UNITED STATES WOOL.
-According to tlio ITnifcc! -States De partment of Agriculture's recently revise" estimate of wool production, tli.it ccuut'y last year t-lioro 508.947,000ib. ol' wool, as against M0,715,0001b. in 1928. an increus of 5,232.00011). As there is a flight re duetinn in the average weight per 'leece in 1929, given as 7.6. from that of 1928. which was 7.3, the increase in wool pro Auction is due to an increase in the number of sheep shorn. The amount of Jjullcd wool (not included in the a' e totals) produced in tho United f .t,es duiihg ]929 was 54,500,0001 h , an in rease W 2,600.0001b. over tho 1923 yield.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20621, 21 July 1930, Page 15
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109UNITED STATES WOOL. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20621, 21 July 1930, Page 15
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