| Show THE WOOL bradstreets for sept 12 div gevea es the figures of the domestic wool clip for 1896 as compiled by the national an aa soo lation of wool manufacturers the estimate la is based on the return of the number of sheep on april 1 this thin year which showed a total of a low lose of from last yearns figures and the smallest total reported since 1875 1815 here are the figures for our four states kates colorado sheep beep average weight of fleece aj pou louride ride wool shrinkage 68 per coat cent idaho sheep aver average alre weight of fleece aj 7 pounds wool boundo 68 per cent wyoming sheep average weight of fleece 8 pound gounde wool shrinkage 68 per cent utah sheep average weight of fleece 9 6 pou ode wool abrin sage 66 per percent coat in the country the abe clip for 1896 amounts to pounds in ID which the average flaice weighs and the shrinkage ave ravee revee ver cent ceni to which to ig added 40 of pulled woo a grand total toil of which I 1 io reduced by to pounds this pounds of wool in the greasy or washed condition ii la a decrease from pounds lo in 1896 1895 and la Is the sma deet of wool wool since 1880 the deore aae la in clip oliph to relatively less jew than the in the number of sheep because became of the stra irr adua dual increase inore aae in we the weight ot of fleeces since 1875 of the whole visible supply of wool in the country them the figures show bow a reduction of about pounds from that of a year ago OrJin arlly this might seem beem to indicate that there was waa in store a prospect proa of better figures but this la Is not dot the case the comparatively small email consumption of wool to date ta a that there ie a large cupply in the storehouses of manufacturers manufacture re held to await a revival of business bu eineM which does not appear in the foregoing figures figurea and which makes the quantity on hand band far lo in excess of the probable consumption for the year to come this will keep the price down so ao that the outlook for RD ao il increase lorease in the figures 0 t wool producers daei not appear in sight eight for the wool clip of 1887 1897 even the shortage to in the australian clip to ie insufficient to make a raise in prices pi ices |
