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these is pooled and sold cooperatively. As yet the owners of small 
farm flocks have not adopted the cooperative method, but sell inde- 
pendently to a local or a traveling buyer. As a shipment of wool 
bought from a large number of men varies greatly as to the grade and 
quality, as well as to the methods of classifying and packing, the 
price must necessarily be lower than if uniform systems of shearing, 
grading, classifying, and tying were used and the combined clips from 
the different farms pooled and sold together. Wool is bought in the 
field at any time from February until after shearing. Table IV shows. 
the prices received for a number of representative carload shipments 
of wool loaded at project points in 1915 and 1916. 
TABLE III.—Shipments of sheep and lambs from the Minidoka Reclamation Project from 
May 1 to December 31, 1916. 
Month Number | Range in | Average | Prices f. 0. b. 
P of cars. weight. weight. | project points. 
Pounds. ‘| Pounds. Per cut. 
WHER? Oe hs os js Sete NE ST ee geek ae ne as ee 4 60 to 74 68 $9. 00 to $9. 50 
AHS SY al oe eS RL Se ya eae te Pe 8 64 to 108 77 6.50 to 9.00 
UWS Sis CE SSE ee ae ae ee ae 13 60 to 95 68 7.50to 8.25 
FANT EIS tee eee epee ene mine!) Ae NES ae 13 50 to 90 74 7.00 to 8.50 
SISOS UAT OI Oe Se cre hick Ses at ee ean Se er er 70 65 to 105 93 7.00to 7.75 
OCUGI eee er ee ae on ee oe a ee Soe et 22 70 to 98 90 6.00 to 8.50 
ENON CRIN Tee eaeee eae eee WTS ee tae oe 35 68 to 97 82 8.00 to 9.25 
DECEIMDEE sehen ve See eee ee ya RA, Se eee BAe 60 74 to 107 84 8.00 to 9.50 
AU RBW | Shee ache Sah at ees egg eg al a 225 HOMCOMOSE Sees seee ae 6.00to 9.50 
TABLE 1V.—Range of prices recewed for representative shipments of wool on the Minidoka 
Reclamation Project in 1915 and 1916. 
1915 1916 
Month. 
Number | Prices per | Number |Prices per 
of cars. pound. of cars. | pound. 
Cents. Cents. 
PASE pape ee eee ne Neopia te fein SCCM IL SEN eS he 2| 23 to 24 3 28 to 29 
WUBI, Sos SS SB Re Sie a ag ee saree By Mo) PEE is 1 23 to 30 
GUID ee Sede Ose SRS Son 6 A ee eae eer ae ae ene ae 3°| 225 to 26 2 28 to 32 
There is need for much improvement in the methods now practiced 
in marketing both lambs and wool, and it is expected that numerous 
improvements will be made as the industry develops. 
FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OF THE INDUSTRY. 
Judging by the demand for information regarding the problems of 
sheep production on the Minidoka project during the past year, it 
is probable that the industry will experience a marked expansion. 
Many farmers who formerly were apathetic have become interested 
and are seeking infcrmation. All the factors influencing the extension 
of the farm sheep industry on the project are favorable. The farmers 
