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Show Wyoming Sheep Being Sheared Rock Springs, Wyo. This week will see the "big shear" under way in western Wyoming, and about one- miiu oi uie total iy-ti clip is tinder contract to eastern firms. Some shearing shear-ing began last week and several flockmasters will begin soon. The clip at the wells, twenty-eight miles north of Rock Springs, also will get i under way during the week, as it will j west of Rock Springs. The number of fleeces in the 1926 clip is about the same as in 1925, but the amount i i;u, ia iuullbi- oi conjecture until I the shearing is well under way and ' the first bales have been weighed. ' In 1925 approximately 2.750,000 pounds j were clipped in western Wyoming, and I 1 year ago Ibis date saw almost three-j three-j luarters of the total sold. Only a lit- lie more than one-third of the 192G clip is said to have been contracted for delivery. Market tendencies in Boston, the nation's wool center, during dur-ing the past week have brought encouragement en-couragement to local flockmasters some of whom feel that 1P2G will be a much better year for them than it first promised to be. Indications are that lambs will bring a better price than the first sales indicated. |