Wool.
The following table shows the production of wool in the United States, by States and Territories, during the calendar year 1900:States and Territories. | Number of Sheep, April 1, 1900. | Wool Washed and Unwashed. | Wool Scoured. |
Pounds. | Pounds. | ||
Maine | 247,168 | 1,483,008 | 889,805 |
New Hampshire | 76,383 | 496,490 | 223,421 |
Vermont | 164,858 | 1,112,792 | 489,629 |
Massachusetts | 39,632 | 237,792 | 123,652 |
Rhode Island | 10,364 | 57,002 | 33,062 |
Connecticut | 31,204 | 171,622 | 101,257 |
New York | 819,088 | 4,914,528 | 2,457,264 |
New Jersey | 41,654 | 208,270 | 110,384 |
Pennsylvania | 777,677 | 4,666,062 | 2,333,031 |
Delaware | 12,239 | 61,195 | 33,046 |
Maryland | 133,341 | 666,705 | 353,354 |
Virginia | 358,072 | 1,790,360 | 1,038,409 |
North Carolina | 223,497 | 1,117,485 | 636,967 |
South Carolina | 56,258 | 281,290 | 157,523 |
Georgia | 271,534 | 1,086,136 | 651,682 |
Florida | 70,064 | 280,256 | 162,549 |
Alabama | 160,632 | 642,528 | 395,517 |
Mississippi | 204,745 | 818,980 | 483.199 |
Louisiana | 105,621 | 475,295 | 237,648 |
Texas | 2,317,636 | 14,485,225 | 4,345,567 |
Arkansas | 103,836 | 441,303 | 264,782 |
Tennessee | 235.875 | 1,002,469 | 601,481 |
West Virginia | 401,632 | 2,208,976 | 1,170,757 |
Kentucky | 514,643 | 2,701,876 | 1,675,163 |
Ohio | 2,754.499 | 15,838,369 | 7,760,800 |
Michigan | 1,340,456 | 8,981,055 | 4,310,906 |
Indiana | 647,399 | 4,250,094 | 2,337,552 |
Illinois | 616,037 | 4,004,241 | 2,002,121 |
Wisconsin | 726,040 | 4,719,260 | 2,312,437 |
Minnesota | 409,157 | 2,761,809 | 1,242,814 |
Iowa | 586,644 | 3,813,186 | 1,715,934 |
Missouri | 570,128 | 3,420,768 | 1,710,384 |
Kansas | 270,716 | 2,165,728 | 714,690 |
Nebraska | 315,937 | 2,448,462 | 856,962 |
South Dakota | 372,717 | 2,422,661 | 969,064 |
North Dakota | 362,512 | 2,356,328 | 924,531 |
Montana | 3,717,160 | 26,020,120 | 9,627,444 |
Wyoming | 2,780,546 | 21,549,231 | 7,111,246 |
Colorado | 2,128,508 | 13,303,175 | 4,390,048 |
New Mexico | 3,786,688 | 16,093,424 | 7,402,975 |
Arizona | 1,003,942 | 7,529,565 | 2,108,278 |
Utah | 2,261,917 | 14,136,981 | 4,947,943 |
Nevada | 612,387 | 4,592,903 | 1,424,400 |
Idaho | 2,576,240 | 19,321,800 | 6,182,976 |
Washington | 759,399 | 6,454,892 | 1,742,821 |
Oregon | 2,351,274 | 18,810,192 | 5,643,058 |
California | 1,907,430 | 13,352,010 | 4,539,683 |
Oklahoma | 32,432 | 218,916 | 76,621 |
————— | ————— | ————— | |
Total | 40,267,818 | 259,972,815 | 101,024,837 |
Pulled wool | ..... | 28,663,806 | 17,198 283 |
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Total product | ..... | 288,636,621 | 118,223,120 |