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Table 59. — Growers' associations handling wool, 1922 and 1923 
Year 
formed 
Num- 
ber of 
mem- 
bers, 1923 
Pounds of wool 
Amount of business 
Name 
Address 
1922 
1923 
1922 
1923 
Illinois Agricultural 
Chicago, 111 
1919 
766 
147,000 
198,000 
$58,800 
$81,180 
Association (Wool 
Pool). 
Indiana Farm Bureau 
Indianapolis, Ind. 
1921 
2,000 
240,000 
398,000 
90,240 
168,433 
Federation (Wool 
Pool). 
Iowa Fleece Wool 
Bloornfield, Iowa. 
1919 
12,125 
825,000 
800,000 
128,000 
311,250 
Growers' Associa- 
tion. 
Kansas Sheep & Wool 
Manhattan, Kans. 
1921 
1,180 
55,000 
72,567 
24,700 
27,700 
Growers' Coopera- 
tive Association. 
Maine Sheep & Wool 
Augusta, Me 
1920 
576 
86,000 
59, 961 
27,337 
29,980 
Growers' Associa- 
tion. 
Michigan Wool Grow- 
Lansing, Mich 
1924 
330,000 
420,000 
145,000 
190,000 
ers' Cooperative 
Marketing Associa- 
tion, i 
New York State Sheep 
Syracuse, N.Y 
1919 
49assns. 
532, 821 
475,000 
235,000 
216,000 
Growers' Associa- 
tion (Inc.). 
North Dakota Federa- 
Fargo, N. Dak 
1920 
700 
160,000 
415,000 
75,000 
180,000 
tion cf Wool Grow- 
ers' Association. 
Ohio Wool Growers' 
Columbus, Ohio__ 
1918 
2, 750, 000 
3, 743, 962 
1, 210, 000 
1, 933, 207 
Cooperative Associa- 
tion. 
Pacific Cooperative 
Portland, Oreg 
1921 
2,600 
1,000,000 
2, 000, 000 
420,000 
900,000 
V>*ool Growers' Asso- 
ciation. 
South Dakota Sheep 
Brookings, S. Dak. 
1920 
2 996 
520,000 
1, 520, 000 
150,000 
750,000 
& Wool Growers' 
Association. 
Tennessee Wool Sales 
1919 
3 1,586 
135, 877 
248, 308 
51, 475 
118, 932 
(conducted annual- 
ly under direction of 
specialists of State 
College of Agricul- 
ture), 32 sales 1923. 
Southwestern Farm 
Houston, Tex 
1921 
600 
295,007 
225,000 
146, 114 
95,000 
Bureau Wool & Mo- 
hair Association. 
Uintah Wool Market- 
Vernal, L T tah 
1917 
25 
680,000 
200,000 
250,000 
ing Co. 
Virginia Cooperative 
Richmond, Va 
1921 
1,200 
87, 316 
210,000 
40,000 
107,000 
Sheep & Wool Grow- 
ers' Association. 
Campbell County 
Gillette, Wyo 
1921 
62 
280,000 
325,000 
99,400 
146,250 
Wool Growers' Asso- 
ciation. 
Northern California 
Red Bluff, Calif... 
1921 
28 
589, 387 
1, 063, 038 
Wool Warehouse Co. 4 
National Wool ^ are- 
Chicago, 111 
1909 
600 
4,862,666 
14, 108, 192 
2,400,000 
6, 719, 266 
house & Storage Co. 5 
Total 
13, 576, 074 
26, 282. 028 
5, 501, 066 
12, 224, 198 
! | 
1 Wool clips of 1922 and 1923 handled through Michigan State Farm Bureau. 
2 535 shippers, 1923. 
3 Thirty-two sales for 1,586 farmers in 34 counties in 1923. 
4 Selling agency for wool growers in California. 
8 Selling agency for wool handled by the Illinois Agricultural Association, Iowa Fleece Wool Growers' 
Association, Kansas Sheep & "ft ool Growers' Cooperation Association, South Dakota Sheep & Wool 
Growers' Association, Montana Wool Growers' Association, Montana Wool Cooperative Marketing 
Association, Wyoming Wool Growers' Association, and Idaho Wool Marketing Committee. 
Table 60. — Wool sold by Tennessee county wool pools, 1919-1923 
[Compiled from data obtained from Tennessee College of Agriculture] 
Year 
Number 
of 
counties 
Wool sold 
Pounds 
Value 
1919 
8 
31,337 
92,750 
123, 031 
135, 877 
248,308 
$16,194 
1920.- 
! 15 
33,557 
1921 
12 
22, 747 
1922-. 
.., 16 
51, 475 
1923 
34 
118,932 
