The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-03-12

age prico per pound was 60 cents. against
% cents the previous year Wyoming is
next In line. with 100000 sheep. produc-
ing last year 3l.S00,000 pounds of raw
WOOL. shrinking 6S per cent, to 10 CrS1 COO
pounds OF the secured product worth
SaoIo'ep ',aSI freezes averaged seven pounds
each and the shrinkage 6S per cent
New Mexico Third State.
New Mexico Is the third State in size
of flock. with $1,000 producing 1850. 095
pounds of washed and unwnshed VOL
shrinking 90 per cent to $3.50 900 pounds of
secured wool. and worth 4.435. .6o0. or an
pared with 90 cents In 1904 Places
weighed 5.5 pounds and the shrinkare
was % per cent
Product in Idaho.
Fourth on tho list is Idaho. with 22oo.-
coo sheep. 1dahos raw production was
22,11NV pounds. secured, worth s2777,o6e.
Fleeces averaged seven pounds each and
the average pound price was So cents, IA
cents more than the year before.
Two Million in Utah.
Fifth State Is Utah. She has fock
duced In the aggregate 100000 pounds
OF washed and unwashed wool the
shrlnkage being e. per cent. bringing the
secured product down to 5,5S0O00 pounds,
which brought s. 500 in the market, or
81 cents per pound against 30 cents the
year before. The flceces averaged 6.5
pOlnuS e3Cns
On the Pacific Coast.
orogons place Is sixth. with 100000 in
her flock, producing Il, 100000 pounds of
raw wool. averaging eight pounds to the
fleece, and shrinking 70 per cent to $780,
600 pounds. secured The valuation was
S.li6 400, SO cents per pound, gain OF IA
California stands next, with a total of
10000 sheep whose fceces averaged 25
pounds each and aggregated l2,eS 900
pounds This shrunk Is per cent To 06o,-
0Oo and brought 81. sol 400. or 60 cents per
pound. against 6S cents in 1904
Buckeye State Eighth in Line.
We come eastward now for Ohio comes
next, with 1870 226, shearing IL 800. .663
pounds of feeceS averaging 6.2o. shrink
Ohio's clip was worth g. .65l 914, or e3 cents
per pound, cents better than she got
the year before.
Colorados flock totals 1,4oc 900 and pro-
duced last year 100000 pounds of raw
wool In fleeces averaging 65 pounds each
shrinking 66 per cent to 1904 0Oo OF the
secured product. This brought s20i2 ,0i0
or 65 cents per pound. as compared with
52 cents the year before
Clip in Texas and Michigan.
Texas has 1,44O,OOo and Michigan 300 600.
These and the above are the only States
that have g million or over. Texas clipped
100000 pounds OF wool, averaging Go
pounds to the fleece and averaging TO
shrink 67 per cent, or net secured, SOS 500
pounds This brought S2l62 100 or 10 cents
per pound. Michigan produced $4,000
pounds shrinking secured to i,22S.ooo. or
30 per cent, the neeces averaging SIS
pounds each. The Michigan clip brought
81 5I7,250 or 81 cents a pound, gain Of
cents.
Down in Oklahoma.
Oklahoma and Indian Territory together
have $1,000 In their combined flock, last
years total clip being $4,000 pounds.
bringing Ss6.76e for the lot. The clip
sErunk 6S per cent to 100 pounds
secured. Fleeces averaged six pounds
each. and the average selling price was
G3 cents Like the other States. this was
gain over 1904 amounting to Is cents.
Goodly Flock in New York.
| New York State has goodly flock, go
O0O, producing the large clip OF 10000
/ pounds, equal TO 2,025OeD secured, the
shrnkage being so per cent, and bringing
| 81, ,2l5. 600. or go cents per pound. against
| 81 cents in 1901. Pennsylvania has a larger
flock; $1,000 clipping 5;looC9Q pounds
! rough wool worth 81. SAP, $50. New Jersey
| has but 320O0 sheep and proportionate
! clip, but the two smallest flocks are those
of Rhode Island and Delaware, G5OO each
Arizona has $4,000 sheep, and is gaining
| These produced a clip of 10000 pounds,
| averaging 6.5 to a fleece, and shrinking
6s per cent to 1.4l4.i0o secured. The mar
| llet value was s9i7 .6iS. or 6I cents per
| pound, againt % cents the year before.
Astonishing Figures.
\ If we apply some comparative llSuiSo w
| the flock of the United States. we find
! that the thirty-elght and one-half million
| odd sheep enumerated in the census would
! reach In a single line $3.50 miles. allowing
| each animal four feet Of linear room, or
once around the world and from New York
across the continent TO san Francisco
! Placing them In platoon formation, allow
| inu each animal two feet elbow room,
! they would extend three files deep from
New York to San Francisco. and another
| nlatoon from New York TO Chicago