Notice of Hearing on the Application to Use Sodium Fluoroacetate ...

lasz 40 years, frcm a h?gh <strong>of</strong> S6,67J,CCC in ;?A2 :a a lsw <strong>of</strong> 12,220,200
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in 1979, i!icreasing s;ignziy ca 12,941,300 in :'?El. The number <strong>of</strong>
shesp increased to 13,176,G00 as <strong>of</strong> January 1, 1982. P5r capita
consumption <strong>of</strong> lamb and mutton is approxirnatziy 1.5 7cuncis annually
(carcass basis) <strong>of</strong> chich 3 ~ercent i s i~ported. ?or c.?i ta ccnsunp~icn
<strong>of</strong> wool is appr0xirria~z:y one jound 3nnual1y 50 gerc~nt :f ~hich is
import~d. Approximat21y 30 percznt <strong>of</strong> the sneq in he Unised Staces
are raised in the 17 nost western <strong>of</strong> the 48 contiguous Statss
Although approxirnafely '51,000 west21-n famerr anb r3ncher-s raisz
sheep, only 21,000 or 41 percsnt have comerci a1 z?eraxi ens ,2f 50 137
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more stock snee?. 1nes3 ?r:duczri, nowever, Jwn :early YJ gercznz
<strong>of</strong> a1 1 s~ock sneep in the rzgion. Laqe scale ?rcduc~rs lwi tn a
i,OCO or \?ore stock sheq constitut~ oniy 6 perc2n: 05 the proaucors,
but accaunr for 63 gercent <strong>of</strong> the region's stock shes?.
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on goats nave previously been discussed (finding 73). lexas is
the princigal soat producing state 3nd the najori ty a? ggacs prcduczd
in Texas are Angoras, r3ised for their mchair. There ?re 2pproxirnately
800,000 dairy goats and 500,000 Spanish or neat-cype goars in :he
United Stat~s. Texas produced 9.3 milli'an pounds <strong>of</strong> mohair in 1979
worth an estimated $47.4 mil l ion <strong>of</strong> which approximately $30 mill ion
16,' These figures are from tables included with the testimony <strong>of</strong>
Dr. grill, which are based on USOA statistics. Figures in other
aoeumenes irl aiaence wnlcn are also purporcealy oasea on US~A rLatisz1c.s
differ slightly.