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oouldn be done, PAM* iflOWOOiS did it
and has proved oan wah
.Vihat Stated as a small idea Etu-
RourgeOis has groWn plienomenal,ly into a
toiSiness With a growth rate right 4D tarot
anti huge potontial
Bourgoois arid his wife .Ann incerfhlrated
the Phillilsoplier's Wool ir,einpany In iflig.7
aftAlr moving to th dIIa flir-
vmhitron in 197il faVen elroPp
they started to get their own wool
premised and today they buy fleece from
appmximately I69 farmers from -the 4:is
(If Kiliggtfin: NtrOP Ligkarii and Grey.Pirace
spent Mire winter wrifitig tiils
to see if anyone would spin tivwool for trim.
Ouly one small mill 171 Prince Pidward
Island said they wtsild.
Fanners were initially paid .75 cents for a
poundf fleece wool. Today they are paid Oil
average between$2 and $2.tO a pound, equal
to what farmers would get selling
elsewhere, says Bourgeois.
"Generally it's worth it for farmers.
Sheep farming coin be profitable "
Fanners deliver their wool to the shop
and Eugene keeps track of: each fanner's
wool. From his shop Utravels to Penn-
sylvania to .he washed . When the Wool
returns from Pun it comes back in
large hides
At this paint the Wit& JJ Atilmtpd Pyr
Prince Edward Wand or spiaright Wooln
Listowell to be eardexl, swan and dvoti C•7r
ding -tho•-xroot-vazpianv4ioi-mfeo-i
prooes.s which combs And hiliRi*..e the) wool
from mass finerp venni &la litP rain's -AWN,
aligned
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yield
know the '14771 when t get the wool
bark, At that point F van walkoot ne profit
Share duo to the fanner based on Dist wool.
Nit* yield lis high, Thepny will be good, but
Willie yield is lOw the pv will to irAss "
The yarri is AtherSpon by leearknitters
workaig tor the oompany or is wholesaled in
rollAhly stomas thrinigilani Ontario Inst
'Rai', the emiwaikk saki pklunzis of
yzira Ontalo
As a yovil tennnalgartiiroi-. t he
Philosopher's Wool has QIso developed its
own knitting patterns Designing the pat-
terns Is a colaborated Wort between
Bourgeois, his wife and the knitters
They lime about nine of their own designs
and sold ra sweatms last yezr to tourists
and !Wails. A lot of people have Mite tfise
the stare from a fair distance. from
Michigan and Taranto. because of all the
publiefty it has received
The re sells yarns, blankets, mattress
pads, se • sweaters. hats, homespun
Yam, "ban t ed yarn, ornaments, jeweltry,
sheep skins, toques, watts. shawls and stain-
ed gilaSs.
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INTERNATIONAL MARIZIZT
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