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AGRICULTURAL REPORT. 



the same four mouths large arrivals of foreign -wool were reported at 

 Kew York. Duriug the first four mouths of 1873 it was anticipated 

 that the imports would be lighter than duriug the same period of 1873, 

 the prices having risen in Australia, Xew Zealand, South America, and 

 the Cape districts. In Great Britain the stock of wool was 25 per cent, 

 less than at the close of 1871, and manufacturers were fully and profit- 

 ably employed. Domestic wool arrived very freely during the later 

 months of 1872, but the bulk of the clip had passed into the hands of 

 speculators, dealers, and manufacturers at the close of the year. Most 

 of the foreign wools then on hand were heavy Cape and Mestiza, subject 

 to great shrinkage, of which about 3,000,000 pounds were carpet-wools, 

 leaving but a limited available stock of clothing- wool. Some doubts 

 \Tere expressed as to the possibility of securing the average arrival of 

 1872, inasmuch as it would require not less than 1,000,000 pounds per week 

 from January 1 to June 1, on the ground that the high price of the raw 

 material would restrict its fabrication into cloth, and that, consequently, 

 the demand would be lessened and prices would fall below the point 

 necessary to attract a full supply. The continued steady demand for 

 woolen goods, however, seemed to have disposed of these doubts, and 

 manufacturers, at the close of the year, generally expected to run their 

 mills to their full capacity. The prices of domestic wool for the current 

 year will depend upon the supply of foreign, which was 31,000 bales 

 greater in 1872 than in 1871. 



PHILADELPHLi. 



The monthly receipts of farm-animals during 1872 were as follows : 



Beeves. 



January . 

 February 

 Marck . . . 



April 



May 



Jane 



July. 

 August — 

 September 



October 



Xovember 

 December., 



9,950 



9, 750 



8, t<50 



9,800 



8,800 



10,500 



11,600 



12,300 



16, 000 



14,600 



12, 300 



10, 200 



Cows. 



Total . 

 Totall871. 

 Total 1870. 

 Total 18C9. 

 Total leCS. 

 Total 1867. 

 Total 1806. 

 Total 18G5. 

 Total 1801. 

 Total 1863. 

 Total 180-2. 

 Total 18CI. 

 Total 18C0. 

 Total 1859. 

 Total 1858. 

 Total 1857. 

 Total 1856. 

 Total 1855. 

 Total 1654. 

 Totall853. 

 Total 1852. 

 Total 1851 . 

 Total 1800. 



O.'iO 



900 



950 



1,150 



1. 050 



1,170 



1,160 



950 



922 



850 



1,250 



1,000 



Hosts. 



17,072 

 16,850 

 16, 300 

 10,401 

 14, 231 

 15, 181 

 18, 343 

 14,200 

 20, .334 

 23,928 

 19, 640 

 18,836 



210, 276 

 199, 010 

 189, 500 

 170, 200 

 191, 900 

 175, 500 

 122, 500 

 136,300 

 140, 400 

 167,370 

 206, 000 

 199, 179 

 127, 904 

 151, 230 

 16.5, 000 

 95, 700 

 103, 850 

 65, 300 

 70, 000 

 53,300 

 49, 200 

 46,700 

 40, 900 



Sheep. 



72 000 

 62,000 

 60,400 

 04, 400 

 67, 400 

 58,300 

 69, 000 

 51,300 

 77, 000 

 61, 400 

 58,700 

 48, 000 



749. 500 



790, 200 



682,900 



536. 500 



417, 800 



368, 50O 



512, 000 



306,000 



295, 000 



275, 100 



229, 300 



2(>0, 020 



324, 564 



272, KH) 



277, 000 



342, 000 



24(), 700 



135, 500 



61,000 



72, 300 



80,200 



83,000 



82,500 



