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as any other class of men but that due to certain conditions which 

 exist it is harder for them to do so. Still there are some who are so 

 "independent" that they continually lose money and the respect 

 of their neighbors. This fact is well illustrated in this county 

 by our sheep breeders. Those who are not in the association 

 have sold probably 10,000 pounds of wool this year fci from ten 

 to twenty cents a pound less than that secured by the association, 

 a loss to the county of not less than $1,.500. Before the sale, 

 buyers rode the county and talked so eloquently that they even 

 persuaded a few members to sell in face of the fact that nowhere 

 in the state was a price secured as high as that received by the 

 association the two previous years. One member sacrificed not 

 less than $80 by selling in this way. The association will make 

 at least $3,000 for its members this year. Those growers who 

 sold at private sale and secured more than fifty-five cents per 

 pound can thank the association for every cent they secured. 

 The agricultural agent of Ulster County stated that on July 9th 

 the highest price being paid in that county was fifty-five cents. 

 Buyers here realized that in order to get any wool at all they would 

 have to pay more, so they offered as high as sixty-two cents 

 shortly before the sale which realized 69/^^ cents. No sheep 

 breeder in this county should sell a single pound of wool next 

 year except through the association. 



Eventually Co-operation 



The time is coming when men who have a bunch of sheep 

 will carefully prepare their wool, bring it to a central point to 

 be graded by someone who knows how, and the different grades 

 sold to dealers or manufacturers. 



This method is in practice in Canada under the direction of the 

 Department of Agriculture. 



On the western ranges sheep men are co-operating. Large 

 shearing sheds have been built where thousands of sheep are 

 shorn co-operatively, the fleeces "skirted" which means the 

 stained and dirty wool from the legs and belUes is separated 

 from the clean, oven wool, and sold direct to manufacturers. 



Do Your Best 



If there are not enough sheep now in your county to have 

 an organization, do your best in preparing your wool and sell 

 it alone. But talk to your neighbor. Help him to get 

 some sheep. Talk to your county agent about sheep. 



