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Show WOOL CLIP FOH 10 SO. Clip (hows an locreai. of 1 0, 43,191 founds Over lUU. The total estimated clip for 1V0O It put al j!"i. 633.031 pounds washed and unwashed, or I IS. 313, 130 pounds I scoured. The larger total shows an Increase of 10, 113, SUl pounds over the 18W clip. The number of sheep In the country I put at- tl),307,M8. against 30,101, t03 in IS'JO, au increaso ol 13,103,113, all but 300,000 of which, according ac-cording to Mr. North's tables, are toll credited to the present year. This Increaso of 10 per cent In the number of sheep since the restoration of tbo wool duty has taken place In tha so-called thirteen territorial alatrai which Include I'tah, Montana and others oth-ers along the llockles, the net Increase being 33 per cent. The available sup-piles sup-piles of wool of all grades for ll'OO are are aa follows! Wool clip, S81.033.MI pounds; domestic wool on hand January Janu-ary 1st, 113,314.300; foreign wool on hand January lat, 39,:i)3,WH); In bond January lat, tl.USS.CHns foreign wool Imported January 1st to July 1st, D3,97!,&33; grand total, u7r),094,30 pounda. Available supplies uf manufacturers manu-facturers on hand, oulalda of the above, nro ample for requirements of mills prior to moving tbo clip of lVt-l. |