CANADA’S WOOL CLIP
3 «♦ MUCH USED FOR Mil TARY CLOTHING Ottawa, Mar. 8. 1 Canada's total wool production dur- ! s ing 1940 amounted to 18,127,000 pounds as compared with 17,846,000 pounds 2 i during 1939. Short wotfl production ] 1 i amounted to 13,822,000 pounds, and re- j _ ! presented an increase of 253,000 pounds ! plover the 1939 clip. An increase in the! ; ; number of sheep shorn was responsible e ’ i for the increase in shorn wool produc- 1 I! tion. Cash income for the 1940 wool - i clip is estimated at $2,329,000. a gain of - : $892,000 over the cash income from the • 1939 clip. - j Resulting from large Government or~ v ! ders for clothing of the Canadian forces, ‘ consumption of wool in Canada in 1940 k | at 101,616.000 pounds, greasy basis, was ' i the highest figure in the last 10 years. r I Consumption in 1939 amounted to 64.j 900.000 pounds, and the five years, 1934 x ! to 1938, averaged 61.958.000 pounds ' I yearly.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 76, 22 May 1941, Page 7
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163CANADA’S WOOL CLIP Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 76, 22 May 1941, Page 7
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