96 Preparation of Wool for Market. [may, 



In their leaflet, No. 82 (The Preparation of Wool for Market) 

 the Board have drawn the attention of farmers and others to the 



great importance of carefully preparing 

 The Preparation of wool before it is marketed. Some extracts 

 Wool for Market, from a paper on the subject, read by Mr. 



S. B. Hollings, at the Sixth International 

 Conference of Sheep Breeders, held at Derby on June 26, 

 1906, were given in this Journal in August last. The need for 

 greater care in preparing wool for market was emphasised at a 

 meeting of the Home Wool Buyers' Association, held at Brad- 

 ford on 4th April last. This Association consists of manu- 

 facturers, spinners, and wool merchants, and among its objects 

 are : to draw the attention of the wool growers of the United 

 Kingdom to the more careful preparation of wools for the Brad- 

 ford market ; to ensure that all wools submitted to public 

 auction shall be guaranteed free from dockings, locks, fallen 

 wool, &c, and to pay attention to the " condition " of skin 

 wools. 



The chairman, Mr. F. Willey, J. P., said that the Association 

 had been formed with a view to bringing the producer, the dealer 

 and the consumer of wool into a closer relationship. They in 

 the trade were much indebted to those who fostered and 

 encouraged the breeding of sheep. It was undoubtedly in the 

 interests of the grower that he should keep a breed of sheep 

 which would grow the best wool obtainable, and when grown it 

 was to his interest to have it got up for the market in the best 

 possible shape. By this he meant that it should be washed in 

 the best style practicable, that it should be properly cleaned, 

 have all the dockings clipped off the fleeces, and be kept as free 

 from straws and sticks as possible. It should then be carefully 

 wound into presentable fleeces. Many farmers, in getting up 

 their wool, seemed to be under the impression that they could 

 get as much for it if it was prepared for the market in a slovenly 

 manner as they could by getting it up in a workmanlike and 

 careful style. This was a mistake,, as farmers' wool would 

 always command a price commensurate with its condition and 

 cleanness. 



Many classes of English, Irish, and Scotch wools were often 

 greatly in demand for American customers, and as there was in 

 the United States a duty of 6d. per lb. on all wools grown in this 



