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UNITED STATES

WOOL PEODUCT OF THE UNITED STATES, 1898 — Continued

States and Territories No. of Sheep, April 1, 1898 A v' rage Weight 1898 Wool Washed and Unwashed Per cent of Shrink- age Wool Scoured Nevada. Idaho Washington Oregon. California Oklahoma 526,988 1,548,960 726,302 2,580,833 2,418,999 24,463 Pounds 8^ ?^ 7 Pounds 3,952,410 11,617,200 6,173,567 21,291,872 16,932,993 171,241 68 68 72 71 66 66 Pounds 1,264,771 3,717,504 1,728,599 6,174,643 5,757,218 58,221 89,545,210 22,116,371 Total. Pulled Wool 35,671,914 6.44 229,860,065 36,860,619 61 40 Total Product, 1898 — 266,720,684 — 111,661,581

The estimates for the past eleven years have been as follows FLEECE AND PULLED WOOL, WASHED AND IN THE GREASE

1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898

Pounds

301,876,121 295,779,479 309,474,856 307,401,507 333,018,405 348,538,138 325,210,712 294,296,726 272,474,708 259,153,251 266,720,684

Decrease

293,829 6,096,642

2,073,349

23,327,426 30,913,986 21,822,018 13,321,457

Increase

13,699,377

25,606,898 15,519,733

7,567,433

The scoured wool production for the same years has been as follows : SCOURED WOOL

1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898

Pounds

136,591,955 134,795,350 139,628,220 139,326,703 145,300,318 151,103,776 140,292,268 125,718,690 115,284,579 111,365,987 111,661,581

Decrease

3,964,730 1,796,605

301,517

10,811,508 14,573,578 10,434,111 3,918,592

Increase

4,832,870

5,973,615 5,803,458

295,594