THE CO-OPERATIVE SALE OF WOOL 



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The following facts show the details as to the prices received per pound 

 of wool b}^ quahty : 



Fine combing 



clothing 



medium combing, firsts . 

 " clothing, 



combing, seconds 

 clothing, 

 combing, firsts . 

 clothing, 



combing, seconds 

 clothing 

 L,ow " combing .... 

 " " clothing .... 



Coarse 



Lustre 



Rejects 



Gray and black 



Locks and pieces 



Tags 



Dead wool 



28 Y2, cents 



18 1/2 



33 Y2 



27 Vi 

 29 



271/2 



35 



31 



28% 



30 y; 

 301/2 

 30 

 30 



27 

 26 



12 

 15 



Province 0/ Saskatchewan. — Saskatchewan is generally recognized 

 to be the great grain-growing province of the dominion, but she has given 

 considerable attention to sheepf arming. There are now upwards of 1,500 

 flocks in the province, varying in size from the small farm flock to the 

 ranch of ten thousand head. Statistics compiled by the Provincial Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture show that there are 192,000 sheep in the province. 



Three years ago it was quite a problem to market the wool of these 

 flocks. The sheepfarmers are scattered all over the province ; the only 

 markets are in East Canada and the United States ; few neighbourhoods 

 produce as much as a carload of wool. The wool therefore was sent long 



