Arizona republican., 1901-11-26
DOMESTIC WOOL CLIP
Review of National Wool Manu-
 factureTS' Association
An Increase of Nine Million Pounds Over the Production of Last Year. The Number of Sheep in the Country.

New York, Nov 25.-The Annual Wool RevIew,'' issued today by s. N. D. North, secretary of the National Asso- citation of Wool Manufacturers, verifles previous estimates of an increased domestic clip. and is the most complete ever compiled. This has been accomp- lished despite the fact that the depart ment of agriculture has not yet made its customary estimate of the number of sheep in the country and despite the fact that complete census figures were not available. Acknowledging possible slight inac- curacies, the conclusion is reached that the flocks of the United States. exclu- sive of lambs under one year old, con sist of 41, ,920,9 300 sheep. and that the wool clip of 1901 comprises 265, ,5o2, BPS pounds, exclusive of the pulled wool, as against 259.972, s15 pounds in 1900. an increase of 21s per cent. The average weight of heeces is this year 6.33 ! pounds. as compared with 6.46 pounds ! in 1900, and is the lowest average weight since 1891. There is reduction in the average shrinkage of heeceS { from GIL per cent in 1900 to COG per ! cent in 1901.
 In the states from which complete | census returns have been received, the proportion of lambs last year to the | ewes was about 66 per cent. This fact ! taken in connection with the relatively small increase in the total fiocks. 1,753,- 1 0S2, less than Az per cent, makes it clear that the amount of pulled wool produced must be large, and 37, GOO. 900 pounds is fixed as the probable quan- tity of pulled wool for the year. total about 5000, 900 pounds more than the estimates of last year.
 The total production of fleece and pulled wools in the grease is estimated at 302. .502, BPS pounds, as against 2SS.- 6S6.621 pounds last year. The secured product this year is estimated at 126,- lS14,690 pounds, against lis. .2e3. 120 pounds last year The total secured value of the clip is estimated at $51,- 164 709.
 ' Nicholas Mauger of Mauger & Avery has compiled a table for the review showing the quality of the clips and it's value for each state. It is possible from this table to approximately esti-
 mate the total value of the
 sheep industry as it exists today in the United States. The department
 of agriculture has made no estimate of
 the value of sheep per head in the
 several states since that of January 1.
 1900. as it is also waiting for the figures of the twelfth census in this particular.
 On the above date it figured the aver ! age value per neau or the 4l,SS0,Oo
 sheep in the United States on January
 l. as $2.93 and the total value as s122,-
 665, ,913. Assuming that figure to be
 substantially correct for 1901. and add ing the value of the wool clip of the : current year, we have a total of S173,-
 SSO,6
 This total valuation is considerably
 smaller than that usually ascribed tc
 the sheep and wool industry of the
 country: but it is nevertheless consid- I erably in excess of it's actual farm . value. The value here given to the
 wool clip of 1901 shows loss of s9.O42, 75S. as compared with the similar
 value. similarly computed, one year , ago, and gives a clew to the losses the
 sheep growers have sustained by req
 son of existing prices.
 The foreign value of the 124, S63.051
 pounds of wool entered for consump- tion in the year ending June 30, 1901 , was S15.99S.0l upon which the duties paid were SS 125, ,69S. total s24. 123. 113
 which added to the value of the domes- '. tic clip of 1901 makes a total value o , $I5. 2SS, 422, which may be taken as indi
 eating in d rough way what our man
 ufacturers paid for their wool in the
 current year.
 It is interesting in this connection tC
 note that tine consumption of domestic
 cotton in the United States in the veal
 ending September 1, 1901, was 3,729, ,45
 bales of 300 pounds or 1864. 729. .00 pounds, and was valued at $167, ,242. .657 ' The imports of raw silk in the fisca :; year 1900 were 13,0i3,7 714 pounds, value, at $i5, ,311, ,525.