The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-12-10
FAMOUS LEADERS OF SALVATION ARMY WILL WO(
VISIT SALT LAKE
WOOL CLIP FOR
THE YEAR 1901
National Manufacturers Estimat-
ed 1t at 265, SOP, 328 Pounds.
SHEEP CENSUS OF AMERICA
UTAH FLEECES ARE SAID TO BE
IMPROVING IN STAPLE.
Especial to The Herald)

Boston, Dec. 81 ne NdQOnal ASSO-
citation of Wool Manufacturers. which
has just completed a census of the
sheep in the United States. as well as
Of the 1901 clip, sets the figures for the
current year at the following:
Wool clip for 1901, 265. 5O2. 1923 pounds,
exclusive of the pulled wool, as COM
pared with 259, 972, SIS pounds in 1900, an
increase Of 2is per cent. The average
weight of fIeeces is 6.33 pounds, as COM
pared with 6.46 in 1900, and is the low
est average weight since 1891. There
is a reduction in the average shrink
age, however, of heeces from ell in
1900 to sos per cent for the current
year. The probable quantity of pulled
wool viii be about 100000 pounds
more than the estimates for last year
The total production of fleece and
pulled woods in the grease is estimated
at SO2, 502,32S pounds, against 2SS,6S6,621
pounds last year. The secured product
this year is estimated at 126,S14,69O
pounds, against 49, 23, 12O pounds last
year. The total estimated value is $751;,
164, 7O9
The foreign value of the 124 S63, 051
pounds entered for consumption in the
year ended June 80, 1901 was S15, 99S,
015, upon which the duties paid were
So, 125, 69S; total, S24123, 713; which,
added to the value Of the domestic clip
of 1901, makes a total value of $751;,
2eS,4 1872 and may be taken in a rough
way as the total of what our manufac-
tUrers paid for their material during
the current year.
Sheep Census of America.
Every yea, up to this year, the
United States agricultural department
has taken a census of the number Of
sheep located within the borders of the
United States, but this year it has not
done so, and the defect has been sup
piled by the National Association of
Wool Manufacturers, which has its
headquarters in Boston. The data has
been compiled with more than usual
care and attention, in accordance with
the methods pursued during the past
thirteen years. As a result the assO-
citation has more than it's usual con-
fidence in the general accuracy Of the
figures obtained.
The number in the fiocks of the
United States, exclusive of lambs IN
der l year old, is estimated at H,920,900
on April 1, against total in 1900 of
1853, 065, this last being the official
figures of the agricultural department
on Jan. /. This shows an increase Of
but 47,S35. The increase over the num-
Der of sheep in 1880. a period Of eleven
years, is 1,155, 900, the total number in
that year being 40, 765, 800. Naturally
a large number of sheep died from eX-
posture during the winter and the to-
tai for this year is, therefore, less than
it would be if the figures had been
~-ra- To-
for 1901, as estimated by the associa-
ton on April 1. shows an increase over
the total on hand April /. 1900, Of l.,
100000.
Value of the Flocks.
1t is impossible to state the value of
the focks for 1901, but on Jan. 1, 1900
it was 1922, 665, 913, as compared with
S107, $50 $50 in 1885 and the same figures
in 1899. The average value of a sheep
in 1879 was S2.07 per head, and in 1901
it was $3.50. It viii be noted that the
value of a sheep was higher in 1900
than at any time in twenty years, the
lowest price having been reached in
1895. of $1.5S.
According to the table compiled by
the association, the state of Utah con-
tanned in 1901, some 2,SO4674 head of
sheep, against 2,370,9S3 the previous
year, and 2,117,50 in the year 1893 In
it's ta bic Of the wool clip for 1901, Utah S
product is shown to be 16,S28,044 pounds,
washed and unwashed. with an average
weight per fleece Of six pounds, and a
SIN fnkage Of 81 per cent, making the
production in secured wool amount to
6.05S, 096 pounds.
Utah comes fourth in the quantity Of
greasy wool raised, Montana, Wyoming
and Idaho coming ahead Of it. oregon
( follows fifth in the list. Montana leads
as a fibre producer, with Utah in sixth
+ place. and Ohio, which was second, dis
placed by Wyoming. Utah shows a big
/ increase over last year, and is now vel
/ above even the 1898 level, which was
/ the highest on record until this year
/ Colorado shows a tremendous loss
/ something like 100000 pounds from
! last year. Oregon is also steadily de-
! Ginning, and California now raises less
/ than one-half what it raised in the
/ best year.
/ characteristics of Territorial Woods
/ Joseph Walworth Of Lawrence, Mass.
/ a well known wool expert, in a lette1
/ to the National Association of Woo
I Manufacturers. speaks of the charaC-
/ teristics of territorial woods and how
/ they compare with Australian woods
| He saws that Utah wool has improved
in staple. and the condition as to put
/ ting up Of the wool is better than Il
was. but considers there is still room
( for much Improvement in raising WOO
with body and good staple.
There is too much 'frOWsy' and
| brashy wool, with no draft nor staple,
he says, wool only fit for the cheap.
er wooden trade A cross either witt
/ Merino, Leicester or Down sheep would
/ improve the staple and give a more
/ solid wool. The fine wool, or medium
/ wool, with staple and body, is mucl
! more valuable than the frowsy. loosely
/ grown wool.
Wyoming wool" ne says. has i'm
! proved a great deal. but not all Of j
alike In some parts the wool is muci
/ lighter: that is, it shrinks less thar
/ formerly. Some Of the better clips vii
not shrink over 90 per cent. while othe
/ clips will shrink 10 per cent or more.