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BULLETIN 206, U. S. DEPARTMENT OP AGRICULTURE. 



MARKET GRADES. 



The following is a copy of a common form of market report as pub- 

 lished in trade and agricultural papers in November, 1914: 



BOSTON WOOL MARKET. 



Domestic Wools. 



ohio and pennsylvania fleeces. 



Delaine washed 28 @, 29 



XX 27 @28 



Fine unmerchantable 25 @ . . 



J-blood combing 28 @ 29 



f-blood combing 28 @ 29 



i-blood combing 26J @, 27£ 



J, |, i clothing 23 @ .. 



Delaine unwashed 23 @ 24 



Fine unwashed 23 @ 24 



Common and braid 23 @ 24 



MICHIGAN AND NEW YORE: FLEECES. 



Fine unwashed 23 @ .. 



Delaine unwashed 21£ @ 22 



J-blood unwashed 27 @ 28 



|-blood unwashed 27 @ 28 



l-blood unwashed 26 @ 27 



i, |, i clothing 21 @22 



Common and braid 23 @ 24 



WISCONSIN AND MISSOURI. 



f-blood 26 @27 



i-blood 26 @26§ 



Braid 22 @ 23 



Black, burry, seedy cotts 18 @ 19 



Georgia 22 @ . . 



KENTUCKY AND SIMILAR. 



J-blood unwashed 28 @.. 



f-blood unwashed @ 28 



J-blood unwashed 27 © . . 



Common and Braid 23 @ 24 



DOMESTIC WOOLS. 



Ohio and Pennsylvania. — In the foregoing report, which is typical 

 for American wools, the Ohio and Pennsylvania fleeces head the 

 list. These really include the West Virginia clip also. The fine 

 wools from these States are the strongest in the world and they are 

 the most valuable of American wools. More than half of the flocks 

 are of Merino breeding. The sheep pasture upon well-covered sod 

 land and the wools contain little sand or dirt. The entire shrinkage 

 is therefore due to the natural grease. A complete classification of 

 these wools is as follows: 



BOSTON WOOL MARKET— Contd. 

 Scoured Basis. 



Fine 12-months 56 @ 58 



Fine8-months 53 @ 54 



Fine Fall 45 @ 47 



CALIFORNIA. 



Northern 54 @ 55 



Middle County 51 @ 52 



Southern 48 @ 50 



Fall free 46 @ 48 



Fall defective 38 @ 40 



Eastern No. 1 staple 60 @,.. 



Eastern clothing 57 @ 58 



Valley No. 1 48 @ 50 



Valley No. 2 44 @ 45 



Valley No. 3 39 @ 40 



TERRITORY. 



Fine staple 60 @ 62 



Fine medium staple 58 @ 60 



Fine clothing 57 @, 58 



Fine medium clothing 55 @ 57 



i-blood combing 59 @ 60 



f-blood combing 49 @ 51 



J-blood combing 53 @ 54 



