, 1866-05-01


Minnesota and Iowa was only IL, 0,150. .oW d., whi.c
Last 5ear those same S.ltes yielded * 600 d.,
snd The clip Of TIE present kea.on ia estimated at
from 8,ooo,0oo 10 100000 Of pounds. The
NcREAsE OF TuK CLIP =,
from year 10 year, in the past four years Is et1ted
Ioowt, On the authority Of one Of the leading wool
firms Of ,h,s city, Measrs. Iewisea T. Brooks, to
whom we arc indebted for much valuable 1ufotma.
ton on TING subject:
Illinois 5so0G soso,ooS 6oo,oS s; i, ; oS M
W,.ccnsin 2,s0000o a0o0o0o z,0Go,0G3 100000
,sEs s,nsss,. ss ssss 'sssess sses ssss s 7sS@ sSSSS
Tota1. 10, ,l5oooo 147uo coo 600 n, $4,000
The Steld Of the present year may be Eafsiy esti-
mated at four millions OF pounds above that oF
year.
x.r vs Hese States Gomez IN great
,..1vm particular sections OF each-Qot from the
St1iea at large In anything like even proportions
from their several counties. Thus Illinois wool
comes n1inly from the northern ena central pof-
t,uus Of The State. Wisconsin wool from The eont1
erp part, md Iowa ffpn the eastern aud southern
ueftlops. II would, therefore, be very difficult, II
not Impossible 10 loca1ize The numbers Of sheep
ttom which this rast yield Of wool Is obtained. any
more cloqcly than BY STATES, ann tbs reported num-
hers In each State are:
Illinois, ...........-s-..+--..:,alMU
Wisconsan-- -s.'.'.-~...-'.......!I
loMa...-.-.. .0N
Minnesota ..-...- .-....-..,....*.... as. Eu,uU
BY the United states census OF 3sG0, Illinois had,
at at that lime, only 32.ssa sheep, and The other
S,utes propottionately less.
IT'S PHor1T.
1tnecds no argument OF ours 10 show how vast
Is the aeia tt, open Oh ctr great Westtt p1a,ries
for the infther increase Of thts profitable branch Of
agriculture, nor can 1t reqSIe nny formal array at
f. eHns-. kr-.r-~a
huthanlsy eAn b. mate here, Than In the Eastern
statee, where lind is no better Jet costs from ve
10 any times as much. It Is now conceded fact
TINT sheer arc, for tho px4tr1a G.rner, much more
profitable tcau horses, cattle swine md 1t reeds
no gilt Of prophecy 10 predict that within u few
years more this Western country viii be the graf
Nocl field Of the, world. In addition 10 our vast
rurec Of Eeh raetrrnge4 tho strongest encourage
ment 10 wool Proyers will be found In The fact Of
lhe great REDUCTION IN its coat Of transportation, IN
proportion to Its vnluev to the tcahoat1l.-below
thai OF every other pzodnct Of the farm. EYen be-
ftrc the var 1t ccBt eighty per cent OF tho value of
wheat 10 send 1t fram here 10 Eew York. posk th!sty
per cent and beef eny per cent while the cost Of
transportation Of wool to the same market Was only
four Per cent. During and F1ncc The war, the rcla-
tyr proportions hare been t1iil greater. Although
this ptoouct generally purchased from tie farmer
1t Ills oMp tpot still the cost or uaus spofat.cp Is
70 him matter OF serious moment, ~ 1t eIerts
direct Influence upon thu pr1cs which be obtains.
Some farmers have cbtcctco to the railing of steep
that lie youpg Werc dffcut TO rear, and thar gfeat
1s ae
AZ experience IS obtained. however they hod ihese
1ifcuities III erest measure less than they Ecrc
The varieties Of sheep zear9l In The Northwest,
shrcn~ .fSpanlsh and French Meriuos aud grnde
aJi 6a,S,. Tn.ir 1ou5sp 5sp4 ,h1ee quarters blood
care nj drst are easily reared nni ill., WIN Mt1e
md small expense Till provide sntacscnt shelter
met. The. spanla7ds hare p,thJ prorerb iha.
wherever the loot Of ihe sheep tonehes, The land
tnsns 1nt9 gold, and o1r lasmess arc 1npidly sppEc
says: "a Thus hsye started largo ms}onty or The
sesier hnids lille ios house ior hmse,E and Vie
10 sleep tn-a 1a1 pm eorcfed With prairie grass.
fer bis lean and bis cow, II he Is 90 fortunate
snd lhen be IL ready. 10 commence wool growing
And in ten year, he can connt more eneep and
tonaciimes more dollars worth Of property than
Lts eastern eompetitor, who eonmencet wltu every
| thing prepared to hta band. TIE ra,f pen gives
place 10 The efaole and the uncovered told yard is
succeeded by the fold yard md spacious Aheds.
feed. md Il luxurtGnt corn for winter iced, eur
| round the comfortable farm house. Noble fock3
Of thousands arc driven up nightly by his boys and
| be Gcek-mastets thctnselses.''
THE yALuE
Of uool Las flnctua.ed Rray snee its culrufe WIS
loe figures highly remunc!at1se % The farmer. A.
carly Is 1867 and 1su5 fnli .btpod Aenno wool eold
in the Eass fos 70 Pr Pound and IL 1891: rose
Of 1914, choce lots br1ncrns az high as Sa5l pes
pourd but in ISIS 1t again eank TO comparatively
ley pEee In 1872 eoisse te me.!ig@ VA votth
down 10 mo1r modern times We tind th1t Curing
The recent rebellion, wool, which had previously
saos. s o Tie " plaees 2s Tbs fuesse
nnd decrease during the war Is etated follows, for
medium gtate:
/ sc9Ee pm. csG7sc 7oclsi.lo passe
lie atets9e value of wool At armets' dooss, dur
,re 1ns IT. ss.' VS. p it'tno,, toe tn Wissoa.a
a :s sea Of r wh.es LIZ ~ y
sss!E snit1d sEd d on 81, Esau STATE q l.
linols, whieh In 1862 according TO the census an1y
aot 1spid growth, Il Would bc interesting to N see e
From psese seat Indications. ii Is deemed BY wool-
It sSe S
Illinois and lows S5c, and Wisconsin &c. This Is
Of course, however. matter Of uncertstnty, the
ptlces being IN no 'F1se Tied thus early In the
TIE WOOL TRADE or ctEIcAoo
u already very large and Is each year increasing in
yied OF wool N those Sfales which would ralu.ally
iend toward ~, rs lhe1r principal market. LIST
millions Of pounds, ard Of ts,s feyeu etcbths wers
consu1ned here, Or passed into The VARIOUS Goo1en
mills Of 'hs Soi1he;t. which nov loot to ch'esso
| having TO buy PEI force nom Eastern markets,
those oE New York or Boston, and by The ADDED
cot Of handling md seriously Inter
uf.ctuzess. 1b,s leads as directly 10 the subject Of
| WoolIES NA4rr4c7unEs.
A. y may be neees:a55, IN the corrte Of his IL
tcle 70 make use Of soms peculiar technical phra.es
OF words with Which The general reader may not be
! ihoronEhiy fam1i1ar-as there no doubt are n.uy
to whom the PROCESSES Of coth-mak1nE are amops
!ion thereof 1l therefore doubtless prove lntefrst-
| Ing 10 the numerous general reader" Wa say