Show WOOL FACTS GIVE UTAH HIGH RANK sixty per cent of the total wool crop ot of the united states la Is produced in the eleven western states an and d in this group utah holds third place being out ranked by only wyoming and montana these facts are disclosed by a special wool report recently submitted by the federal bureau ot of agricultural economics to prof william petersen director ot of the utah agricultural experiment station and the agricultural college extension service texas in included eluded in the south central group still ranks rank as the leading wool state ot of the union with her 1926 clip totaling to pounds but wyoming the western group leader follows a close second with pounds to her credit Blon montana tana Is third with pounds and utah Is fourth with 20 then comes idaho with oregon california new mexico nevada colorado arizona and washington pounds ohio Is the only state outside ot of texas and the western group leaders that may be considered a high producing wool state her clipp amounting to in 1926 each of the other north central states produced less than pounds one of them tham nebraska barely exceeding pounds llie lowest wool lieze ii t biting ing sta j this year was the smallest state rhode island with a total of only 1000 pounds the high tightest test producing I 1 state I 1 in the north atlantic group was new york with in tho the south atlantic group the highest state was west virginia with aj 17 pounds while kentucky led the south central group with pounds the total united states clip tor for 1926 is given by the federal sta statisticians as pounds as against pounds tor for 1925 a difference of pounds more this year than last utah and idaho among all states of the union theil tor for third place in average weight of fleece in fit 1926 each averaged 90 pounds per fleece I 1 92 for oregon and aa 91 tor for washington the average tor for the eleven western states was 81 lor for 1926 as against 84 for or 1925 the tha average of the united states was lu in 1926 and 78 in 1925 the south atlantic states averaged lowest iu in 1926 with 51 pounds per leece fleece compared with 74 for the north atlantic 79 for the north central and 69 for the south central |