Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 4, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 April 1908 — HOW TO TIE UP WOOL. [ARTICLE]

HOW TO TIE UP WOOL.

Wool commission merchants in the large centers have sent out circulars and fetters to wool growers and dealers calling attention to the custom heretofore prevailing of tying wool with binder twine. This seems such an Important matter that the Democrat reproduces one of the letters for the benefit of its wool growing readers. It reads as follows : ,We desire to urge upon growers and western dealers the importance of sending wool to market in good condition. Under no circumstances should sisal or binding twine be used for tying up fleeces, or sewing bags, as the small particles of the vegetable fiber adhere to the wool, damaging the goods and causing the manufacturers trouble and loss. Manufacturers frequently refuse to buy wool tied with binder twine because they have incurred much loss by haying had goods rejected on account of imperfections, due to small particles of the twine getting into the goods, and we feel it incumbent to sound a warning to all who are interested in wool. Any soft twine is objectionable, and it is important that a small, hard twine be used, which can be removed from the fleece without incurring any risk of this kind. It is also Important that a hard twine be used in sewing the sides and mouths of the bags in which wool is packed. We urge growers the discontinuance of the use of objectionable twines, and upon dealers the risk incurred by buying wools so tied. Many manufacturers are more than ever determined not to buy wools at any price which are so tied. We will be glad to furnish samples, upon request, of the proper kind of twine for tying fleeces. This is too important a matter to both growers and dealers to be overlooked.