San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-04-29
BUYERS CONTRACT FOR WOOL
FROM BACKS OF OVER $4,000
SHEEP ON WESTERN RANCHES
First Carload Shipment Goes Forward-Fair Prices
Received and Crop Outlook Is Good-Lamb
Crop Approaches 100 Per Cent Mark.

San Angelo, Tex, April CSC
incident with the shipment Of the
first carload Of 1923 long wool from,
Texas to Eastern market centers by
Henry D. (Kid) Allen, Of Philadel.
phia, buyer for Charles j. Webb Sons
Co., here, the sale by thirteen Tom
Screen and Schleicher county ranch
men of long, twelve-months' wool to
be sheared from approximately 49,
200 sheep was reported in San An
gelo-the largest wool concentration
and shipping point in the United
States.
The sheepmen received so cents
q pound for their fieeces which are ex-
pected to average eight pounds per
animal, with clips from older ewes
running considerably over that figure
and the wool from yearlings falling
below that mark.
Those who were reported to have
contracted their wool and the number
Of sheep from which it will be sheared
follow:
Contracts for Wool.
George q. Bauyh, Eldorado, 2OOO
head; E.. e. Springstun, Eldorado,
1000; Tom Springstun, Eldorado
1900; Clay Atkins, Christoval, 1000
]. E. Henderson Jr., Rudd, 2OOO
Porter & Whitley, Eldorado. 1900
Cargile Brothers, San Angelo, 1000
w. S. Kelly ST., San Angelo, HOO
Abe Mayer, San Angelo, 5000; Mira
Ella Funk, Arden, 5000; Sam Wiz
liams, Eldorado, 1900; Andrew Baker,
Christoval, 1900, and David Grid
wood, San Angelo, 1900.
]. NJ. Lea and f. o. Oglesby of
Del Rio, representing Draper & Com
pany, Boston; Henry d. Allen, Phila-
delphia, representing Charles J.
Webb Sons Company, that city, and
Tom Thatcher, Boston. buyer for Hal
lowell, Jones & Donald, were among
the buyers.
Bidding for unsheared wool has be-
come lively in the last fortnight with
q half dozen buyers in the field, in
GLIDING John s. Allison of San An
gelo, representing Adams & Leland,
Boston, and Joe b. Blakeney, Ozona,
with Hallowell, Jones & Donald.
These buyers are advancing ~
cents q pound on the wool, buying
some of it without inspecting the
nocks, which shows the high quality
and evenness of the staple and shrink
age of the woods in this section.
Some Are Holding.
Although more sheepmen are con-
tracing their long wool on the
sleeps backs than last year, hundreds
Of them are holding for higher prices
confident that the market will go al
least to 35 cents for long wool and tc
80 cents for short, eight-months clips
Bankers in many of the towns, in.
GLIDING San Angelo, are understood
to be advising their customers to hold
their wool for the present, or to sell
only a portion of it at 80 cents. In
1922, sheepmen who contracted their
woods before shearing at 25 cents and
| 80 cents a pound lost money-and
lots Of it-when the market later rose
to an average of Al cents pound for
long fleeces. :,
On the other hand, those who sold
fairly early in 1920 when long wool
was bringing up to IS cents pound
won out when the market disappeared
Overnight. May 20.
Lambing is near the end and shear
ling will soon be in full blast. All in
dications point to a lamb crop of be-
tween 90 and 100 per cent.
The average is around so per cent.