Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-07-26
UTAH'S WOOL CROP
FORCURRENT YEAR
Statistics OF the Railroads Show
Total Yield Of About
100000 Lbs.
BIG SLUMP IN THE PRICES
Those Who Made Contracts Were For
tunatc-Movemcnt OF Mutton
starts for Eastern Markets.

Figures on the wool crop of this
state for the present season. which
| Is now drawing to a close, compare
favora bly, with the yield for last year,
Notwithstanding the extremely dry and
rainless season which has prevailed
this year In some sections OF the
country the yield shows a slight In
crease. while other portions of the
state have not done quite so well as
last year in the matter OF the pro-
duction OF wool
Less than so per cent Of the wool
produced I'm this state this year was
contracted before the opening OF che
season, at prices ranging from 20
cents TO 20 and 20 cents per pound
With the splendid record OF last year
for heavy yield and high prices,
very few of the growers contracted
their entire clips, trusting TO an adj
vance as the season went by These
were disappointed. however, as the
bottom fell out OF wool prices early
In the season, and fleece figures tumble
ed down first to is cents. and then
gradually sinking to the ignominious
level OF 13 cents, at which several
shipments were finally made.
Tho total yield of wool this year for
the state win approach 900
pounds. or this amount nearly s,OO0,-
90 pounds have been furnished by the
corrals tributary to the Denver AZ Rio
Grande railroad. The exact figures for
shipments over tho d. a II. G.. by
months are as follows: For April, L.
10. 562 pounds May. 3.6e6.s92 pounds
June. 2O0l, 37s pounds, and In July up
to the present, 1925 pounds have been
shipped. Adding 100000 pounds for
struggling shipments yet to be made,
approximately 10 cars, will bring the
total shipments up to 7.67isos pounds
which IL an Increase Of over 900. 900
pounds over last year. the figures for
the last season being 7,Sls09S Heber
and Marysvale were the heaviest ship
pers on the Rio Grande this year. but
the corrals located at Price. Cisco and
Westwater, in eastern Utah, have also
been hetvy contributors 10 the years
wool shipments.
ON SALT LAKE ROUTE.
on the salt Lake Route. Milford Is
the heaviest shipper, more than 1000
600 pounds having been shipped from
this corril the present season mann
moth steam shearing plant with 20 ma
chimes was installed at Milford for the
run, and the season has been an ex-
ceedingly busy one at the Beaver
county corral Modena has also been
a heavy shipper on the Salt Lake
Route. The total yield of wool from
territory tributary to the Clark road
will approximate 5000 900 pounds, al
though the season is not entirely over
yet and exact figures are therefore not
obtainable.
SHORT LINE TONNAGE
The oregon Short Line takes all the
wool shipped out OF the northern part
OF the state. which Is not much OF a
wool country and the shipments are
compa ratively light. However the ter
ritory OF the Short Line covers the en-
tire state of Idaho, that portion Of
Nevada east OF Sparks and portion Of
Montana, and the total wool shipments
over this road will aggregate 10000, 900
pounds Probably 1000, 600 pounds Of
this originates at Utah points, in the
northern part and along the line of
the Southern Pacific in western Utah.
Mountain Home and Soda Springs In
Idaho are the biggest shippers on the
Short Line
For the most part. Boston and st.
Louis have received the greater share
OF the wool produced In Utah. although
Chicago and Philadelphia have been
popular shipping points OF the wool
shipped over the Short Line a consld-
cradle Increase is shown this season
I'm the amount consigned to the Chicago
where the wool is handled
by representatives of the growers them
selves.
The movement OF mutton to the east
ern market Is now about 10 commence,
-Four hundred carloads Of mutton have |
been booked for shipment over the Den
yer & Rio Grande for the Kansas city |
market already and another 100 car |
loads viii be shipped to the same mar |
ket from the eastern Utah ranges |
other portions of the state will not be |
behind In mutton production, ana |
this source Of income 10 the woolgrow- |
ers will prove no small addition to the |
revenue derived from the sheep indus
try