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sheep, compared to other States in 1876 Indiana, 1,250,000 ; 

 Iowa, 1,663,900 ; Missouri, 1,284,200 ; Wisconsin, 1,62,800 ; 

 Illinois, 1,31 1,000; Michigan, 3,450,600; California, 6,750,- 

 000; Kentucky, 683,600; in the United States, 30,000,000 

 to 36,000,000. There are three States that have more sheep 

 than Kentucky produces pounds of wool. No animal pays 

 better profit. The clip of the United States for 1876 was 

 about 200,000,000; of England, Ireland, and Scotland, about 

 162,000,000, mostly combing; of the continent of Europe, 

 about 462,000,000; of Australasia, about 350,000,000; of 

 Buenos Ayres and Eiver La Plata, about 207,000,000. 

 These are the principal wool-growing countries of the world, 

 and produced 1,282,000,000 out of the estimated 1,419,000,- 

 000 on the entire globe. 



" The value of all kinds of wool is determined by its 

 strength, luster, working qualities and shrinkage. Wool is 

 divided by governments for tariff, and wool merchants, into 

 three classes : Clothing, Combing, and Carpet, and is pro- 

 duced in quantities in this order. Kentucky wool should 

 be classed as combing, delaine, medium coarse and black. 

 Wool merchants separate each division into as many classes 

 as there are distinct qualities of staple in each division, to 

 suit the purchaser. Manufacturers take the fleeces, putting 

 them into as many classes as there are distinct qualities of 

 staple in each fleece, according to its length, color, luster, 

 etc., except the gumming locks, which they will not buy un- 

 washed. 



"Clothing wool is generally divided into three classes 

 fine, medium and coarse. The average price for fifty-three 

 years, since 1824, for each class, per washed pound, is for 

 fine, 61 Jc.; medium, 56Jc. ; coarse, 51c., or nearly 5jc. per 

 pound less on each class as it grows coarser. Average price 

 per washed pound Australian in London, from 1862 to 1870, 

 inclusive, as estimated by Mr. Bond, 43jc. gold. Counting 

 freights, commission, etc., for same period, the average price 

 in currency for washed Australian, would be 80c. per pound 



