488 = 222 Practical Agriculture. 
Estimated Average Home Peodtjction of Wool. 
Number of 
Com-xr. 
L I car l^iU 
and above, 
Average 
Weight 
of 
Fleece. 
Pounds of 
Wool. 
Rem ABES. 
Average of 
loiO UIIU 
1876. 
Bedfordshire ^ 
Berkshire > 
464,000 
6 
2,784,000 
Buckinghamshire. . . . ) 
f Half-breds, 6 to 7 lbs. 
Cambridgeshire .... 
211,000 
6 
1,266,000 
< Leicesters, 7 to 8 lbs. 
( Downs, 4 to 4i lbs. 
Cheshire 
68,000 
4 
272,000 
Cornwall ...... 
"i 
(Unwashed, and one- third alio? 
2,017,000 
( off for clean wooL 
Cumberland 
357,000 
5 
1,785,000 
Derbyshire 
160,000 
5i 
840,000 
JUnwashed, one-third allowed 
( for clean wool. 
U6V0DSDir6 • • • • • 
fill nnn 
Oil, Ul/U 
'T 
A tioo nnn 
Dorsetshire 
333,000 
4i 
1,581,000 
( Horns, 5+ lbs. 
\ Downs, 3i lbs. 
Durham 
136,000 
4 
544,000 
i^ssex • . ..... 
(Eents and balf-breds, 5 to 6 1 
5 
1,28d,UUU 
(Downs, 3 to 4 lbs. 
Gloucestershire .... 
262,000 
7 
1,834,000 
Hampshire 
372,000 
6 
2,232,000 
Herefordshire 
210,000 
H 
1,155,000 
Hertfordshire ..... 
t Half-breds, 5 to 6 lbs. 
Downs, 4 to 41 lbs. 
5 
590,000 
Huntingdonshire .... 
99,000 
6i 
668 000 
Kent 
650,000 
6 
3,90o!oOO 
Lancashire ..... 
199,000 
5* 
1,094,000 
Leicestershire .... 
288,000 
6* 
8 
2,144.000 
Lincolnshire 
933,000 
7,46J,000 
Juiaulesex ...... 
97 nnn 
5 
135,000 
( Half-breds. 5Ho 7 lbs. 
\ Downs, 4 to 4i lbs. 
Monmouthshire .... 
137,000 
2* 
342,000 
iNOriOlK ...... 
,OUU 
f Half-breds, 5 lbs. 
4 
1,603,000 
(Downs, 3 to 4 lbs. 
Northamptonshire . . . 
337,000 
6 
2,022,000 
Northumberland .... 
573,000 
6 
3,438,000 
Nottinghamshire .... 
163,000 
6i 
1,013,000 
Oxfordshire 
199, OUO 
5t 
1,094,000 
Rutland 
66,000 
462,000 
Shropshire 
296.000 
1,628,000 
Somersetshire 
488,000 
3,416,000 
Staffordshire 
182,000 
H 
1,048,000 
cUtlOlE ....... 
Oiii nnn 
^D4, UUU 
H 
1 , 254 ,000 
(Half-breds, 6 lbs. 
(Downs, 4 to a lb6. 
Surrey 
67,000 
4 
268,000 
Sussex 
362,000 
4 
1,448,000 
■Warwickshire .... 
233,000 
1,339,000 
Westmoreland .... 
217,000 
5 
1,085,(100 
W'il t cHi TO 
tt iiLr^uiic <■•■■< 
440 000 
1 fssn nnn 
X , D'.U , uuu 
Worcestershire .... 
137|000 
6* 
753,000 
East Hiding of Yorkshire 
294.000 
H 
2,499,000 
North Riding of Yorkshire . 
436,000 
5i 
2,507,000 
( Masbam, S lbs. 
( Scotch, 4 to n lbs. 
441 000 
^^^^ 
^, uuu , uuu 
4t 
Q mn nnn 
9 ,9UU , UUU 
(General average as per 
( Bottomley's estimate In 185 
Total. England and) 
Wales . . . r 
13,758,000 
5i 
78,976,000 
Scotland . • 
4,690,000 
4i 
22,277,000 
( General average, as per 
( Bottomley's estimate in 18' 
Total, Great Britain . 
18,448,000 
5* 
101,253,000 
Ireland . . . 
3,000,000 
6 
18,000,000 
Isle of Man and Chan- ) 
nel Islands . • . ) 
44,000 
6 
220,000 
Total, United Kingdom 
21,492,000 
5i 
119,473,000 
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