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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
January 0. 
Live Stock and Dairy 
BETTER WOOL FOR BETTER MARKETS. 
Rewritten From a Canadian Bulletin. 
O not shear on dirt floor. Do not tie 
with binder or sisal twine. Do not 
include tags, black or grey fleeces. Keep 
wool free from chaff, hay and burrs. 
Mate only sheep possessing pure white 
wool. In marking sheep, do not use 
paint or oil which is insoluble. Wash 
wool on the back only, and see it is thor¬ 
oughly dry at shearing time. Dip sheep 
twice a year, once before entering Win¬ 
ter quarters and again after shearing in 
the Spring. This is sensible advice from 
the Canadian Department of Agriculture 
to shepherds of the Dominion. Shearing 
should always be completed before hot 
weather commences. In April is the real 
wool harvest month for the small flock- 
holder, the early part of June for the 
mixed as to prevent sorting. Sorting is 
necessary owing to the great disparity of 
wool grown on the animal; the finest is 
on the shoulder, the coarsest on the 
thighs and the shortest on the belly. A 
medium fleece may be roughly differen¬ 
tiated into five classes, back, sides and 
brisket, neck, belly, thighs and bokes, or 
short locks and tags. Grey or black 
fleeces should be packed by themselves 
and lamb fleeces possessing unusual qual¬ 
ity and length, may well be kept apart 
from the others and offered for sale as a 
distinct class. In packing the sacks 
should be very closely woven jute, hemp 
or paper-lined sacks. 
Wool well prepared and honestly grad¬ 
ed will always find ready market. Co¬ 
operative sale of wool, if graded, will 
command the best prices, provided a car- 
load of each grade is supplied. This will 
make it worth while for manufacturers 
to bid on it. The dirty fleeces should be 
SHEEP BADLY INFECTED WITH TICKS. Fig. 14. 
ranchman. Sheep bearing heavy fleeces 
will not fatten, while with proper care 
after the fleece is removed they will 
make rapid gains. Some feeders have 
made it the practice to shear in midwin¬ 
ter, keep their wethers in a warm place, 
and in this way are able to get them in 
good condition for the Easter market. 
In shearing the fleece should be kept 
as clean as possible. Dung locks and 
tags must not be included. The fleece 
should be rolled up from tail to neck 
with bright surface outward. If the wool 
is long a portion of the neck piece may 
be twisted tightly to form a rope for ty¬ 
ing the fleece. In tying with twine, sisal 
or binder twine, will unravel and in 
combing fleece will appear in the top. 
This fiber finds its way to the looms and 
makes the cloth defective. Wool should 
be kept absolutely dry from the time it is 
clipped. Sheep should not be shorn while 
wet. It is neither shrewd nor honor¬ 
able to sell damp wool. The dealer will 
recognize the presence of moisture and 
deduct sufficiently to safeguard his own 
interests. Damp wool will assume a per¬ 
manent yellowish stain, which limits its 
use to dark-colored fabrics. Mildew may 
also attack it while in storage. 
One of the worst defects in wools ob¬ 
tained from sheep raised on small farms 
is the dirty condition. It is partly due to 
presence of excessive quantities of straw 
and chaff. If straw and chaff is to be 
found about the neck and belly, the dam¬ 
age is not so great, and this part can be 
removed from the rest of the fleece and 
used separately. Chaff is frequently found 
all through the fleece, and this condition 
constitutes most undesirable wool. Scour¬ 
ing will not remove the difficulty. The 
manufacturer is compelled to immerse the 
wool in a solution of dilute sulphuric 
acid, and afterward dry it at high tem¬ 
perature. The animal fibers may be but 
little affected by the process, but the 
vegetable matter is completely destroyed. 
The preparation of a clean article is nec¬ 
essary if the sheep raisers expect good 
price for their product. The more dirt 
there is in a fleece the higher will be the 
shrinkage, as wool is bought by the man¬ 
ufacturer on the basis of the cleaned or 
scoured pound. 
Paint locks should be removed from 
the fleece, as scouring will not remove 
them unless it is a special brandiig prep¬ 
aration which washes. There is compar¬ 
atively no market for tub-washed wool. 
If washing is done it should be accom¬ 
plished on the sheep’s back. Tub-wash¬ 
ing causes a shrinkage from 35 to 45 per 
cent., and parts of the fleece are so badly 
classified as “Rejected.” The grading 
should be in as many divisions as there 
are pronounced differences in the wool. 
Again place great stress on cleanliness. 
Dead ticks are objectionable; dip the 
flock semi-annually. 
Feed the sheep well and regularly. 
Sheep poorly fed will possess a harsh 
fleece lacking in oil and frequently with 
feeble or weak fiber. This will consti¬ 
tute undesirable wool. Where sheep are 
starved for a period the effects will be 
shown in the wool by a weak section, 
which will break readily, and consequent¬ 
ly cannot be used sat’sfactorily for comb¬ 
ing or worsted purposes. 
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The Prosperous Farmer 
Is the Wise Feeder 
And wise feeding now-a-days means constant crowding. You 
must keep your stock in condition with keen appetites for every 
meal. Make Xtra-Vim Feed a part of the daily ration and it will 
turn the trick for you and will keep the stock free from digestive 
and intestinal troubles. 
Xtra-Vim Feed is a concentrated pure Porto Rican Cane Molasses 
in dry form. To it is added a small percentage of Sphagnum 
Moss, which is a fine digestive agent and improves the effect 
of the total ration. 
XTRA-VIM FEED 
is a 100# value food. Contains no cheap non-nutrient fillers, is not only 
highly palatable and nutritious itself, but renders other foods more palat¬ 
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the health of the animal. 
Xtra-Vim is dry to the touch and is put up in 100-pound bags. No freight 
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