History of American textiles : with kindred and auxiliary industries (illustrated) . ingthroughout the world. The following givesthe figures of wool production for the year1919 by continents and countries. WOOL product:on of the world No. America pounds Sou. America Europe Asia Africa I I I Oceania world ,048 and Europe—which include practicallythe whole civilized area of the world. There are various classes of ^vool raisedthroughout the world, each class depend-ing on the breed of the sheep and topo-graphic a
History of American textiles : with kindred and auxiliary industries (illustrated) . ingthroughout the world. The following givesthe figures of wool production for the year1919 by continents and countries. WOOL product:on of the world No. America pounds Sou. America Europe Asia Africa I I I Oceania world ,048 and Europe—which include practicallythe whole civilized area of the world. There are various classes of ^vool raisedthroughout the world, each class depend-ing on the breed of the sheep and topo-graphic and climatic conditions in whichthe wool ^vas grown. Pure merino woolis very fine in fibre and even in texture,lending itself most suitably to the processesrequired for the producticn of fine sheep are raised primarily for theirvaluable wools. Physically they are scrag-gly animals with little desirable meat uponthem. They were raised by the Saracenpopulation of Spain. The merino sheepis native to a mountainous section andforaged for food in hilly ravines and glens. Lewiston, Me., I85S, Showing in Background a Siaggi -g Mill, Bates and Hill Mills A consideration c; tS: wool resourcesof the American textile manufacturing in-dustry, therefore, would by no means becomplete unless it included a survey offoreign wool production. A considerableportion of the wool consumed in theUnited States is imported. For instance,in the decade preceding the late war inEurope the United States was consumingapproximately 500,000,000 pounds of woolannually. During these years importsranged from 12 to 34 per cent of all finewools used for the manufacture of clothfor apparel, and appreciable percentageswere also imported for carpet and blanketmanufacturing. The American supply ofwool is not, therefore, limited to the bor-ders of our own country but we are to alarge extent dapendent upon foreignsources. The great w^ool producing sections of theglobe are Australia, New Zealand, SouthAfric
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