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The Harlem News
Harlem, Blaine County, Montana
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Chairman R. J. McKenna advises wool growers to remove off-wools and pack them separately to qualify for the 1953 USDA shorn wool price support program, increasing returns by several cents per pound. Non-compliant clips may be discounted or require grading for CCC loans.
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Growers who market wool as original bag wool can increase their returns several cents a pound by removing the off-wools during shipping and packing them in separate bags. Chairman R. J. McKenna of the Production and Marketing Administration state committee said this week in discussing the USDA's current wool price support program.
For wool to qualify as original bag wool under the 1953 shorn wool price support program, it must be sufficiently uniform in grade and length to be readily merchantable. Handlers must certify that the offs (black, gray, buck, burry, and seedy, dead, rings of tags, crutchings, etc.) have been removed.
Clips that do not fully meet these specifications will be discounted by the appraisers and may even be required to be graded before a non-recourse loan will be made on the wool by CCC.
Growers, McKenna emphasized, should clearly label the bags containing off wool so that handlers will know the offs have been removed during shearing and can make the certification required by CCC for original bag wools.
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1953
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growers can increase returns several cents a pound; non-compliant clips discounted or require grading for ccc loans
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Growers advised to remove off-wools (black, gray, buck, burry, seedy, dead, rings of tags, crutchings) during shipping and pack separately in labeled bags to qualify wool as original bag wool under 1953 USDA price support program. Handlers must certify removal for merchantability and uniformity in grade and length.