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Show 1-- 1 lu 1lu Greater U . S - . Forecasts ForecastsI ForecastsGreater ForecastsGreater ForecastsGreaterWool - I GreaterWool Greaterfool Wool fool Demand DemandChanges Changes in Prices to toDepend toDepend toI I Depend Greatly GreatlyOn GreatlyOn On British Action Actions ActionsWASHINGTON * I W WASHINGTON ASIDNGTON DO-Increased DO Increased DOIncreaseddomestic D 0-Increased 0 Increased 0Increaseddomestic 0 - Increaseddomestic domestic and foreign demand for forwool forwool forwool I forI I wool brought about bv by the Euro- Euro - EuroOf'fl Eurooea7 Euro-oe Euro oe - I and reduced supplies of ofwool ofwool ofwool Of'fl Offl oea7 ' in " war wool In the United States State . $ will tend tendto tendto tendto to support domestic wool prices prloea tendr in In1 r 1940 40 the burl bureau ! ' lu < of ot a agricultural agriculturaleconomics airiculturaleconomics ? cultural culturaleconmlcs econmlcs economics ( ) Indicated In Its annual annualoutl"Ok annualoutl"ok annualoutlook outl"Ok outlOk " " report on sh shsep sheep ep lambs and andwool andwcol andwcolApproximately weal wool wealApproximately woolApproximately Approximately the same numbeT number numbeTof numberof numberof andI I , of stock sheep on farms andanches andanches and andanches - - -anches anches --anches - at . the beginning ning of 1MO 1940 1MOs ' s $ at the beginning of 1939 l 3t was wasr1 wasast was\"a was "a a r1 ' ' \ ( - .ast ast . " * " -ast ast - t . 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"n n "netpt " nstrt n 'tpt tpt etpt strt ' . ' = rre pre are favorable favm-9blp favm 9blp - Pres- Pres Presnt Presnt Pres-nt Pres nt - - - nt I 1- 1 1"i . - " " + "i i " "t1rr t1rr " , tlrTs ff T > < s q lr ! ure are that the num numContinued numContinued numContinued ( ( Continued on page five ) ) , U 8 F FORECASTS ECASTS ORE GREATER GREATERWOOL GREATERWOOL TER TERWOOL WOOL DEMANDSContinued DEMANDS DEMANDSContinued ( Continued from page one ) ber bar cf of lambs fed ted in the corn belt beltIn beltin beltin In the 1939 40 feeding season wU1 will wU1be willbe willbe be IIU1 materially terially larger than In the theI.eason thereason theseason I.eason Ieason reason ' . before The Increase In thecorn the theoorn thecorn oorn corn belt however will be partlv partly partlvotf'iet partlyoffset partlyoffset otf'iet otfiet offset ' by reductions in the number numberfed numberfed numberfed fed In the . western v.estern vestern states state & . . . Mill ConeumpUonMill Consumption ComumpUon ConeumpUon _ Mill M1I1 consumption of wool inlhe In Inthe intha the lhe ; , United States thus far In 1939 1939has 1939has 1939has has been larger than the average averageof averageof averageof of recent rC'Vent rCVent revert ' years the tht ' report rrport said saidProopccts saidProspects saidProspects Proopccts Prospects are favorable for a . con- con continuation con continuation . - tinuation t1nuation of a relatively rela.t.ively relat.ively . . high level levelof levelof levelof of mill mlJI consumption In W- W WW lrlA Ifh - ' W ' ; 'itcc1 itcc1 4toclB 4toclBof < xsl xsl6of . 6of of wool In the country are relative relativl- relativl relative- relativlIy relatively relatively " - - ly Iy small smaIl and a considerable comldernbJe in- in increase increase In Increase - crease In Imports import . , > is probablv probably be befoT before before foT fore ( ' the 1940 do domestic t.ic tic . clip becomes becomesa becomesas becomesavailable becomesavailableProduction a as aJlable allable aJlableProduction allableProduction Production of ot mohair OIolullr In 1939 was wasprobably wasprobably wagproba-bly wagproba bly probably - a It little tittle larger than thltn In 111 38 38PricE'S 38Prices 38Prices PricE'S PricES ' of mohair this yf-ai yf ai Yf.al Yfal year . - have havebel'n havebeen havebeen bel'n beln been ' materially materiallv hlffher hlrrher higher than In In1938 1938 Demand for mohair In 1940 1940VIIJI 1940will 1940V/-111 1940V 111 VIIJI will / - bI"upported bp bI- bI be - " supported "upported upported by b > } tlie the expected expectedIncrease expectedincrease expectedIncrease Increase In the outp it of or automo automobile automobites automobiles bile bites ' ! and the small suppUeo suppUen supplies oroar ofoarse of or < ( oar oarse e wools w v . ools , - - - - |