Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-06-30
The Price of Wool,

The items in our exchanges inregard to
sales Of wool IN lo-ro al
which we have heretofore published and
continue below, furnish the best index to
the current prices hat we can give:
A correspondent writing from yelling
ton to the Oberlin Nelrs, saws :-Messrs.
Baldwin, Laundon & Co, have taken in
at their warehouse c $50, 600 pounds
within the last seven days-some of these
days $4,000 pounds were taken. The
price paid has averaged about 50 cents.
A correspondent, writing from Atwater
TO the Ravenna Democrat says:-Nearly
every farmer in this place has sold his
wool within the last fortnight. Prices
have rather exceeded expectations, rang
ing from 40 to IS cents per pound, the
largest portion having been sold from so
to So cents Fleeces weigh lighter than
last year, averaging from 3 to 81 pounds
per fleece. Farmers have exerted them
selves to improve the appearance of their
wool both in quality and mode Of hand
ling. Buyers have been so numerous that
no one man has purchased a very large
pile.
The Oberlin Nscs saws Considerable
quantities have been purchased this season
at from 40 to 60 cents per pound. Wool
will undoubtedly bring in this and in 9TH
er markets in this county within a few
days at least sirty cents per pound for the
best woods which are in good condition.
The Warren Chronicle saYs:-RnyA-s
in Trumbu1T County have been paying as
high as so cts. for best grades. The prices
run from so TO 60 cts. 1t is thought that
the clip will be nearly all brought up the
present week. The number of buyers is
unusually large, and ~wool-growers part
with their clips very readily.
The Revenna Democrat says:-Wool
buyers are now extensively in the field
and 1t Is thought that the wool clip is be-
ing pretty thoroughly picked up, and
more extensively so than for two years
past. The buyers here und at other
points in the county pay all the way from
so to go cents per pound. No very large
amount has been put in the market at
90 cents, but a large amount has been
bought st SIS cents, and small choice lots
have brought 90 cents The average
price paid so far is undoubtedly 5O(d,57.
at which buyers and sellers readily meet
each other.
The Mansfield Herald says:-The
amount of wool brought to our city last
week was quite large. On Saturday, es-
pecially a great quantity was brought in.
Buyers were CIV and prices ranged
from 45c to 6Oc., the latter price having
been paid for extra lots.
The Elyria Democrat says;-We learn
that a choice lot of wool sold in our
streets Monday at 80 cents per pound.
The Ottawa County NelCs saws THE
wool market at this place has been quite
lively the past week. We noticed ten
wagons well loaded standing on tbs street
at one time. Prices ranging from 55 to
81 cts. per ID.
The Akron Beacon says From what
we can learn We should judge that from
l75,o0O TO 100000 pounds of wool have
been purchased by the merchants of this
city SO far the present season, while there
is yet considerablein the hands of growers
The prices paid have ranged from 80 TO
81 cents per pound, though a few choice
lots have sold as high as 81 celts-one
small lot running as high as 65.
The Fremont Journal has the follow
ing:-Wool is coming in quite freely.
Farmers have been more particular this
season in washing their sheep, and the
feeces are much better put up, conse-
quent!y they get a better price. The
market is becoming stronger every day.
PriOes have gone up to so cents, averag-
ing about IS cents, and wool growers are
much grstifed thereat.
Wednesday oflast week, William Will
son, of London, Madison county, Ohio,
sold the feces of screen thousand fire hun
6red sheep at ffty-fve cents per pound.
Loring Converse, buyer Of wool and
importer Of sheep in Bucyrus, Crawford
county, writes to the Columbus Journal
os follows About one-half OF our woods
are sold at prices from 50 to 90 cents,
mostly the latter. As the anxiety grew
on the part of the buyers. our growers got
up their ideas to s. cents, and for the last
three days all our buyers rather hauled
of, believing the growers had got to
much sgita-ed to try to drive a trade
with them. But 1 believe that most of
all the good clips will find buyers at 60
cts. when the growers get down to that.