Practical Agriculture. 
489 = 225 
according to the Bradford Chamber of Commerce, of \%\d. per 
lb., the value of the average annual product of wool of the United 
Kingdom is 4,604,000/. 
The heaviest average fleeces are in the East Riding of Yorkshire, Weight from 
8|lbs. ; Lincolnshire, 8 lbs. ; Cornwall, 7^1bs. ; Devonshire, 
lbs. ; Gloucester, 7 lbs. ; Rutland, 7 lbs. ; Somersetshire, 
7 lbs. The lightest are in Monmouthshire, 2J lbs. ; Wiltshire, 
3ilbs. ; Cheshire, 4 lbs. ; Durham, 4 lbs. ; Norfolk, 4 lbs. ; Sur- 
rey, 4 lbs. ; Sussex, 4 lbs. The largest county flocks of sheep, 
one-year old and above, are in Lincolnshire, 933,000 ; Kent, 
650,000; Devonshire, 610,000; Northumberland, 573,000. 
And the greatest produce of wool comes from counties in the 
following order, namely, Lincolnshire, 7,464,000 lbs. ; Devon- 
shire, 4,582,000 lbs. ; Kent, 3,900,000 lbs. ; Northumberland, 
3,438,000 lbs. ; Somersetshire, 3,416,000 lbs. ; West Riding 
of Yorkshire, 2,535,000 lbs.. North Riding of Yorkshire, 
2,507,000 lbs. ; East Riding of Yorkshire, 2,499,000 lbs. 
Yorkshire and Lincolnshire, yielding 7,500,000 lbs. each, 
with Devonshire 4,500,000 lbs., produce a fourth of all the wool 
clipped in England and Wales ; and very nearly half the wool 
of England and Wales is from ten counties, namely, Northum- 
berland, Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, Leicestershire, Northampton- 
shire, Kent, Hampshire, Somersetshire, Devonshire, and Corn- 
wall. More wool is clipped in Lincolnshire and Leicestershire 
than in all Wales ; more wool in Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, and 
Kent than in all Ireland ; and as much wool in Yorkshire, 
Lincolnshire, Kent, and Somersetshire as in all Scotland. 
While the average home production of wool is 119,473,000 lbs., imports and 
the export of British and Irish wool is about 10,000,000 lbs. exports, 
per year ; leaving available for home manufacture about 
110,000,000 lbs. In the year 1876 the imports were from Austra- 
lia, 264,000,000 lbs. ; from South Africa, 42,000,000 lbs. ; from 
Europe, 36,000,000 lbs. ; from India, 24,000,000 lbs. ; and from 
other countries, 20,000,000 lbs., making a total of 386,000,0001bs. 
The exports of foreign and colonial wool amounted to 
173,000,000 lbs., making the imports available for manufacture, 
213,000,000 lbs. An average foreign supply during the last 
three years is about 200,000,000 lbs. ; so that the total annual 
supply of wool may be taken at about 310,000,000 lbs., of which 
110,000,000 lbs. are of home growth. 
As to the comparative value of different wools, a Bradford Values of dif- 
authority stated the price of different descriptions of wool for ferent wools, 
the year 1872 as exhibited in the Table on p. 46. But in that 
year there was less difference between the value of lighter 
wool and that of other deep wools, as Irish and Warwick, than 
is usually the case. 
