310 Types and Market Classes of Live Stock 



about grades of wool, and the manager reports improvement in the 

 wool received and in the manner in which it is tied. 



R. A. Hammond, manager, states' that the Ohio Sheep and Wool 

 Growers' Association handled a total of 15 million pounds of wool 

 during the four years from 1919 to 1922 inclusive. Practically all of 

 this was consigned by Ohio growers, though during 1921 and 1922 

 about 1,500,000 pounds were received from Indiana. In 1922 the 

 Association marketed a total of about 2,750,000 pounds, said to be 

 the largest proportion of the clip marketed cooperatively in any state. 

 In 1922 the consignors received an average of 5 cents per pound more 

 for their wool than prevailing local prices. Storage and grading facili- 

 ties are provided in a large warehouse at Columbus, Ohio, and sales 

 are made directly to manufacturing mills, each grower receiving the 

 actual price for his wools, minus a handling charge amounting to 2^ 

 cents per pound. The wool marketed by the Association in 1922 

 graded higher than that marketed in 1921. This is the natural result 

 of a correct system of marketing whereby each grower is paid according 

 to the merit of his product. The old system penalized quality, put a 

 premium on mediocrity, and a bigger premium on inferiority, and under 

 that system no improvement in quality of product could be expected. 

 Cooperative wool pools ofier strong encouragement to improve the 

 quality and value of wool. In addition to this they secure for the 

 grower the best possible return for the grade of wool produced. 



Mohair. — This is the product of the Angora goat. The fiber is 

 coarse, very long, exceedingly lustrous, and has very little crimp. It 

 is used in the manufacture of braids, felts, linings, and plushes. It is 

 also used extensively as a substitute for human hair in switches and 

 wigs. Texas, Oregon, New Mexico, California, and Arizona are the 

 principal producers of mohair grown in the United States. The 

 National Association of Wool Manufacturers estimates that the pro- 

 duction of mohair in the United States amounted to 7,750,000 pounds 

 in 1922, having doubled since 1910. We imported 4,246,484 pounds 

 of mohair in 1922, of which 1,636,145 pounds came from British South 

 Africa and 702,091 pounds from Turkey in Europe. 



1 Information to the writer. 



