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Show I f SHEEP conns I FOR YEARREVIEWEfl mil. I Comprehensive Statement of Activity in Wool and Al- ' ; lied Industries. ! ! ; TWO MILLION IS INCREASE j II OVER PRECEDING PERIOD 111 Interesting Figures Show What III Has Been Done in Utah llJI and Western States, j (Copyright by Atlantic News Service.) jjjjjl Secretary Winthrop Mania of the Na- ilff'I'H ' tlonal Association of "Wool Manufactur- j era has just Issued tho annual wool rc- jlS-jji t view and census of sheep In the United Mild I? States for 1009 which tho association jjiilil prepares for Its members and the wool ItjH 11 trado In general, and which Is looked itHSull upon as the authority In the wool trade, fill Hi nt 'eHst ' s0 f,ir ,us 'Is Jlgurcs are con- ll'll 9 corned. I Li Tho number of sheep In the country fit ijajl y for shearing Is placed at -12,293.205. an In- Irll R crease of 1.9R1.S57 over the 1908 figures. W J This Increase Is made up chiefly of ad- 'ij' I Hi dltlons to the estimated number in Mon- ilijjfm tana -100.000. Wyoming and Idaho 300,- ifjjijj 000 each and New Mexico 200.000. ii9 itlli T1, wool season of 1909 witnessed a ti I j full recovery In prices and volume of busl- j !)t jj ness from tho disastrous year of the ll!jJlm llnanclal panic that came In with Oc- jy.u M tobcr. 1907. Tho strain on the wool ln- fitillu dustry was a severe one, and It came I til' II llJ perilously near sending Into bankruptcy Ml some of the largest and strongest wool J!lj j houses in the United States. j;fjj Increase in Clip. ijp H j Excluding pulled wools, the total clip fill J for last year was 287,110,749 pounds, an MA M increase of 16.972,428 pounds over the t,j previous year. The scoured equivalent h. J was li;!,523.7S5 pounds, an Increase of flll 111 C.S93.137 pounds over previous year, duo Iffi j to the lighter shrinkage of the wools. I Tho amount of pulled wool Is estimated lull ill at 41.000,000 pounds the samo as the year Hi 13 before. Shrinkage continued at 30 per 111 If! cent, making the net yield equal 2fy- h n t 70U.uuo pounds oi ciean wooi. louu pru- Hl HiffUi ductlon of the country was therefore H Wal 32S.110.749 pounds, equal to 142,233,755 Kllll pounds of scoured wool, mil 1 Reports from widely separated locall- jfrj! l ties manifest a notable movement toward M tho production of finer wools. Arizona, H M l Montana and Ohio particularly report Itl'lllll this 1,10 cas.e. wmi According to the association's 'figures liM t the United Stales furnishes about ono- HilfllH eighth of tho total world's wool supply. main IDstlmatcd production of wool In the li! world in 1S95 was 2.S92.986.773 pounds, fin IK while the wool-using population at that H II ( time was estimated at 52S.S3fi.225 people. H la 1 At the present time the wool-using pop- 131 W ulatlon is shown to be 010,391,508, an in-H in-H Hi WW crease of over 80,500,000. The world's 5gl HI wool production In the samo period has H N HI Increased by 111.149,773 pounds. It will jl'lllll bo seen that the Increase of production H fill I nns noL kept Paco wlln ln0 Increase of H mm III population. Per capita production In 1S95 Ml III! was 4.SS pounds, while at present it has H Hi i been reduced to 4,27 pounds. To main H Ml j tain the same relation aa in 1S95 would. KltlHli: require a production of nearly 3.000.000,000 H; m pounds yearly. Thero aro estimated to be Hi M l 4S2.S84.500 sheep in tho world. In Wostoru States. H flu Montana has the largest flock of any HiMFIIl state In the Union, a round 5,000,000. H'fl II Their fleeces average seven pounds each H Hill sina tnc cllP was 35,000.000 pounds, worth H Bill ' cs" cents per pound, or a total of $9,044,-Hlfl $9,044,-Hlfl I: Jf 000 for lne year. Tho price incrpascd HMH from 51 cents in 190S. Wyoming stands second, with 4,800,000 H IW II In "or flock, producing eight-pound H Hi H fleeces, worth C7 cents per pound, or a III U total of SS. 232,900. against 49 cents per Ml pound In 190S. Montana fleeces aver-H aver-H HU H nKctl 10 Khrlnk 03 per cent and Wyoming H 911 H fleeces G7 per cent, so that the net (I scoured product In the former caso was Hi til n 13.306,000 pounds and in Uie latter 12.