Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-08-26
WYOM|NG'S WOOL
CLIP SMALL
7 Wenty-Nine Million Pounds as
Against Forty Million Last
Year, Shearing Practically
Ended,

Cheyenne. Wyo.. Aug. 25.-Flockmasters
of wyoming are today estimating as near
ly as possible the profits, or losses, such
as the case may be. Tor the season Of 1910.
Shearing is practically at an end, The
f~locknasters win be able to estimate
their profits and losses so far as the clip
or consigned their wood receive better
prices than offerings to date the average
price Will be materially lower.
1t is estimated by persons closely iden-
titled with the situation that the decline
In the price Of the Wyoming output win
fall from 6 cents TO 10 cents and even II
cents below the prices obtained for the
Last Years Prices High.
In 1903 the 4~.S7S.125 sheep OF wyoming
produced 40, 600. ga pounds Of wool, which
returned to the owners the gross sum Of
pounds. shrinking 81 per cent. and the
s SeH q product oon aggresated h 500 l99
year and owners received the highest
prices in the history Of the range sheep
But what a difference in the present
year Is noted, for. instead Of ideal range
conditions, favorable weather and high
prices for wool and mutton, Just the re-
verse has obtained, and unless all signs
fail many -flockmasters will be years re-
covering from the effects Of the unfavor-
able conditions of the last nine months.
Worst storms in Years.
Last fall the Wyoming flocks never
the flockmasters looked forward to a
profitable season. but early in December
the WNNhA aiOiAiiS III ne itthllttllpn OF
the oldest pioneers visited the state, COW
ering the ranges with snow and ice, and
accompanied by temperatures that sell
dom rose above zero. This continued for
nearly ten weeks. and when good weather
finally did prevail and owners counted
the sheep left 1t was found that the win
ter had been disastrous in the extreme
to many owners.
Aside from the actual losses in num-
the breeding season. with the result that
in some instances less than half a lamb
mn arnn g.nAWg last aFpfnm aud fha
lamb crop for the entire state would not
average more than 80 per cent During
feed hay and grain and this additional
expense made profit impossible. even
where the actual loss in sheep was
Feed shipped from East.
II Is estimated that in the three coun-
ties of Converse, Natrona and Fremont
owners paid out more than %SG50.0OO for
hay and grain, and the freight thereon.
hauled from the east and delivered at
towns along the Chicago a Northwestern
railway.
This summer range conditions ap-
pearcd to he ideal and the flockmasters
thought they would recuperate their win
ter losses. but a drought soon set in and
result there is no feed for fan and win
ter. and owners are shipping their hold
ings TO market, there to obtain what
ever the greedy hackers choose 10 pay
for the animals.
Lambs are bringing a fair price, but
other classes Of sheep are off. with con-
ditions continuing another thirty days
there will be witnessed the heaviest
hipment Of sheep from Wyoming in the
history Of the industry. for owners must
either market their stuff or sec IL starve.
What clip wiz Aggregate.
10 Is estimated that Wyoming's wool
clip for 1910 viii aggregate about 90, 600.
000 pounds. rs against 40, 900, 600 pounds
for 1909. And for this clip The growers
VIII probably not receive more than ono
half as much in the aggregate as they
did for the 1903 clip, the difference being
due to- the loss Of sheep and the lighter
fleeces and the very low price OF the wool
this year.
some clips have been sold outright az
prices ranging from 13 lee To lie. the !
same clips last year bringing from 1Sc
10 Csc. The bulk of the wool that has
left the state has been sent ON consign-
ment or has been stored In warehouses
at Omaha, Chicago. Boston or Phiiadel-