Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-11-25
BANNER SHEET
and WOOL STATE
wyon,ing's Big Crop in 1908
Places Her at Head
OF Union.
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wnnI OUTPUT 12,12O,OO0 lBs
WOOL OUTPUT 12,12o,ooo LBS
Heavy Falling on III Cash Returns
Due to Reduced Prices
or Wool.

Cheyenne, Wyo,,, Nov. 24.--unless all
signs fail, Wyoming will again lead all
other states and territories in 1908 in
The matter of wool production. Last
year wyoming passed Montana. which
led for many years, and became the
banner sheep and wool state of the
Union, although Montana was not en-
tirely shorn oil honors, for, while Wyo-
ming produced 2,SIIUOO pounds more
wool in the grease, the Montana ileeces
aggreguteu o39,56U pounds more secured
wool. Montana received for her wool
s764O,27S, as against $1,2l1,iT3 received
by Wyoming tor her 1YUl clips. Mon-
tana then, while being second to Wyo-
ming in her production OF wool in the
grease, retained first place in produc-
ton of secured wool, and also first
Mace for the total value of the annual
clip
But this season Wyoming has I'M
doubtediy passed Montana in the mat
ter of production OF secured wool, as
well as in the grease, and this state VIII
also receive for the clip u sum con-
s!derfbly in excess of that obtained by
Montana for her 1908 wool.
The state board of sheep commits
sioners of Wyoming, which annually
conducts sllearing pen inspection, ut
which accurate figures on the number
of sheep shorn, average weight of
fleece, etc, are obtained, Will shortly
issue it's annual statement. This will
show that during the season of 1908
approximately 4,5l0,S00 sheep were
shorn; that the heeces averaged eight
rounds n}wcIght, and that the seasons
clip, in the aggregate, amounted to APP
proximately 3B,00O,000 pounds. Tho WOOL
was much heavier in 1908 than in 1907
the tleeces last year averaging 10
pounds each but the shrinkage Is the
aime--6S per cent.
Wyoming's wool clip for the year l90S
after being secured aggregated ITO ,ooo
pounds. and sold at an average of 40
cents per secured pound. returning TO
the Wyoming nockmastcrs a sum aE-G
gregatIng s5,93S,S0O, or Sl,272,9IS less
than was obtained from the secured
product In 1907, when T2ll,I13 was OBJ
tanned for 0,T63S40 secured pounds.
heavier tonnage was marketed thts
year, than last, but the greatly reduced
prices obtained for the product caused
a big loss to the growers, or approx
imately S1.25O,000.
In addition to the heavy losses sus-
tanned because Of the greatly reduced
prices for wool, the Wyoming flock
masters also lost heavily in the annual
lamb crop, which did not exceed 81 per
cent on the average. as against -
per cent in 1907. a prolonged drouth,
followed by unusually severe SPRING
storms, caused some losses of ewes,
and a. heavy loss OF lambs. IN soinG.
Instances an increase of less than ~
per cent was obtained while In MANI
others, of course, tho increase was at
or above normal. Some sections OF the
state suffered more than others, de-
pending upon the time Of Landing. The
early and late lalnbing was all rlsht,
but from May to May Is lambing was
attended by frightful losses, ana THESE
losses occurred in sections that for
many years have obtained an increase
Of from rs to 30 per cent. IN l9oi tnels
were a.2l2,95S ewes with lamb, and an
Increase of !, 1913 ,329 lambs was obtained.
During the past spring there we're
$50, Sos ewes with lamb, and the M
crease amounted to 1.4l3,979 lambs or
1I9,35O less lambs than Were obtained
In 1907, although there were 26i ,.Ol more
Ewes with lamb at the beginning OF tns
season Of 1905 than at the beginning
of the season Of 1907 A conservative
estimate OF the loss to the nockinasters
of the state through tho disastrous
lambing of 1905 places tho figures NJ
s1.431,1T1, and this does not represent
the difference in price between tho lgo1
and the 1908 lambs. Last years lambs
brought fully 10 cents more on me
average than did those sold the present
season. In brief. had tho ilockmasters
obtained the same per centage OF lambs
in 1908 they did in 1907 and had they
obtained the same prices as In the pre-,
yious year, they would have received
sl.6T6, 4G3 more than was actually ODD
tanned for the 1908 lamb crop Inc
sI676463 then represents the loss u
,he wyoming sheepmen IN the lamb
crop alone, and this sum, added to the
loss of s1,272973 on the annual Clip
makes a total of S2949,4S6. which sum 10
the difference between the aggregate
Eum obtained for both wool and mutton
In tho year just closing MS compared
with 1907, GEORGE S. WALKER.