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Show JfuTARAN KS FIFTH IN FLOCKS I e J OF SHEEP AND WOOL PRODUCTION Fisif ' L. JfSpoelnl to The Tribune. Js BOSTON, Mass., ' 2-1. Earlier p ' 'jmhls year than, last the Xntiontil Asso- iplation of "Wool 'ManufncturerSj which f(ujfias its headquarters in Boston, lias Tfcomplctcil it-s animal sheep census and tftofcool review of the United States for fj)07. They have followed their ai;-ffeustonicd ai;-ffeustonicd Jines iii lathering infomia-I'Btion. infomia-I'Btion. and their liyures arc accepted nii j?SRuthoritntive by the .UcpartmeuL of &A.KrimiIturc. They placo the number ll)f gheep iu tho United States lit. for PI I jSlicariiifr at .flS,S6-l,932, compared with II I R;S,54057JS the preceding "year, a M I Bj-cry slight, :uii, indeed. Decreases llfjiro to bo found in some of the grazing PifftflStatcs, "because of larger shipments 55RhHn usual last fall, due to the attrac- , MtJvc prices obtainable for both woul StBjjPfiitl sheej). In some of tho States , cTiof the East and Middle "West, how- Qfflvnr, the numbers have increased. iWllTueoe facts seem to show an increasing -jlinterest in sheep raising in sections "-fiwhere years acjo the largest numbers whTBtvcrc found. Prices were high ajpiin atRfor all kinds of sheep stock, and but iJffor this, with a contraction of the lMErangc, the total increase for tho en-Hv'tfirc en-Hv'tfirc eoiintn'- would havo been consider-fcbly consider-fcbly Iaror. e g The season of 1907 was unusual an Jfsomc respects. For the first Lime in jfrsevcral years no considerable quantity-lffubf quantity-lffubf woof was contracted for on the Imlffs'hccp's back. This year few. if any riilbuvors appeared in Montana, before "BMay, and the great bulk of the clip 6SlW'was purchased late in June. This Jfcholdinjr off by buyers, though at-'HHiVfributed at-'HHiVfributed to a "combine'' to depress "ces. was nothing moro than reason--iEnble timidity. Early iu tho year the business outlook was far irom cn-""Ufflcouraging. cn-""Ufflcouraging. The prospect for good JDlftcroPs was ar rom reassuring; nicr--iflchants were unablo to dispose of 'seasonable goods, owing to the back-i:iTvardness back-i:iTvardness or spring, and high rates wpprcvailcd for money. These factors, JlMcombined with the extreme views held jSgiby growers and small profits made b' uftlcalcrs the previous season, has strong -Suiiiifluenec in determining the course ot. rWSthe dealers. Their inactivity was -jEsiinply business prudence at a time ftHjjnvhen" many signs suggested conserva-Atfttlivo conserva-Atfttlivo action. Less money was made f'Wfthis year than last, and many only Jjjaosaved themselves by the quick turn-jover. turn-jover. Manufacturers" too, actually pur-SchasiHl pur-SchasiHl direct from growers less wool -tVthan pre iotisly. TSili OmS According to tho association's, esti-iliiSnuatos. esti-iliiSnuatos. the total clip, including pulled Tttwool. of the United States, was Uf2BS,29 1,750 pounds, a slight decrease Jwof 120.330 pounds, as compared with Malast year. Tho scoured equivalent : 'jjlfwus .l.'iO.li.'iO,! IS pounds, an increase ! SSof 94S.170 pounds over the previous ; "Safvcar, due to the lighter shrinkage of sffRthe wools. "Wyoming's clip, in the IKgrease. holds the lead over Montana, i ikjfbtit when it comes to tlie scoured ; fjljf.product. Montana holds the first po- ' ljfsitioii. due to the better condition of f3thi' wools, lighter fleeces and less 1 33f,lirinkage. The amount of pulled .wool 1 StfSnrii'd none from the previous year. of 30 per cent, making tho net; yield 29,400.000 pounds of clean wool. The average weight of a fleece for the country was 0.60 pounds, a decrease de-crease from 6.66 pounds in J906. Tho average shrinkage was 00.6 per cents as compared with Gl.S per cont the year before. Proportion of fine wools decreased from 24.999 per cent in 1906 to 23.50 per cent, for the year under review, though -it was just about flir nrnTit nrrp fnr flirt vmir ISfl-l.i. I and considerably above 'the average year. Montaua ranks first iu size of flocks, with 4,600,000. These produced 30.