of 69% cents per pound for medium wool. One-third less is to 

 be received for the small amount of rejects to be sold, which 

 include fine, cotted, burry, seedy and black wool. More buyers 

 were present than usual, there being men present from New York, 

 Philadelphia, Binghamton, Utica and local points. Sales con- 

 ducted for three consecutive years demonstrate not only the value 

 of this sort of co-operation but also the fact that farmers can pull 

 together on well-defined and feasible projects. 



Will They Ever Learn? 



We have often stated that farmers will co-operate as readily 



Much Feed Is Wasted by this Method of Feeding:. Chaff and Seeds 

 Get Into the Wool, Lowering Its Value 



