70 percent of specific duties EXHIBIT I Number of stock sheep in the United States; domestic production, imports, and consumption of wool; wool prices and payments under the National Wool Act of 1954; and 70 percent of duties collected on wool and wool manufactures 46.9 270 352 770 49.4 42.3 32.0 269 568 993 62. 1 45.2 51.6 269 618 869 97. 1 50.7 53.9 287 565 788 54. 1 54.2 52.4 300 377 814 54.9 53. 1 35.5 306 236 613 53.2 53.2 25.4 4 31.5 28.2 • 226 1 Converted to domestic greasy shorn equivalent on basis of 1 pound pulled wool equal 2 Apparel wool converted to domestic greasy shorn equivalent on basis scoured yield 3 Shorn wool, percent of net proceeds received by each producer, unshorn lambs, cents 4 Marketing year beginning Apr. 1, 1955; calendar year prior to 1955. For JanuaryMarch 1955 period 70 percent of specific duty collections totaled $8,000,000. $ Estimated. • Preliminary. Prepared by Livestock and Dairy Division, Commodity Stabilization Service, Jan. 16, 1958. 32 EXTEND NATIONAL WOOL ACT OF 1954 EXHIBIT J Number of goats clipped; production and consumption of mohair, and farm price of mohair in the United States Estimated on basis of loan rate of $0.20 per pound for adult and $0.30 per pound for kid mohair in Texas, with adult mohair comprising 87 percent of total. 6 No support programs. Beginning July 1953, reported consumption included alpaca, common goat hair, etc.; therefore, beginning with 1953, domestic mohair is derived from reported stocks, production, imports, and exports. Preliminary. Prepared by Livestock and Dairy Division, Commodity Stabilization Service, Jan. 16, 1958. EXHIBIT K Number of farms and ranches reporting sheep and shearing sheep in 1949 and 1954 Number of farms reporting Number of farms reporting sheep States shearing sheep 1 Indicates that request for the information not requested in census questionnaire. Source: Compiled from reports of the Bureau of the Census. 1 Preliminary. 12, 605 12, 730 12, 740 12, 610 12, 741 12,358 5, 521 4, 192 4,111 4,157 4,080 4,042 3,873 5,496 2,871 3,040 2, 910 2,802 2,607 2,465 6, 494 14,936 Prepareed by Livestock and Dairy Division, Commodity Stabilization Service, Jan. 22, 1958. EXHIBIT M Estimated mill consumption of wool, cotton, rayon, acetate, other manmade fibers and silk, United States, 1938 to date Mill consumption, scoured basis, as reported by the Bureau of the Census. Grease wool basis derived by applying an assumed yield of 44 percent to the reported scoured wool consumption. 3 Mill consumption as reported by the Bureau of the Census. For American cotton tare as reported by the crop reporting board was deducted. Domestic shipments plus imports for consumption as published in Textile Organon. Source: Compiled from Wool Statistics and Related Data, U. S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Prepared by Livestock and Dairy Division, Commodity Stabilization Service, January 16, 1958. |