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The low mark of the industry was reached in 1920 but since that time the industry has enjoyed a substantial recovery. Montana's wool production of 16,000,992 pounds in 1920 had risen to 24,979,992 pounds in 1926, an increase of about 50 per cent.The 1926 production of wool places Montana second in the United States, surpassed only by Texas with a production of 25,804,000 pounds.According to Senator C. H. Williams of Deer Lodge .president of the Montana Wool Growers' association, with the economic use of our range and forest reserves and the solving of the wild horse problem, there is room in Montana for as many sheep as in 1901. President Williams’ statement is backed by 40 years experience and has the indorsement of yosss8 W-B E(K the shrdlu the odw many an old-time sheepman.Montana is known the world over for its Hampshire sheep. This fall at the two leading stock shows of the United States, and in world competition, Chicago/ Mount Haggin Hamp-shires won 50 awards, including four grand champions, two reserve champions, and 22 firsts. Twenty per cent of the Hampshires of the United States are registered by Dr. Gardiner, owner of the Mount Haggin ranch.The Rambouillet breeders of Montana have a record that is hard to match. Our state has many purebred herds including Williams Pauly and Deer Lodge farms of Deer Lodge; J. H. Carmichael, Augusta; Earl Sime and Arnett Waddell, Bozeman; Schultz Son, Sheridan; B. C. White, Buffalo; J. E. Morse, Dillon; A. E. Westlake, Bozeman; Swing, Sheridan, and many others.M. F. Trask of Ballantine produced the beat clip handled in Boston last year out of a total of 250,000,000 pounds. Strength of fibre, length of staple and light shrinkage were the factors considered. The clip was from 4,000 head of Rambouillets.When sheep were first introduced into Montana wool was the main crop and lambs a by-product. Now with the average ewe producing of wool from $3 to $3.50 a year.and a lamb worth from $7 to $8, the former byproduct has become the main source of income.There is much talk at present about the consumption of wool. A glance at figures compiled by the federal department of agriculture gives the apparent consumption of wool in 1900 of 400,000,000 pounds and in 1926 of 622,617,000 pounds. The national production of wool in 1900 was about 300,000,000 pounds while in 1926, the production in the United States was 269,054,000 pounds.With the exception of carpet wool,the United States now produces about 70 per cent of the wool it consumes. With the present tariff of 33 cents per clean pound of wool, the present price is expected to continue by authorities on the subject.There is much room for increased lamb consumption in the UnitedStates. The yearly per capita consumption of mutton and Iamb in the United States is only 5 Vz pounda compared with 9 pounds in Canada and 27 pounds in England. According to physicians, it is the only meat that can be safely eaten without chewing. Lamb furnishes a tender meat without the fat necessary to produce tenderness in other meats. Thus far the increase in population about cares for the increase in production of lamb.Few states, if any, offer the combination of soil, water, climate, feed and cheap land for sheep raising and wool production that is found in Montana. Sheep not only thrive on the range, but in farm flocks which have had a tremendous increase in the last few years.The same combination is true of the purebred registered sheep business which attracts many outside ram buyers each year to Montana. The state ram sale held by the Montana Wool Growers’ association in September brought in a total of more than 35,000.
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Thompson Falls Sanders County Independent Ledger
Thompson Falls, Montana, US
Wed, Jan 12, 1927
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