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102 TEXAS ALMANAC.
TEXAS WOOL.
WVe take the following from the circular issued by Mr. Henry Trenchard,
of San Antonio, for the year ending last January :
In reviewing the commercial year, for the wool trade it will be utterly im-
possible to furnish satisfactory or reliable statistics concerning the product
of the staple in our section of this vast country. It is sufficient to say, that
the sudden appearance of so many strange buyers in our market, in the
months of May, June and July, from whom no information was received as
to the extent of their transactions, makes it futile for me to attempt anything
trustworthy as to the product of wool in our section. We have therefore
most reluctantly to defer for a more favorable occasion the estimates of the
clip of the State. In our Wool Circular for 1870 we estimated the clip centre-
ing in our city, in the months of May, June, July and August, at 291,902
pounds, at a fair aggregate valuation of $52,990 62 coin. The following
were the deliveries actually in our city, as far as information could be ob-
tained from reliable sources :
May-3824 pockets, pounds strict fines ............... 65,242
pounds mediums ......................... 10,105
pounds burry ............. ............... 8,393
83,800
June--417 pockets, pounds strict fines................ 33,338
pounds mediums ...................... 34,931
pounds Texas coarse..................... 11,719
108,986
July-351 pockets, pounds strict fines.................... 29,682
pounds mediums ...................... 48,548
pounds burry............................ 3,806.
82,035
August-69 pockets, pounds strict fines................. 16,578
pounds coarse ........................ 503
17,081
Aggregate amount centreing here in four months, ending August
30, 1870, pounds .............................................................. 291,920
That our correspondents, however, may not be led into any misapprehen-
sion, it should be stated that this was not by far the actual volume of wool
produced in our section, as much passes the city and through it for the coast
of which there is no estimate.
The enhanced value of the wools for 1871, when an unparalleled com-
petition took place for the staples, must be noted here as the dawn of
better days for our flockmasters. An actual advance of forty per cent.
on the price of former years it is to be hoped will in a large measure
ameliorate their condition and encourage them in their ancient calling.
We still note Indian troubles in the settlements, and the consequent
interruptions to sheep husbandry. It was gratifying to us to note the
rivalry among liockmasters as to the honest condition of their fleeces and
their packing. To us this is an omen of much significance to our wool
business, and with the exception of " scab" and chuckle burs in the fleece,
we have everything to congratulate ourselves on in regard to this hith-
erto neglected industry. The absence of reliable shepherds is still felt,
by reason of Indian depredations, but it is hoped the government will take
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