Show OOL CROWERS WILL PROTECT THEIR INTERESTS the of th state had a big meeting in salt lake city last week at which over were present the associate on we t on record as op posed to selling wool on cons gement and against the burket bill the objectionable features of the b 11 arose from a misunderstanding of the cond eions which exist in the inter country on the ranges and penalties are provided in the bill which might apply to a th akly settled coun arv but which are not applicable to sheep herding in such sparsely sp arcely settled regions as the utah deserts which are used for cintel wintel ring s it is felt that that if tl e brov biens of the bill are en forced it 11 be a serious hand cap to he sheep grazers here if not a death blow to the i iho it the talks mat ers of great interest to the wool growers we e d it was aid that the eastern claim that a 1 of abu 8 p r cent is caused by the on of dirt in the wool when it is packed and improved methods of pick ng urged in order to prevent this lo 10 s the method of selling wool by was condemned espee lalev a i ai it often resul s in a considers con sidera ble to the sh peers who are some times unable to take advantage of a rise in price ch occurs after the wool his been sh aped the matter of br nimg about some revisions of the existing tr if laws in so far as they ie late to the important at on of wool v as urged is it is felt that the laws at present aie hurtful to the best inter ests atry of tl e hugro hp gro vying sections of the J E u fan p a dent of the utah state board of sheep commissioners said thit ane u p t of wool this year probably wo alj ex ed that of last year by 1 pounds jhb will mean that the total output 11 be close to 15 pounds the present price of wool is low but it is supposed that the price will be between 16 and 20 cents by the end of the season the output of lambs will also be large and with the pre ent p ice of lambs at about SO there will be a large amount of money received for the industry it was said that utah is one of the best states in tl e union for the raising of sheep on account of its excellent ranges both summer and winter itis estimated that the total value of the sheep in austry to the state this year will t close to 7 |