Sheep and Wool in Europe.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XX, Issue 2325, 13 January 1893, Page 2

Sheep and Wool in Europe.

The United States Consul-General at Borne in a report gives some interesting details in regard to the supply of wool in Europe, based on, an Italian official state* ment. Down to the middle of the present century the number of sheep in Europe was enough to, supply the wants of the population and the imports of wool were insignifioant. But as the population became more dense the number of sheep declined, for lands formerly used for pasture were now required for tillage. Between 1860 and 1890 the population of Europe inoreased from 286 millions to 356, and the number of sheep decreased from 229 to 192 millions ; bus in the meantime the number of sheep in the chief extra-European countries, wool exporting countries, bad increased from 64 to 264 millions. In 1890 Europe consumad 66 per cent, more wool than in [ 186Q, while there were 16 per cent, less Bheep in Europe to produce it. There is, however, a greatly, increased production per bead. In 1871 the, average yield per sheep waaabout Bib of wool ; inilßߣ, it bad increased to 61b ;- and in 1891, to 71b. There has, ac the same time, been a gradual increase per head of the population in Europe and the United States from 3'lßlb of unwashed wool to 51b. It appears also from the figures that; as the price of wool falls, the number of sheep declines, for the farmers, kill them off for meat., In 1870, for instance, there wflre 40 million sheep In the United States; but the wool market was depressed in that year, and in 1871 there were in .consequence only '31 millions, the farmers having found it more profitable to SiH the remaining nine millions as well as; the natural increment. - - -.

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