Salt Lake Telegram | 1926-07-29 | Page 2 | Great Increase Shown in Wool Output of Utah

1 SHOWN IN WOOL 1 Of UTAH State Produced Pounds in 1926 IN FOURTH PLACE Clip From Entire Country Shows Increase With the wool clip cUp from the Utah herds amounting to O pounds In 1926 an increase of more mO than pounds hoUnds over 1925 1325 this state tate now stands fourth in the production production pro pro- of ot wool in the United States according to a report on oj the woo production Issued Thur Thursday day by lw George A A. A Scott federal livestock statistician for the seven Western states There was an increase of pounds of ot wool woo produced in the the- United States during 1926 and of ot this amount Utah alone furnished more than pounds ing lag to the report The rho production last year in Utah amounted to 16 pounds as compared with the pounds this year During the past five years the wool production in this state has shown an increase of nearly 4 pounds Wyoming Montana and Texas have hUe also increased their output by about the t same ame amount The woo wool clip cUp for the United States this year yeat is estimated to be beabout beabout beabout about pounds compared with pounds lOUndS in 1925 This is an Increase of about 58 per percent cent The clip for 1924 was vas estimated estimated esti esti- mated at pounds while the average for fOI the period from frons 23 1919 9 23 was pounds The large part of ot the Increase this this' year was In the thirteen Western states where about more sheep were sheared than last year Aside from the increased number of ot sheep in these Western Vest rn states the weight o of the fleeces averaged heavier due due- to the feed teed and climatic cli climatic climatic cli- cli matic conditions during the past year Texas ranks ranks first first In the wool production in the United States with pounds Wyoming second with pounds Mentana Mon Men tana tann third with pounds pound and Utah fourth with pounds Idaho was fifth in the production Of ot wool Thle tt ff aliM Aj A 1 u n unu crease of nearl nearly pounds during the during the present year rear Last year the clip amounted to pounds as compared with only During five years ears the state has increased its production production tion from pounds to 19 pounds The Nevada clip amounted to pounds as compared with pounds in 1935