EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI EIVER. 



697 



census laws and tbe imperfect execution of those laws prior to 1860; (2) the raising 

 of sheep in many localities in the South for meat alone, and the failure to shear the 

 flocks or account for the wool on the hides; (3) the failure to report the wool sold 

 to butchers on the sheep to be slaughtered; (4) the existence of small flocks of from 

 1 to 25 sheep, which in the aggregate number many hundreds of thousands, and yet 

 tlie wool clip from each flock being so small that the owners use it for domestic pur- 

 poses, or, if they sell, fail to report the amount of the clip.* 



In the following table the official figures as given by the census are 

 adopted, except for 1890, in which case other estimates are adopted. 

 It is belicTed for reasons above stated that the census figures are on 

 an average 15 per cent below the actual wool product. 



Table sliowirtg the crop of wool in each State east of the Mississippi for the years 1840, 1850, 



1860, 1870, 1880, and 1890. 



EECAPITULATION BY GROUPS. 



New England Statea 



Middle States 



Southern States 



Western States 



Total east of the Mis 

 sissippi 



8, 440, 909 

 13, 844, 378 

 7, 083, 904 

 5, 733, 393 



35, 102, 584 



7,08.5,609 



16, 463, 998 

 10, 210, 550 



17, 264, 017 



6, 578, 094 

 15, 098, 068- 

 10, 001, 409 

 20, 123, 633 



50, 014, 074 51, 791, 194 



6, 643, 863 

 17, 991, 085 



8, 604, 891 

 44, 124, 730 



77, 364, 569 



6, 983, Oil 

 18, 686, 608 

 15, 168, 722 

 66, 139, 308 



96, 977, 649 



6, 890, 651 

 14, 844, 752 

 12, 979, .WO 

 50, 890, 614 



85, 605, 617 



*Wool and Manufactures of Wool. Treasury Department, 1887, 