-820,000 30.-820,000 pounds of wool, washed and unwashed, or 3 1 .400,-100 pounds of scoured wool, valued at $7,64.0527S. Fleeces averaged 6.7 pounds each and shrinkage was 03 per cent. The average price per pound wns 07 cents, a cent less than in 1906. Though having hav-ing less sheop than Montana, 4,1S4.-931, 4,1S4.-931, Wyoming produced moro wool in the greases, 33.637,000 pounds. The shrinkage, GS per cont, was greater, -however, ' and brought tho scoured product down to 10,763,840. or less thon Montana. This -was valued at $7,2L1,773. or 67 cents per pound, against 699 conts tho year previous. Third on tho list is Xcw Mexico, with 2,600,000 in her flocks, producing 14.300,000 pounds of wool in o.o pound fleeces, shrinking 62 per cont to 5,434,- 000 pounds clean wool. This was worth $3,260,400, or 60 cents per pound, 3 cohts less than the year before. Idaho is fourth State, with 2.500,000 sheep. Their product, in seven-pound seven-pound fleeces, totaled 17,250.000, shrinking 67 per cent to 5,692,500 Sounds clean. This brought $3,757, 50 to the growors, an average of 66 cents per pound, the same as the year before, ami 3 cents less than in 1905. Fifth comes Utah, with 2,075,000. Fleeces averaged 6.7 pounds each aud clipped a total of .13,902,500 pounds in tho grense. The shrinkage was 65 per cent, bringing the net scoured product down to 4,S65,S75 pounds, with a value of $3,162,819. This averaged 65 cents per pound, against 67 cents the year before, and tho same in 1905. . Ohio stands sixth, w'ith a flock of 1 .950,000. Fleeces averaged ot pounds each,' and totaled 12,187,500 pounds. Shrinkage was 50 per cent, making 6,093,750 pounds when scoured. Tho value was $3,717,188, or 61. cents per pound, against 62 cents tho. year before. be-fore. , . Tn seven th placo comes Oregon. Her llock of 1,SOO,000 produced hcavv fleeces, S.5 pounds each. The total clip was 15,300,000 pounds, or '1,590,000 pounds scoured, shrinkage averaging 70 per cent. The value was $3,121,200, or 6S cents a pound, the same as realized the year before and a. cent less than 1905. California is eighth, with 1.750,000. Fleeces averaged 7.25 each, and shrunk 67 per cent, bringing the. clip of 12,6S7.-dOO 12,6S7.-dOO pounds of grease wool down to 1,1S0,S75 pounds scoured. The growers realized $2,679.000L or 64 cents per nound, compared with 67 cents the year before aud 69 cents in .1905. .Next comes Colorado, ninth, with J,500,000 sliecp, averaging G.75 pounds ! to tho Ileece. This made the clip J0,-.125,000 J0,-.125,000 pounds; or 3,3-W,250 pounds (jlean, the filinnkago being 67 per cont. Th. Slnto is richer by $2,679,000 for tho clip, or 63 ocuts per pound, 2 conts less than in 1906 and 3 cents less than 15)05. , Tosns stands tenth, with V,300,000'. Flcocos averaged 6.5 pounds each, aud clipped to a total o 8,450,000 pounds. Shrinkage was 66 per cent, and tho clean product 2.87.'t,000 pounds. Growers Grow-ers realized 1,896,180, or 66 cents a pound. In 1906 thej got a cent more, and in 3905 -1 cents moro on tho pound. Theso arc all the States with- flocks of moro than n million, except Michigan, Michi-gan, which ranks ninth with Colorado. Her clip was 9,450,000 pounds in 6.3. pound fleeeoes; shrinkage, 51 por cent to 4,630,000 pounds. The value -was 2,733,905, or 59 cents a pound, against 60 conts tho year before -and 61 cents two years before. Pennsylvania, Pennsyl-vania, New York and Novada nm close to n million, 900,000 in Pennsylvania, 800,000 each for JSoyr York and Indiana, In-diana, and 750,000 for Novada. (Copyright, 190S, by Atlantic Nows Kcr- vlco.) |
