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Show w .. Aieican Fork Wool Bringsjecoid Price Messrs M. II. Ingersoll and Ruben Chlpmun this week Bold their season's sea-son's wool clip at tho record price or 27 cents per pound, It was taken by tho, Knight's Woolen Mills at Provo, So far as now known, this Is a record price this season for any Utah clip. The Chlpman-Ingersoll wool is of the Cotewold variety, nearly pure bred stuff ana is known among sheepmen ns "loose" wool Thcro is but littlo wool In tho state of so high a class. There aro about "000 fleeces In the lot. Several weeks ago tho reported calc of the famous Austin Brothers' clip of 300,000 pounds at 25 cents was heralded In tho dally papers, but the American Fork flock masters went the Austins two cents better. Other local wool men are still holding their wool, hoping to Eccuro figures close to the Chlpmnu-Ingersoll mnrk. Shenrlng will commonco nt tho Fntr-lleld Fntr-lleld corral April 1st, when somo nro predicting thnt top stuff will bring 30 cents. Reports from tho desert, where tho sheep hnvo been wintering, say that they wero never In better condition, and thnt tho sheep will yield heavier fleeces this spring than over before. |
