The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-01-12
SHEEP CONDITIONS
FOR YEAR REVIEWED
Comprehensive Statement of
Activity in Wool and AL
lied Industries.
TWO MILLION IS INCREASE
OVER PRECEDING PERIOD
Interesting Figures Show What
Has Been Done in Utah
and Western States.
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Secretary Winthrop Marvin OF the Ma
tional Associati ton of Wool Manufactur
ers has just issued the annual wool re
View and census of sheep In the United
States for 1909 which the association
prepares for its members and the WOO
trade in general. aud which is looked
upon as the authority in the wool trade
at least In so far as its figures are con
cerned.
The number OF sheep in the country n
FOR shearlng Is placed at AZ 29$ 20o' an IN
crease of 1881; ;s57 over the 1908 figures
This increase is made up chiefly OF ad-
ditions To the estimated number in Mon
tana 100000 Wyoming and Idaho 30o.-
600 each and New Mexico 100000
The wool season of 1909 witnessed a
fUll recovery in prices and volume OF bust
ness from the disastrous year OF the
financial panic that came In with oc-
tober 1907 The strain on the wool In
dustry was a severe one, and II came
perilously near sending into bankruptcy
some of the largest and strongest wool
houses in the United States.
Increase in Clip.
Excluding pulled woods, the total clip
Tor last year was 2S7 110,149 pounds. an
increase OF 16.972,42S pounds over the
previous year The secured equivalent
was III. 1928 TS5 pounds, an increase oil
6.S93. 1877 pounds over previous year. due
TO the lighter shrlnkage OF the wools
The amount Of pulled wool is estimated
at 4 / 600, 900 pounds the Same as the year
before. Shrinkage continued at 30 per
cent making the net yield equal 2&9-
700. 900 pounds OF clean wool Total pro-
duction of the country was therefore
32S.110I49 pounds, equal TO 42,239,7S5
pounds of secured wool
Reports from widely separated locali-
ties manifest a notable movement toward
the production OF finer woods. Arizona,
Montana and Ohio particularly report
this the case.
AccordiDp 70 tbe aSsocIation's figures
the United States furnishes about one
eighth of the total worlds wool supply.
9rG % PT9dTeton sS Of aSS %99 m pounds
while the wool-uslng population at that
time was estimated at 52S.SS6.225 people,
At the present time the wool using pop
crease OF over S0.5OOo00. The worlds
wool production In the same period has
Increased by II. 173 pounds II VIII
has not kept pace with the increase Of
population. Per capita production in 1895
was ASS pounds, while at present II mas
been reduced to 427 pounds. To main-
tain the same relation as in 1895 would
require a production of nearly 5000. 900 900
pounds yearly. There are estimated to be
4S2, ,SS4 500 sheep in the world.
In Western States.
Montana has the largest flock OF any
state in the Union, round 100000,
Their fleeces average seven pounds each
and the clip was 35 100000 pounds, worth
% cents per DOuElu, Ol IL tDtSti va
: 900 for the year The price INCREASED
from 81 cents in 1908.
Wyoming stands second. with 100000
In her flock. producing eight-pound
total of SS.232 $50. against 80 cents per
pound in 1908. Montana feeces aver
neeces 67 per cent. SC. that the net
secured product in the former case was
l3.9O6oOo pounds and in the latter r.
2SS. 600 pounds. New Mexico stands
third with 1900 900 sheep. shearing six
pound heeces. shrinking So per cent. max
ing the wool in the grease decrease from
secured. The value was S4,3es 900 or 65
cents per pound compared with 40
cents The year before. Idaho comes
fourth with 100000 In her flock. Fleeces
averaged rs pounds each and the clip
totaled 81 000, 900 pounds, worth $3.50, 500.
or 67 cents per pound as compared with
81 cents In 1908. The shrinliage was &c
per cent. making the secured amount
ii4o, 900 pounds. Next comes Ohio with
100000 sheep. bearing 6s pound -fleeces.
with 165Oo,OOo pounds OF wool shrinking
So per cent to 100000 pounds OF
secured wool valued at s1.326.750 or SIS
cents per pound The price obtained in
1908 was 45 cents.
Situation in Utah.
Utah Is sixth. with 2 29o; 600 in her
valued at ss.2sl. $50; California seventh,
with 1900 900 sheep and clip of 49,
900 900 pounds OF wool. worth s2.s9l,
600 sheep and l0125,0o0 pounds of wool
sold for ,s2,s77,525. Colorado is tenth.
5000 sheep, producing 9S6o.o0o pounds
eleventh. She has flock of 1.325. 900
with a clip OF S.9i3750 pounds. which
brought sl,ei6.16o. Pennsylvania is
last year was e.000.0O0 pounds, feeces
averaging six pounds each, The value
was Sls!o 500 oi,;o; A,hGSugh hayytng; a9cks
Virginia, Kentucky. Wisconsin. Illinois
Indiana Missouri and Nevada produced
mate cash returns do not depend wholly
on the size Of the flock or the clip, but
on the weight per fleece and the price
per pound obtained. so that state hav-
ing a relatively small flock OF clip may
make more profit from the industry than
one having a larger number OF sheep
Delaware has the smallest flock Of any
state-only 6900-although Rhode Island
IS only little ahead with 1900,
Industry in World.
Estimated production Of wool in the
world in 1895 was 2.692 .9S6.773 pounds
while the wool-using population a. thai
time was estimated at 52s, 1856. 225 people
AT the present time the wool-using popu-
latLon is 6l0.39l sos people. an Increase oi
sl.555.2sS The worlds wool production
in the same period has increased Ill. 149.
77s pounds. 1t VIII be seen that the in
with the Increase in population for III,
per capita production in 1895 was 4.sE
pounds, which has been reduced 10 4.2I
pounds at the present time. The tota
number OF sheep in the world is estl.
mated TO he 4S2SS 500,
About Utah Fleeces.
Utah feeces averaged e7 pounds each
and the shrinkage was &c per cent
bringing the total production down II
5.043. 600 pounds of secured wool The
price obtained was Go cents per pound
compared with 46 cents in 1908 and 6;
cents In 1907. Fleeces classed as fine
nne medium and medium,
Nevada's flock is $751; 900. Their pro
ductlon last year was G562 500 pound:
in 7l-pound nceces. shrinking 90 per cen
10 3.0s4,8Io pounds. The value Y wa!
s1i24 G63. or 20 cents per pound a,
against 81 cents the year before.
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