Show SHEARING OF 4 UTAH FLOCKS IN PROGRESS I Upward of 1 Sheep inState in State Will Wi Pass Through Hands of 4 j I CLIP CLIP VALUED AT I J Bulk Bulk of the Shearing Will Wi BeDone Be I IDone Done This Week Baling J Machine Being Tried 1 P shearing has commenced In Inthe Inthe SHEEP S' S the time southern camps of or and and before the tho season closes cloe In June sheep probably will wi have been shorn Tho Time bulk o of the tho shearing will willbe wi b be done tills this week 0 It I cono is estimated that the tho sheep heep to ha hs sheared wilt will wil avera average e d eight ht pounds pound each making pounds of or wool making each fleece worth about 2 t Tho Time prices range ranlo from 23 3 to 2 25 cents n a poun pound making an aggregate value for tOI or the total 1915 15 clip upward of ot As tho time sheep toca today are bringing 6 Ij to 7 a head hend it makes Utah Utah's flocks worth In the aggregate about and with the 1915 clip added more- more than Most of or the tho Utah sheep are re ether cither merinos or cro cro between the te theme teme me- me rifle and cotswold The Tho ewes aro are bringIng bringing bring bring- Ing 6 to 7 apiece Lambs Iambs ready reacy for tor the tho September mutton muton marmot marl last year yeat brought broucht C 5 to 5 cents a i pound or bet J ter than each cach as 3 they averaged In In- In weight sixty to seventy pounds Cost COt of ot Maintaining Flock I IThe IThe The present prices around 25 5 5 cents cent a pound look high to th the outside Por- Por por- por son said a a prominent woolman but our profits toda today on sheep are scarcely scarcely scarce ly h better beter than ten years ears ago when wo wool t brought only half halt as nS much or 12 cents cents' cent centa a a. pound The main reason Is that that then we had fr free and unrestricted ranges range toda today cel every sheep owner has ha to either cither own his range ranSe land or pay large larso aggregate ag aggregate ag- ag sums for summer Bummer and winter gr grazing I would woul e estimate that that th the te of or Utah have hav tied ted up ft In 11 grazing lands not less lest than for tor OVer every sheep owned With more than than sheep that means mens an n C aggregate mr gate gate o of 0 0 00 nn 4 to b wool matters maters will wil be bo tried hero here this year car according to Secretary C B. B B BStewart Stewart of or tho Utah vu as association as- as It is a small baling machine Through h this means I It t Is expected t to itt reduce freight rates rate to time trie ca eastern tern centers ceo cen ceo b by compressing the bales a a. n third smaller so that more of or them can be bo put into InLo a P. CU CAC car h p Tab on Shearing Dr 1 F F. E. E Murray hara Inspector In chars of t the United States bureau of ot animal industry for tor the State of ot Utah tah i Is keeping close tab on mm the tho shearing pow now under wa way in the southern corrals corrals 10 Government regulations in re regard 3rd to dipping require that this information bo be kept on file tUe tie that the time flocks focks may fa b be held under tinder Inspection 0 Dr Dr Murray said yesterday that at- at ready read the shearing season has hal opened up down on the Rio Hlo Grande Grand and Sann San Sari n Rafael r el while the shearing In the northern north ern era t tier r of ot counties countes will not Mot be commenced commenced com com- corn j before the tho first of or June JunE Distribution of Flocks Flock At Cisco Grand count count county there ar arnow arenow are arenow now assembled sheep for shear- shear Ing InS Near Neam by at Thompsons Thompson's ar ara reported a at t the corrals To tb lb west or 01 near the time Sap San Rafael Ratael Swell the tho shearn shearing will wil begin Wednesday There f are 1 shed shee sheep 1 lined up th ther d. d r u UC 3 Ino new new- tangled shearing machines A 4 little below Price or at the corrals there are at least sheep read ready to be bo relieved of or their fleeces fleeces' In small smal corrals of ot the vicinity therIs ther Is another At Wellington the number Is In II the southwestern part of or the stat stata 0 head hend are rounding up at Gould corrals out from Hurricane and nc more moro near St. St George In Washington Washingto cou count county n t y Coming Comins up imp state from there Dr Murray Murray Mur Mur- ra ray has hs head ead recorded at at MOlena Modena Mo- Mo lena dena and at Lund A little further fur i ther timer north or near Milford llord there ar at j read ready for or the tho s while t the thc west vest at Newhouse aro 83 Coming Corning still further north at BlackRock Black Back BlackRock Rock nock tho the flocks number head at Jericho A little north 0 o Tintic or at L Lofgreen there are at t I Faust aust A 1000 while over at Lh y thi-y total 3 i In n Cedar Valley near there are arc sheep on hand and at Webb corrals at the north end of or Utah J lake hake k are aio ready read for the week 1 Down in Sevier count county at Vaca Yaca near neal neat Richfield there thero are aro head hed Jn J Sanpete county at Redmond nu near Manti and amid at coral corrals Thoro Thero arc are at nt least timer mor morat more at various small smal corrals At Hillside below Goshen Utah county count coun coun- t ty there arc for shearing Inthe Inthe In ln the Uintah ba basin ln there are l OOOO to head to b ba sheared at nt Watson Kennedy West Vet j Du-j Ju chesno and other parts f fLate Late In to North orth Utah The Tho late shearing will wi be bo done mainly In north Utah In Box gl Elder er county there will wU be bc approximately head at least in Rich county and 1 In Morgan lorhan for the last of ot May a or earl carl June clipping Smaller flocks nocks will vill wi he be handled bandIed J I Tooele coun county Salt Sal Lake count county at and other places |