TO PACK SHEEPSKINS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 732, 3 February 1910, Page 8

TO PACK SHEEPSKINS.

' POINTS OF VALUE. .' .'•! Some"u'seful' suggestions: as'io tho. packing of.- bales of woollcd'sheepskins aro made '.in-a. circular . wbich'-'Messrs: I .Henry ■ ■IV '■ Hiighes'cahd'ijSoiis';.." the ; well-known ire,' about"to ' issue to their clients. ' Messrs. ; Hughes ; and . Son strongly'rccommend-icguldr'. shippers.' of 'gheepsltins ;to;ad,opt ;tho- following' stylo of. packing '(1) ' "Instead; of; piittiijg ;tho skins in wool packs, ;'use. "three bands of hoops to fasten.' them' : up'SnthV' .'" ; '; (2) "Three batten?: (3im s\"lin.) should bo- pla'ced lo'ligwa/s' oiT tho' top, 'and, three on the bottom to, keep them Hat. '.Tov- save 'freight,. fairlyV-lißht, wood ; for ;t'he. : hattdiis..should ..boused.", .. :. : (3) "Skins should bo packed dry and flat-dn- pairs-pelt-to ,' pelt,,with the bellies 'slightly folded' in .to keep' the pack-; ugevas square as possiblo."™, (4) "Ears and dags should be carefully removed before packing.^;-If the ears are left-on and folded in, they often, owing to'heating, damage the--:pelt." , . ! (o) "The advantage .;in packing; the skinS flat is that.-tbo': most; valuable; porviz., tho middle, does -not get injured by hooks,-,etc., ,handling. When skins are folded ; in; >tho middle, 'as.'is. generally doiie, they arc often, torn by'.the hooks, -and this of-, course, lessens their value, -whereas,. when packed flat, even .if they arc slightly torn at tho edges no great harm is done.. When the wopl is on tho outer.-: side, the pelt is protected from injury and no harm arises to the portions of tlie: wool exposed." (6) "Presses'for packing - skins in the manner proposed should bo largo enough to hold at least dewt. bales. The larger the bales, are' tho less will be the proportionate weight of taxes, as the samo size of battens can be used for large bales as for small ones. The brand and number of tho , bale should be , placed on one of . the battens." .