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packed has so much to do with its sale, we deem it neces- 

 sary to call the attention of farmers to the subject, and give 

 a few short directions about it. Nothing, as already said, 

 hastens or contributes more to the sale of wool than the neat 

 manner in which it may be put up. I have seen wool pur- 

 chased in large quantities in our State, and with very few 

 exceptions have never seen it neatly packed. A neat roll 

 of wool, properly tied up, will at once catch the eye of the 

 purchaser, who will always select wool of this character to 

 those rough, loosely hanging bundles, or no bundles at all, 

 in which for the most part it is carried to market. As little 

 as one would suppose, a difference of from four to five, and 

 even six cents per pound is paid for the trouble. In Ohio 

 the principal wool-growing State of the Union, much care 

 is exhibited in preparing, sorting and tagging wool, and a 

 great emulation exists among farmers as to who shall have 

 the nicest packages of wool. The consequence of this care 

 a reference to the prices current will show. The Ohio, 

 Pennsylvania and West Virginia wools sell in the Philadel- 

 phia market at 50 to 52c, while the wools of New York and 

 the other Western States sell at from 45 to 48 cents. This 

 difference is due entirely to the extra care taken by the 

 farmers of those States in preparing their wools for market, 

 as they are graded the same in other respects. 



We will suppose it has been well trimmed of tags. Lay 

 the fleece on a table with the inside down, then turn the 

 ends all in, such as the neck and legs, making the two ends, 

 that are to be, a straight line, then roll up moderately tigh 1 

 only, and tie with good twine, not too large, and the bundle 

 is complete. In this shape it can be easily handled and 

 and readily examined, and presents generally a neat appear- 

 ance. Many expensive contrivances are made to give the 

 fleeces a uniform shape, but unless a farmer handles many 

 hundreds of fleeces, it would hardly pay expenses to pro- 

 vide all these appliances. 



Should the farmer wish to ship the wool, it will be 

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