-j 12.-j Off j 2SS.000 pounds. New Mexico stands Ml third, with 3.200,000 sheep, shearing six H1 Hu pound fleeces, shrinking 65 per cent, mak- Jl Wm ing the wool in the grease decrease from H til fl 19.200.000 pounds to C. 720. 000 pounds Hi HI l scoured. The value was $4,36S.000 or Co j! If 1 1 cents per pound as compared with 45 I l j cents tho year before. Idaho comes fourth with 2,800.000 In her flock. Fleeces H'hiIII averaged 7.5 pounds each and the clip H!I;1hH totaled 21.000.000 pounds, worth $7S3,S00, HiHl il 1 or cents per pound as compared with H 99 III 51 cents In 1908. The shrinkage was GG Hlmllt Pcr cent, making the scoured amount HJ Ifi 7.140,000 pounds. Next comes Ohio with H ID 2.500,000 sheep, bearing Gi pound-fleeces. H ImM rii 16,500.000 pounds of wool shrinking HS3hh 52 per cent to 7,920,000 pounds of Hwilln scoured wool, valued at $1,320,750. or 5S cents per pound. The price obtained In HIkiIIk 1Q0S "vv;is '1& cents. H wu lis Situation in Utah. Ul Utah Is sixth, with 2.200.000 in her I flock and a clip of 14.850,000 pounds, H'Hl valued at 53.2S1.S50; California seventh, HlHlrt with 1,900,000 sheep and a clip of 13,- H 300,000 pounds of wool, worth 52.S9I,- Wm 8 000. Michigan stands ninth, with 1,500,- 000 shcop and 10,125,000 pounds of wool, H Hlf sold for 32,377.525. Colorado Is tenth. H HI J .45,000 sheep, producing. 9.SG0.000 poundE of wool, TVortli 52.31G.CS0. Texas Is HHI eleventlu She has a flock of 1,325.000. Halt with a clip of S. 9 13,750 pounds, which Kt brought 1,9 16,160. Pennsylvania Is PJff twelfth, with an even million. Her clip Inst year was . 6, 000,000 pounds, fleeces II averaglnc; six pounds each. The value Hllfl AVaa Sl.S10,SO0. Although having flocks H Ilia of undor a million each. New York. West MM Virginia, Kentucky. Wisconsin. Illinois. HB Indiana, Missouri and Nevada produced IH wool worth considerably over a million VH dollars each. It will he seen that ultl- IH mate cash returns do not depend wholly on the Hizc of the flock or the clip, but mKk on the weight pur fleece and the price au per pound obtnlncd. so that a state hav- H 'nff a relatively sniall flock or clip may make more profit from the indutsry than H HM one having a larger number of sheep. Delaware hns the smallest flock of any state only G900 although Rhode Island H iH Is only a little ahead with 7500. H HB Industry in World. I Estimated production of wool In the world In 1895 was 2.692.PSG.77P. pounds, while the wool-using population at that time was estimated at 52S.3SG.225 people At. the. prosont time the wool-using population popu-lation Is G10.391.50S people, an Incrcnse of 81.555.2S3. The world's wool production In the same period has increased 111 119,-773 119,-773 pounds. It will be seen that the Increase In-crease In production has not kept pace with the Increase In population, for tho per cnplta production In 1S95 was 4.88 ' pounds, which hns been reduced to 4.27 pounds at the present time. The total number of sheep In tho world Is estimated esti-mated to ho 482.S84.500. About Utah "Fleeces. Utah fleeces averaged G3 poundF each and the shrinkage was 6G per cent, bringing the total production down to 5,049.000 pounds of scoured wool. The price oblalnod was G5 cents per pound, compared with 4G cents In 190S and 65 cents In 1907. Fleeces classed as. fine, HH finc medium and medium. DH Nevada's flock Is 575,000. Their pro- JHPJJ ductlon last year was G.5G2.500 pounds In 71-pound fleeces, shrinking 69 pcr, cent to '3.034(875 pounds. The value was S1.424.0G3. "on 70 cents per pound, an against 51 cents tho year before. |