Show PROFITS ON SHEEP RUN INTO MILLIONS Report of 0 State Commissioner Shows Wool r ool Industry in jn Utah Has Reached Unprecedented Proportions S of or Utah have received for tile the clip in 1916 1016 accord accord- I 3 lug ing to the report of tho the state board of sheep commissioners filed with wih the tho In addition i governor yesterday esterday by Secretary A A. A. A Callister Calister additon was received for mutton muton shipp shipped d c to eastern markets The fhe aggregate says II of j Mr the state makes tho the year one of the most profitable in tho tin history Conditions of ot tho the herds aro are reported to h be excellent throughout tho the state are Improving the tho quality cf their her herds s b by the tho Importation of blooded rams rams tho the report states slates and nd the laws Ians rc regulating dipping are arc said to have 0 boon been generally observed ed Tho The report anticipates the tho passage of or a 1 law permitting to liko up lands for tor grazing cm Improvement nt In the tho condition of rangelands range lands throughout the tho state Is reported Coyotes Coyote are aro Raid said to have havo caused a loss Ions of ot to the tho of ot tho the state tato In the year ear and drastic measures are recommended to exterminate this menace The report elopes Closes with tho the statement that tho outlook for tho the sheep industry indus Indus- tr try In the tho state tato IB is most encouraging Next years year's clip has already rca been contracted for at nt high figures and there thore are no indications of or a slump in tho price of ot mutton muton Briefly the tho re report report report re- re port says as a's this year was one of prosperity prosper prosper- I It ity for tor tho the growers and next year promises to surpass It I. I I Wool buyers huyer for tho the eastern eater houses arc are already alread making contracts for Utah wool wool A number of or contracts for clips In the southern part of ot tho the state have havo been hoen signed and tho buyers have paid from 2 27 i cen cents ts to 30 W con cents tR a pound for forthe forthe forthe the clips which are aro contracted at this time C. C B. B Stewart secretary of ot the tho Utah State association said yesterday that ho had been notified that an Rn offer of 32 cents a pound has hns been made for tor clips at Monroe Sevier count county hut but that the tho offer oter was wa refused b by tho the owner oner of ot tho the sheep Mr Il Stewart Stewart Stewart Stew Stew- art said the tho expected higher prices lu Buyers ers believe tho the price of ot wool may drop trop Mr Ir Stewart said yesterday that the ranges es are In iii good goot condition nn and that feeding has hns not been started to any great reat de degree reo Tho The condition of ot tho the flocks throughout the state Is exceptionally exceptionally good he declares Loiters Letters Leters were mailed yesterday b bj by Mr tr Stewart to members of tho the Utah association advising thorn them thor of the tho convention to be held hold In Januar January |