Hi-Line delivers the wool

Sheep producers from Hill County to Valley County make up the Hi-Line Wool Pool and on May 13, 2017, the pool members delivered 35,600 pounds of wool. This is an increase of 2,000 from 2016 delivery. In this year's delivery of the Consolidated pools, pools from Plentywood, Sidney, Wibaux, Circle, Malta, pounds of wool. In the grease, before the wool is cleaned that is a value of over about $176,000.

This year, Extension Sheep Specialist Whit Stewart decided to use a Fiber Diameter measuring machine. This machine can measure fiber diameter and length in a rapid manner. Each of the 200 bales del...