Show THE 0 SINE 5 ay v forty millions sheep united states 65 OF CUP CLIP IS 1 JER atana MM leads with the lar largest est fleck pock while utah Is fifth in une producing over twelve million pounds of wool franr nearly newly two millions of sheep chii brace bruce secretary ot at 1 national association of wool bat its headers rs la in doston boston has just issued the ua il wool review of the united s ami sheep conque for 1906 is the eighteenth consecutive if r in a the association has Is statistics on i lugol ut wool industry ot country these statistics have be ae a a authority for everyone ever one coned with the wool industry and are setd by tho united states gosert M eap cealy the cen con the year ear the number ot ft for she shearing araug la Is placed at as compared will preceding year decreases were 4 I 1 la in gome some of the larger graying i offing owing to tho the larger shipments i usual the previous fall whilo in 9 of tho middle western states i azamber ana siber increased bec auar r of the foment of the industry and be b i of more at accurate curate information ed prices were high 1 I for all 3 i of heep sheep stock and full alaan was taken of them kr acting fur for the 1906 1900 clip waa was t so general far ahead aa as 1906 ex ence of that year mailing making growers Y ot of entz entering ring into binding aga atlon this was triau montana bi bluyers blur tyers ers who pursued a S policy this deliberate moth 1 wu not exceptional e to thia country was w pursued early in the australian e and later at the london alic e by american buyers that high D rices were not pall too tho grower a lua due to tho the feeling that the dan r i in prices had beon boon reached it would be hazardous to ede e to to the grovers bro vers blews of values in n weight et pf clip 18 to the reater weight of tho age 18 fleece the tile clip despite the wi all deaf le creaso easo in turn numbers bers wae was beav r la 14 the greaso by pounds 4 of the year before the hl average increase waa was one tenth ip A iund per fleece the quantity of bf produced on the basis tot bf 8 cheel P waa was pounds no not 1 pulled coola as against las pounds munds iho the yea before bivalent equivalent in scoured wool was pounds wool was to vary fron from the tile pre year n pou rids the of bis this as 30 per cent in 14 OF 13 per cent a year before the na yield is clean wool TOW production for tile country wall es equal to wal sa ayas dounda la in ex hil k 8 01 ol of tb ohp for 1905 part of tics bics was due to Je decrease creast I 1 the average weight of R waa was cco 66 pounds against 11 6 66 1905 ago 60 Vou pounds nir ill 1904 1 pound in n 1903 in fact the ha hag a been decreasing for to e years percentage of 0 tho the a r arti th shrinkage was 61 OS as a compared tai 1 3 ln in 1305 1505 and 61 in iv 1904 to couo ue of or the clip for the tha yar year was t t hl bein at ane ame le an the 0 o proy previous louit year a t leg than I 1 per cent smaller uller sn alir M 14 2133 2133 as P comparri alb ii the th abere e value per nl t noeo and d wool de oe led 2 4 find 6 6 lt per pound respect montana in n the lead a leads atle qa qs heretofore with largest 8 flock these 35 idoo i 0 iwand g of wool valued at sa dr aa aads atna tt na goebes raged 7 aurig o 0 facci shrinking 65 per cent the a scoured wool product it 2 50 pounds abo aye average ge CM aan ned per pound wa 68 cente cats lw ca centa cents the year before ana and V two 10 years 0 o berv ba 08 A second for size tie of flock W production she aae has bep which pounds of rough wool shrinking 68 birr cent to of the scoured this brought or 69 60 cents a pound against 70 cents tha tho previous year and 65 cente cents in 1904 fleeces averaged 7 25 pounds emch new mexico cowa comes third ir it the list ot of flocks with fleeces lighter however avar aver agina 51 65 55 points each the total clip being pounds shrinking ca per cent to scoured which brought 3 or GY cents per pound this a as 2 ceta cents leas less than the year before but 13 conta cents higher than the average pice pi ce in 1904 utah banka ranks fifth finh the fourth stata Is idaho with in ill her flock producing for the year 1 pounds of 0 raw wool shrinking 67 per cent to pound scoured valued at or 66 conta cents per pound against 6 63 and 56 r cents in 1905 and 1904 respectively t fleeces averaged 7 35 pounds 01 each utah stand ne no with in be her flock their clip wt to talling alling pound pounds rough or pounds scoured tho the shrinkage of the G pound 5 fleeces s averaging GS 65 per cent the clip brought to the state or 67 centa per pouted as compared with 55 cents cent in 1904 the price b being e ing the samo same as in 1905 0 ohio c stands ads well up on the list with j ha 0 D adeep being ahead of oregon the ohio product was ME vou pounds ads of 6 25 pound fleeces 50 per cent to dundr ou nd worth to the tile grow grov ere erg or 62 cents per pound against 63 cent cents tho the year before but 4 cents better than two years before j flock of 1 produced PrOd ced fleeces averaging heavy 95 8 5 pound pounds each or a total ot a pounds but the waa was 70 per cent bringing bri neing tho the scoured scour fid ot 1 down to 4 too pound pounds a t as US centa cents per pound or jk sif con compared pared with 69 and f 5 cents the mu n far oam preceding flock of aver aged 7 T 5 6 pound fleeces with an aggregate of pound pounds rough rou h wool 8 shrinking hr inking ga pr pir cent to thie this brought or 0 r 67 cents per round pound to the golden state in 1905 tho tile price was 69 belits and the year before 53 cents three 0 other ther states have flocks of Coi colorado orado texas over a million bac i and I 1 michigan BlIch michigan igan beads these with 1 the clip ras woo ot of j 63 3 fleeces SO 50 per cent to pound growers i realized 2 or 60 cents per i pound against aga dinst cl 41 cents the year before texas la Is a tri trifle tie ahead of col colorado with the 11 10 clip to tilled aag 00 pound of 6 6 fleeces shrinking 68 66 pe per brunds runds cent cc n t to and worth 2203 to aba state oc jal 87 cents yar per I 1 G und 3 cents less than titan received the year before Colo colorado radi baa has with fleeces j weighing 0 75 last year or a total ot of pounds in tho rough shrinking 67 per cent to soo pound pounds thil thi added tu to the of the state at 65 cent centa per pound a cent per pound less than in 1905 some curious facts among the curious acts riched from tho the tables Is that 11 e t bouga hav ing but sli ap p produced 1 10 poopoo pounds of V v 01 ol 01 while wot virginia with clipped 26 to pounce pennsylvania Jenn sylvania has ha and tho the clip was pounds Virg virginia litia managed to raise lounds with her sheep rhode island and delaware cannot seem to get got their flocks above G 0 the same figure as in Alous ious year years comparative statistics ard hard to bather gather owing to varying condition conditions but nut it Is interesting to know that fit the total wool CIP of tile united states ft ere leaded into cars cam all at ono one time each car ca of average capacity of pound 5 1922 cars would bo be required if steel care cars of the 1000 o pounds capa capacity city that E III harriman Harrl man says win will be needed on the roade roads of the fixture were to be used oc of them gouid be required even this would ba bigg biggar tr load than any engine he lie could imagine Inia gino would be abl able to carry carrr it the flock of the entire united states were to mars hated la in one long 1 tine line allowing each sheep four fout feet of room they would extend tend olles u or an one ce around the world and arly lo 10 SO sail francieco Franc F ran leco aleco before they atop stop d to how in many any bales the entire clip could bo be compressed compre ased into thia this ix largely a IL matter of ruess guesswork work aa its bale bales vary in aize and density fron from dif different terent parta parts of the country they are id ta t bue a alamiri ala of 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