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Show j each day until the total volume has been offered." Auctions were held by the firm July 11 and 12, at which, and up until un-til this time, about 1,500,000 pounds have been sold. Grease prices F. O. B. Ogden, ranging from 17 to 30 cents per pound, have been paid for these wools, depending upon grade and character, which represented good, strong market values at the time of sale, Mr. Macintosh reported. However, he anticipates that these prices will be bettered at the coming com-ing auctions. Wools from Montana, Idaho, Nevada, Ne-vada, Wyoming, Colorado and Utah were included in the consignments. Merrion and Wilkins will receive additional wools for the coming auc- I Another Wool Auction Sale At Ogden Ogden, Utah A series of wool auction auc-tion sales, their last this year, will be held by Merrion and Wilkins at Ogden, Utah, October 1, 2, 3 and 4, 1935, according to an announcement made by Burt Macintosh, manager of the firm's wool department, Saturday. Satur-day. Mr. Macintosh, who has just returned re-turned from a three weeks' trip east visiting the principal mill and wool manufacturing centers to study conditions con-ditions affecting the wool market, tions up until Friday, September 28. They extend an invitation to all sheepmen and others interested in the wool' business to attend their auctions and observe the manner in which they are conducted. said, tnat in tne opinion of nis firm, wools would be in good demand de-mand at strong values for the next thirty days and 'that they believed the dates set for their auctions would prove a favorable time to offer some 2,500,000 pounds of growers' wool now in their hands." He said, "possible "pos-sible price advances during the remainder re-mainder of the year do not appear ceertain enough to warrant holding their wools later than the fore part of October." The plan of the auction sales, Mr. Macintosh said, "Calls for sample bags representing 10 per cent of each lot of about 500,000 pounds of wool being made available for buyers' inspection in-spection during the forenoons of each day. In the afternoons this amount of wool will be offered for sale this procedure to be followed |