NORTHERN WOOL CLIPS.

Evening Post, Volume CV, Issue 151, 30 June 1928, Page 12

NORTHERN WOOL CLIPS.

Th*e w'ar; playecl havoc with the sheep flocks of many European countries, but improved wool prices of latter years have. stimulated interest in the pasturing of; stock, and good recovery Las been. made.' The.i,S_panish clip is now 45 per: cent, larger i tha^j it was in pre-war days. The figures below show the average pre-war wool production in various European countries and i the*lotals for 1026.' They were compiled ! by 43ie Textile Division of the' Bureau of Foreign and. Domestic Commerce, U.S.A.:— Z '..;'"'.. 1909-13. 1928/ -■ i? ■•'•"■■ "' "). • : ' lb. .: Austria 15,300,000 17,000,000 Belgium ri.;...,.--. 1,000,000 •, . 775,000; i Frarice .........'.'80,088,000 47,G1f),00'0 ' Germany 52,000.000 41,710,000 Hungary 17,637,000 16,500,000 Ital£ ...... 55,000,000 55,800,000 Holland .' ' 3,556,000 6,1,73,000 Poland .......... 7,100,000 .4,500,000 Spatp 72,000,000 105,702,000 British Isles ....'.. 134,000,000 09,000,000 Asia whole, Europe has practically recovered its- pre-war production of wool, producing, in 1026, 555,G05,0001b. Approximately the European clip comprises 17 per contf- of the world's annual production, andj'.js, therefore, of considerable import-ance'-in providing supplies of the sheep's staple. , •