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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
	—————	—————	—————
Total product	.....	288,636,621	118,223,120

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