| Show f r 1 1 WOUlD r HAVE MORE T POWER TO COMPEL J DIPPING OF SHEEP r State Board oar of Commissioners I I Z I Makes Recommendation in in Tj I Annual Report epo It i i MILLIONS L F FM FROM INDUSTRY D M Total eta Value tie u to Utah Growers S. S In in Past Year in iii Excess j 0 of 1 On the ground round that tho present law Jaw regarding tho the dipping or of shee sheel r Is am- am In places the state te hoard of ot heep commissioners In itt Its annual ro- ro port ort to to tho governor filed yesterday ors favors the enactment o of a a. new forgiving law for lawgiving giving I the tho inspectors power to take charge chargo of oC any sheep whose owner tails falls to comply with the law treat tho sheep hep and then have o tho the prosecution follow After a meeting meeting- with tho the government government gov gov- I officials December 1 10 tho tiro sheep heep commissioners will prepare preparo a bill for a uniform law which tho the government government govern govern- ment Is asking the state to enact The rIte report shows that Utah sheep sheen owners received this 3 year ear car for Cor I their wool and for their thell mut mut- 4 ton The sheep are re In good condition r but t there are only about two-thirds two as many as there r two years cars ago ao Tho rho weather has much mu h to do with this tills according l to the report In tho the northeastern part of or our state it pays Fays speaking speaking- of oC the tho years year's fir on r s n hoc a had 1 t nn o bands af- af j I Yh rot have havo re- re ill with foot They proper treatment as prescribed by S' S tho the government o Support Given fitten Realizing the thc vast ast benefit thc they aro arc deriving In la having flocks free from flom disease the with very cry I few exceptions have ha given their heart hearty J support to the board The Thc building of dipping vats continues to Increase Wo Vo prepared a circular prescribing prescribing- 1110 he penalty for or tho the rough and Inhuman inhuman inhuman man handling of or sheep during shearIng shearing shear shear- Ing ing- time and had the Inspectors tack the same ma up at different shearing cord cor- cor J d rats ll Vc Yc a arc Informed that tho the sheep sheep- teen men were tie very CIT rv much p pleased leased n with the tho scheme It having brought very ory satisfactory satis satis- I factory factor results Coyotes Cootes cause more moro loss to the ph than all other losses com com- We 0 believe c tho the coyotes de destroyed do- do e- e d just about equal tho the increase The lie arc doing doing- all they can canto to eradicate the thc pest but hut It seems there Is no system Utah pays pas a n larger coyote bounty bount than most adjoining f states do It has been sug- sug suggested that If tho the monc money sp spent nt for tor bounties bo be used for or the hiring of ot men In different arts arts of the state tc much more moro good could be he done clone in tho the eradication of or orco co coyotes Loos Jo ov In The manner In which the grazing of af sheep on the thc forest reserve Is ad administered ad- ad ministered has bas caused great g loss to tho the n. n In man many cases people entirely entirely en en- unfamiliar with the tho grazing s of ot I I 4 live Iho stock have havo been placed in In charge of ot the forest reserve At tho present time thero there are arc thousands of or acres Deres or of grazing land In certain reserves that uro are not at all and thus tho the revenue there there- to t is losing much from of oC It seems that tho the authorities man many cities clUes and towns have havo passed needless le legislation against ns tho the trailIng trailing trailing trail trail- ing of ot shoop to and from their various ranges Tans Little IUne do thc they realize tho the vast yn-u yn amount of or money mono that tho the sheep Industry Indus Indus- tr try ty ry brings to tho the various business inthe In hl the tho respective localities and tho the 01 very little damage the sheep can do This existing prejudice Is being moro more or orless orless orless less eliminated as conditions become better understood Tho The are aro studying studying- their flocks more moro than at nt any time heretofore hereto hereto- fore tore realizing that almost the tho profit can cnn bo he made mado from rom good sheep Blooded rams are arc being used and inthe In tho the near futuro future wo we look for lor our out state to receive more revenue from Crom the tho sheep In industry than that received n. n few ew years ago Tariff Talk I Lowers Lo mcra Price Pr The agitation ag of tho the tariff on wool has causel caused the tho price on same sl to re remain rc- rc main from 3 1 to 7 1 cents lower lown per pound than under normal conditions Many 1 in our state contracted their 3 1912 a clip cUp long IonS before it was waB sheared Wand und as tho the price of ot wool advanced ad advanced ad- ad toward shearing time thc they Jo lost t considerable monc money Wo We 0 urge the not to contract hereafter unless the tho prices are aro high We o also hope to see a tl time when tho the will bo be In Inn a position to store their wool at homo hano If It the n market does docs not justl justify a n sale Halo With tho the markot market for meat so o very high and a scarcity of or wool throughout tho entire world the thc shoe sheep Industry looks logics favorable Tho tiro orty only c cloud oud In tho the horizon that we wo soc see Is that tho the IncomIng incoming incoming ing officials at Washington might pass such legislation Jes as would greatly dam dam- a ago o our business However It would seem that when the they con consider lder tho the disastrous disastrous disastrous dis dis- effect during tho the Cleveland ad administration administration nd- nd ministration they would Woud be careful In doing any anything thin detrimental to tho the sheep Industry The Thc report shows that there thero are about OOOO sheep In the tho state stalO |
