Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1864-07-20

ducers that 1t Is just as important for them to
know the affairs of trade in their line, as to
know the business of production. Wehope
this seasons business will serve to enforce
the elesson. But with wool upon the ''dol-
lar PLATFORM" can the tide be truly said to
be at its flood? We think not, since In the
present condition of the money market and
the increased stringent demand for Ameri-
can wool, all fair qualities leave q wide
margin for handling as well as for specula-
tion, at dollar pound, and In some OF
the best wool districts of Ohio, prices have
run freely at $l,05 to $ll0 for wool from
first hands. A great amount OF Ohio wool
has been picked up by local buyers, at q
range of 20 to Soc, and as much OF this IS
a miscellaneous andnot strictly prime quail
average margin of25 cents in the hands OF
the local buyer. In this way some men
have suddenly become rich.
Last week American wool sold In New
York at $l.00 to $l,10, and at the same
prices in Boston. Holders of foreign wool
have withdrawn much of their stock from
the market. According to present informa-
tion we should say that nine-tenths of the
wool of Ohio has passed out of the hands
of the producers. ili0 lnIfa4UH
fT WOOL IN MAssILLoN.
Our friends in and around Massillon have
been having brisk time In the wool trade
and fair prices have been the order of the
day for the nice clips which are the fashion
among the shepherds ofthat region. From
the Massillon Local of The Canton Repostto-
~ we clip this note of the trade -" Messrs.
Jas. NJ. Brown and Jas. Bayliss are among
the largest purchasers. Messrs. j. G. War
wick and Alex. Minich are buying on joint
account. and have probably 10000 lbs; as
have Messrs. sOberlin q Co., Harsh q
Hamburger, and l. b. Dangler, s. Lind and
J. L. Bachtel. There are but two mer-
chants In town who are not operating heav-
lily in the great staple. Among the best
lots we have seen are those of DIR. Steese,
A. c. Wales, Thos. Mccullough and David
Murray, of Perry, and Messrs. Mcdowell and
Firestone, of Plain. The clips of the gen
Lind, and amounted, at 80 cents per pound,
to $4,000. The price is now ranging from
80 cents to 81. NJ. Wales we believe has not
sold his large lot of 5000 pounds" L
WOOL IN MUsKINGUM COUNTY.
A late number of The ZanesriHe Courier
says of the wool trade in Muskingum coun-
ty: "During the last week there has been
great activity in the wool market. This
county HAS perhaps Al ldiSCl Ciop WIS ySoi
than ever before. Some think the crop in
the county will bring in the neighborhood
of four hundred thousand dollars. We
have not consulted newspapers much, as to
prices, but some buyers in the north part Of
the county have been offering from So to
90c for wool, according to quality. This is
because great portion of the wool is man
lufactured into army clothing. and for that
purpose there is less waste in southdOwn
and long woods than in the finer merinos."
SHEEP SALES IN HARRISON COUNTY.
James Z. Parker, of the firm of Parker &
Hubbard, dealers in Spanish merinO sheep,
reports sales of some very fine sheep to
parties in Harrison county, Ohio. Ayoung
ram, bred by Henry Lane, of Cornwall,
Vermont, got by the Lane q Hubbard ram
Young Sweepstakes, the get OF Ham
mond's famous Sweepstakes, was sold by
Parker & Hubbard to John and William
Adams, of Harrison county, for $l,5OO.-
This is claimed to be the best bona fide sale
of first class ram made in Ohio. Mr.. p.
showed us sample of the fleece, (Which
weighed 2311a ibs.) the quality of which is
No. l, as to crimp, density and healthiness
of fibre, These parties report shearing of
forty young rams, the get Of this sheep,
whose fleeces run from IL to 15 lbs. Messrs.
p & II. will visit Ohio again this season,
and have now on hand some thirty young
rams, the get of the ram sold to j. q w.
Adams. See their card In the Ohio Farmer.