14 
BULLETIN 206, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF 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 
XX 
Fine unmerchantable. 
J-blood combing 
-3 -blood combine: 
.. 27 
.. 25 
.. 28 
.. 28 
^-blood combing 26| 
J, 1, i clothing. 23 
Delaine unwashed 23 
Fine unwashed 23 
Common and braid 23 
©29 
©28 
©-- 
©29 
©29 
©27^ 
©-- 
©24 
©24 
©24 
MICHIGAN AND NEW YORK FLEECES. 
Fine unwashed 
Delaine unwashed . 
£-blood unwashed., 
f -blood unwashed . . 
^-blood unwashed. . 
i, f, i clothing 
Common and braid. 
23 ©.. 
21J © 22 
27 ©28 
©28 
©27 
©22 
©24 
WISCONSIN AND MISSOURI. 
|-blood 26 
i-blood 26 
Braid 22 
Black, burry, seedy cotts 18 
Georgia 22 
KENTUCKY AND SIMILAR. 
2-blood unwashed, 
i -blood unwashed . 
28 
^-blood unwashed 27 
Common and Braid 23 
©27 
©26^ 
©23 
©19 
©-- 
©-- 
©28 
© .. 
©24 
BOSTON WOOL MARKET— Contd. 
Scoured Basis. 
TEXAS. 
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 
4-blood combing ■ 59 © 60 
£ -blood combing 49 ©51 
i-blood combing 53 © 54 
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: 
