Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1868-04-04
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iiautnn ani Will.aWs So ~ Fnf
dras Street New uriraus. u well
worth q Irrusal
We wish IN tsll the attention ~
Woal growers in Texas sni through
nut the Sanih a. ihr following facts
Gotten having Called m h. longer
= profitable product and the labor
II the South having hccons IN nm
reliable We presume the Importance
oftnrRiRg general attention IN the
growth 81 OIL, with renewed in
icrest and energy, il i0u apparent
N all TO require comment,
Let us suppose the State IT Texas
n he stocked with one halfio three
anrlhs blood merin0 sheep, in the
came proportion that Washington
country, Pa, was In lsd0, and we
shonld have pa. 0O0, 600 sheep, pro-
duoing Odd, 000 ,00O pounds ol wash
ell or cleansed wool, out Of which
we could supply the entire United
States, aud have leit for export Ia
the markets 0f the world, 1sn, 0n0,-
O00, which, at soc per pound, or Il
little over &c, per pound less than
the average price Of wool In Boston
for twenty years previous 10 1850,
would give US the rum OF ssss, OOO,'
O00.
We admit that, owing to h g
greatly increased production aud
importation nf woods and wooden
goods during the years ls6I-65'GG,
80 great surplus had accumulated
ia the country ms Ia cause prices TO
decline during 1867 to an almost
Unprecedented low point,
The great surplus hiss now be-
come very much reduced, lmpor'
iatiOn has now nearly ceased except
for qualities not produced in this
country. An unusually largo num-
Ter of sheep has been slaughtered
throughout h a. Northern States
during tho past scaSon.-Thc wool
markets. especially in New York .
and Boston. have shown more ac'
iivity within the past thirty days, .
with some slight improvement in I
prices, and manufactures are show
ing more disposition 10 commence
operations again with renewed en-
crgy.
We think we mus accept til G
facts rs evidence that wool has
reached the lowest point and must
he profitable product for many
years ut least.
OF 30, 500, 900 sheep in the Unit
cd States, according to the latest
and most reliable census, onc.fifth,
or about 100000, are in Texas.
Texas wool is selling to-day in
market ut an average OF about 2Oc.
per pound, while the fleece wool OF
New Yoak, Ohio Michigan, &c, is
selling Mt an average Of about SOC.
per pound, and great portion Of
the sheep in Texas are Of ms good
blood rs those of the Northern
States. The 100000 sheep of
Texas produce about 4S,OOO,OOO
pounds ofunwashed wool, amount
ing, at 2Oc. per puond, to 100000,
900, whereas the same sheep would
produce of washed or clean wool,
$4,000 900, pounds, which, at the
price of Northern half or three
tourths fleece wool, would be worth
SIG, 100000.
Texas wool growers pay annually,
directly or indirectly, for tho tran
sportation of about 10000, 900,
pounds ofdirt in their wool, from
the interior of Texas to the Now
England factories, at an average
cost of $500 per hundred, amount
ing in the aggregate to 100000, n
sum quito sufficient to pay for wash.
ing, shcaring and properly putting
up for market tho wool Of every
sheep in Texas.
Texas wool, it properly washed and
pnt up in good order, is much more
desirable to the manufacturer than
the same bloodcd wool raised in the ,
Northern States, as the sheep North
are housed and crammed to such an ,
extent as to cause their wool to be 1
charged with oily and gummy sub I
stance, causing them to loose in the
securing room Of the factory at
least ten per cent. moro than the
same wool raised in Texas. We
think these facts should be of sufli-
cient interest to overy wool grower ,
in Texas and the South West, to
induce him to put his wool in the {
best possible condition for market. a