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Show REPORT SHOWS snows DROPIN DROPIN DROP DROPXN XN IN UTAH WOOL CROPUtah CROP Utah wool production in 1937 1937dlOpped 1937dropped 1937diopped approximately a quarter ofa ofa of dlOpped dropped . , . a & million pounds 'POunds ' below the produc produc- production production production - of the thewestern thewestern thewestern tion of 1936 as the total western states excluding Texas TexasdrOpped Texasdropped Texasdropped drOpped 7 7000000 000 000 pounds nccordmg according accordingto nccordmgto to a . report released Wednesday Wednesdav Wednsdav by byFront byFrank byFrank Front Frank . Andrews Andre\\s Andre s \ senior sernor agricultural agriculturalstatistician agriculturalstatistician agriculturalstatistician statistician of the U S department departmentof of agriculture agnculture hereIn here hereIn from 2 2235000 - -235000 235000 - In 1937 Utah oroductlon croductlon production 235 000 fleeces totaled 19 19221000pounds 221 221000 221000fleeces 000 000'POunds 'POunds POunds psinc1936 ' compared reportedwith withs with weighing 2240000 2240000fleeces 2240000fleeces fleecespsinc1936 fleeces in 1936 reported as s weIglung weighing19488000 19488 19 488 000 pounds The 1937 tlf'eces tlfeces fheces tlf'ecesere fheceswere flreceswere ' \\ere ere were \ said to average about one onett'nth onetenth onetenth tt'nth ttnth tenth ' of a pound less weight than thanin thanin thanin in 1936 when they ncre were \ ere reported reportedas as averaging 8 87 7 po pomds pomdsIn mds mdsIn mdsIn In Ne\ada Ne ada Netada \ the wool production productionof of 1937 was 5 5878000 878 000 pounds and and6318000 6 318 000 pounds in 1936 Fleeces Fleecesmarketed Fleecesmarketed Fleecesmarketed marketed dropped in the year from from810000 810000 810 000 to 744 744000 000 but the weight weightof weightof of the average a\erage a erage \ fleece Incre'1sed Incre1sed increased lnc e ' sed from from,7 from7 , 18 7 ' 8 pounds to 79 79I 79Jdahos 7 9Idahos 9 J JIdaho incleased increased inci eased from from17 Idaho Jdahos Idahos s pioduction plOductlon production in 1936 to 18 826 826000 . - -000 000 - 17 600 000 pounds I 000 explained eJCplained by an increase from from88 , 8 8 pounds to 9 94 4 pounds to in weight weightI weightfor weighttor fleece and an in increase increase increase I far for the average crease in the number of fleeces fleecesI fleecesfrom fleecesfrom I from 2 2000000 000 000 to 2 2010000 2010000Wyoming 010 000 000Wyoming . Wyoming showed a . poundage in increase increase . crease from 29 29950000 950 000 to 30 30361000with 361 000 000With 000with With slight increases in both num nun numbel5 num.beis numbeis ' . bel5 bers of fleeces tleeces sold and the averageweight average weight \ eight Montana suffered a decrease decreasefrom decreasefrom decreasefrom from 29 29351000 351000 pounds In 1936 to to24738000 24 738 000 pounds m in 1937 according accordingto to the he report |