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Show ALL WOOLS FIND VERY READY SALE I.POCII MUUMJ HKASON HK- cvisi: of HKiit riucix. Lamb Crop of Utah Till Vcnr Wns Two .Million Hcntl With Splendid Frier Obtained For Tlicm Wool Clip Foots Up Around Fourteen Millions of Founds. That the past season has been an epoch making one In the hlstor) of the sheep Industry In Ulnh Idaho and W)omlng, not so much from the standpoint of a large production of wool and mutton, but from the ready market for all wool produced In the triangular woolmcnn nlllancr the high price that the wool brought In Hastrrn markets nnd tho general excellent ex-cellent condition of the flocks at tho close of tho season Is the declaration of Charles II Stewart, secretary of the Utah Woolgronera' association Fourteen m lllon pounds of wool were produced In Utah alone this )ear 90 per cent of which was sold from twent) to twenty-four cents n pound bringing to the growers nearl) 13.600,000 The remainder of the wool was placed In the storehouses I by tho producers nnd Is expected to bring between twenty six nnd thirty-three thirty-three cents ft pound this fall In Idaho Ida-ho and part of W)omlng there were eighteen million pounds of wool produced, pro-duced, 10 per cent of which was placed In storehouses the remainder being sold nt the same rate per pound ns the I'tnh wool Prnctlcall) the sama nmounl of wool wns produced last )enr h) sheepmen sheep-men of Utah, Idnho nnd the portion of W)omlng Included In tho trlnngu-Inr trlnngu-Inr association, but It wan marketed at between fourteen and eighteen cents n pound Improved methods of mnrketlng nnd tho Increased demand for woolen goods brought about b the Kurnpenn wAr nrc accountable for the higher prices obtained this )ear, according to Stewart Australian liutiulry Dt iiiotlshcet. While woolmeu of this section of tho countr) nre enjojlng ono of the best seasons In the hlstor) of the Industry In-dustry here, droughts In Australia do mnrnlUrd the wool Industry thero this season, tho output being about two hundred nnd eight) million pounds lower thnn ever before, sa)s Stewart Man) thousands of sheep died In Australia the past season ' Factories nre working heavier this ear than ever before In the United Slates nnd the denuind for wool with vvhhh to supply ordirs for the Kit rnpenn armies Is Inking most of the wool of the countr) Tho wool stored will bring to producers of Utah nnd Idnho about thlrt) cents n pound Practical!) all the wool produced In these states wns contracted for nt about twent) -four tents before the clip which accounts for the small amount consigned to wnrehnuses," nn)s Htewnrt. 'Practically nil the wool wns marketed mar-keted this season without an) bad mange nnd was, un n whole, In un-usuall) un-usuall) good condition The Merino sheep vvoitl consigned to the warehouses ware-houses will bring a net profit of twen-U twen-U six tents n pound to local producers, pro-ducers, while tho wool from the crossbred cross-bred animals Is bringing even n higher price, this wool being greatl) In demand de-mand by factories filling orders for army blankets. 'The sheip In Utah. Idaho and W). iimlng were practical!) free from ills-erases ills-erases or Infection of nn) sort this sevison and the lamb crop was exceptional!) excep-tional!) large better than It han been In )ears In this section of tho country About 00 per tint of all the sheep now In the flocks of this section nre lambs. iwiinli Crop Is Hi iie, 'The lamb irop In Utah this sen-son sen-son was two million, n large portion of which wero marketed nt nn nverago of II SO each In Idaho und Wyoming Wyo-ming the lamb crop wns 2,2(0,000, "About 80 per cent of the la ml s were sold. Including practically ull the wethers and n proportion of the ewes. There was scarce!) an) loss of lam! s among the flocks ' Ilanges nro all reported to lie In satUfactor) condition for the herds, which will hnvo n good run ull fnll nnd most of the winter. 'The danger of a hard winter uf-fectlng uf-fectlng tho herds Is not Important, most of the sheepmen having taken precautionary measures against this by putting up hay and corn enough to feed the sheep In enso of severe wen ther. ' Indications are for ns good n season sea-son next )enr The sheep should nit bo In excellent condition for a heavy cutting of wool nnd a large lamb crop Is again predlrted by sheepmen In fconeral " |