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purchased, and their flocks will compare favorably with any 
in the west. 
The amount of wool credited to Wisconsin by the late 
census is proof that these statements are well founded. For 
the sake of illustrating the ratio of progress in w r ool-growing, 
and the proportion of wool to the whole number of sheep 
reported, we give a comparative view of the returns of 1850, 
1860 and 1870. 
Table showing amount of Wool produced in Wisconsin and Iowa for 1850, 
1860 and 1870. 
Wool produced. 
Wisconsin. 
Iowa. 
Tn 18,70. 
253, 963 
1,011,933 
4,090,670 
373, 898 
660,858 
*4,478,934 
In 1860 . 
In 1870 . 
It thus appears that over two millions of Iowa sheep, in 
1868, yielded some four and a half millions of pounds of wool; 
while, in .1869, a million of Wisconsin sheep sheared four mil- 
liens of pounds. A difference of one and a half pounds per 
head is so considerable that one only lacks a guaranty of the 
correctness of the figures to warrant him in drawing conclu¬ 
sions highly favorable to the wool-producing qualities of the 
sheep of this state. 
The prices of wool at Milwaukee during the season of 1870, 
as given in report of chamber of commerce, were as follows : 
Prices of Wool at Milwaukee during the season of 1870. 
Dates. 
Common to 
extra, tub 
washed. 
Medium to 
Fine Fleece. 
Coarse 
Fleece. 
Common 
to extra 
Pulled. 
June. 
38@42 
34@37 
30@36 
31@33 
July. 
38@43 
36@41 
30@38 
31@33 
August. 
40@45 
38@42 
37@40 
31@32 
September. 
40@45 
38@41 
37@38 
31 @32 
October. 
40@45 
38 @40 
37@41 
31 @33 
Wool-growing is a permanent interest in Wisconsin. Na¬ 
ture has decreed it, and when our farmers learn to wisely adapt 
* State census of 1869. 
