WOOL PRODUCTION.
The world's wool production in 1906 is estimated by the United States Department of Commerce at 3,e60,730,0001b;an increase of about one-nfth of 1 per cent by most of the important producing countries except British South Africa, which exhibited a small decrease. The following table 6 how« the production of the leading wool-growing countries in 1826 ?£?o 1923;™?^l 923;™?^ *¥ lxveraße for the years 1909 to 1913, m thousands of pounds, the Kussian totals for 1925 and 1926 being rough, estimates-— ■
3,060,739 2,982,561 5,248,4T7
1920. 1925. l»09-13. i-ustralia 768,000 732,807 705,146 irgentiue 314,840 312,400 358,688 United States . . 510.901 288,302 Sl4 110 Mew Zealand . 207,801 199.T51 198,474 Russia 195,000 l»5,008 380,000 Brit. Sth. Africa 180,000 185,0(10 16S,SS8 UruEuay 125,000 117,000 156,988 Spain 105,792 84,569 72,000 United Kingdom 99,600 96,132 134,000 Dthef countries 753,796 7G3.660 763,203
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Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 127, 2 June 1927, Page 11
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134WOOL PRODUCTION. Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 127, 2 June 1927, Page 11
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