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Show o PURCHASES 50,000 LAMBS FOR MARKET Fifty thousand head of lambs were mirchaped at points in Utah, Idaho .ir.! Y3 , r.i't- 1r.r!.if the past ten d; ;. m by Thomas Austin, manager of Austin iirothcrs company. The price paid was around $5, according to Mr. Austin, though he declined to name a definite figure. The lambs were contracted for subject to delivery at shipping points when called for. Mr. Austin said that his company would start shipping the lambs purchased near Soda Springs within the next week, but that it would take thirty to forty days to get all of the lambs contracted for off to the eastern market. mar-ket. The lambs contracted for are of the very best market stock, says Mr. Austin, and have been selected with a view to their early marketing. The heaviest purchases were made in Wyoming, though Utah came in for a considerable share of the deal, which will represent in the neighborhood neighbor-hood of $250,000. |