Bisbee daily review., 1907-04-10
HUGE WOOL CLIPS
 FOR ARIZONA PREDICTED
Prominent Grower of Northern Part of Territory Talks In- terestingly of Wool and Sheep Conditions This Year.
(Prescott Journal.MIner.l ]


 Tn addition to the heavy wool clip shipped from shearing stations in Maricopa county, believe the Cordes clip will amount to at least 200, 1000 pounds" said H. E. Campbell, one of the largest wool growers of the territory to Journal-Miner repre- sentative recently
 Between 5000, an 10000 head of sheep will be sneared there" he said, "and the clip wiLi command about the same prices as that sold in the Salt river valley, which, on the average, went at F cents, from two to three cents lower than last year"
 Asked as to the reason for the pre- yailing low price, he said:
 Boston markets control the price of wool in this country. I do not know the real reason of the lower price of the wool crop this year, as the London markets are as strong as ever. It is probable that the wool dealers and spectators of the east are compelled to pay higher rate of interest this year on the money they borrow than formerly, on account of the fact that the money market is a little tight at present. Some advance the theory that there is a combine among the wool buyers, but this is strongly denied by the latter"
 Speaking of conditions generally, MT. Campbell said:
 ''The clip from the native Arizona sheep will average seven pounds, but that of the sheep imported rom New Mexico will not be as high, which will reduce the general average of the territory.
 Mutton prices are about the same as in 1906, and believe that the mar ket demand will be equally as brisk. The lamb crop is not as good as last year, on account of the heavy storms that came at lambing time, doing considerable damage to the increase and reducing the per cent materially.
 Permits for grazing on the San Francisco and Black Mesa reserves cost ' cents head for the six months commencing in May and ending in November.
 All the sheep are dipped under the supervision of government inspect or before being admitted on the re serves and a law passed by the last legislature also makes dipping com pulsory. Grazing for cattle on the re serves costs 25 cents head for six months and 35 cents year. During the past two years many Salt river valley farmers have beer experimenting with sheep on their al | alfa pastures in a successful way and about ten of them are now ia th' i business in a large way. They clain l that sheep can be grazed on the al | falfa fields as cheapIy as on the i range, and that the sheep grow large | and fatter, raise larger lambs and | that the wool is not damaged b! 1 coming in contact with brush ant 1 thorny shrubbery. I am of the opin ] ion that the sheep can be cared to 1 better and at much less expense il 1 the alfalfa field, and believe, l the Roosevelt dam is a success, tha l in less than ten years there will bt | over 100000 head of sheep grazet annually on the Salt river valley a ! falfa fields. Arizona sheep compar very favorably with any in the coun try, and the sheep raised on the a falfa fields will be much larger thal the range sheep and the wool muc l cleaner.
 Feed is good on the ranges, wate is plentiful, the flocks all healthy and outside of the losses in the lamt ing season by the heavy storms tn ,I sheep man has no kick coming" h concluded. ..r.