Show INDUSTRY'S U SIR S 'S CONDITION HEALTHY SAYS COMMISSION babies Quarantine Raised in n Seven Counties of 4 Utah in Year WORK GOES ON of Possible La Laws ws and Rules Rues for Betterment 4 of Business Given I The conditions that hold hohl In the Utah h led jeep Industry tim the work that has been mo no to foster fostor it and the work worle that mains main to bo La done donO are arc Included In the nual anual report o 0 of the thu state board of or cop commissioners tendered to th tho vernor last week The report wa waa compiled too carl early to toko toko toko ko no note noto to of or that Important conference A 9 id in the tho United States court coart courton on the ami afternoon of ot December I when government go officials and state slate I I mot mol to consider the tho betterment the states state's sheep heep Industry The ret rc- rc lt It t was sas as tho the suggestion of or several wise I e VB which v. will como before tho legis- legis turo and und which may o mat mate mate- I fly lly the Industry In Utah I he hc report however deals deala with the tho I ork done b by tho government In a a. ading I ding paragraph and tenders thanks I the local fedora federal officers for Cor tho the of ot their labors rho Tho follow follow- g C Is alno aIHO Incorporated In tho the report VAs tAs Ae no sheep had been boon found round disked dis dis- ked sed with cables cable during 1911 11 In th the tha unties of ot Grand San an Juan Junn fane ane Washington ton and antI Iron e government go decided d to 10 release these Aunties until's from the sheep cp ne PC In these localities Elhel that arc are lipped to tho markets or entered on rc c forest foret reserves cs need nce-d no Inspection he he sheep In r parts of the tho state hero here the quarantine still exists are arc finally reI released cased as only an In Inspection sheep heep Is IN required before being ship ship- d Interstate or before going on tb tho thorest rest cst reserves When hen our entire state tato 1 i released from quarantine the gay gov- Inspectors will be withdrawn i om cm this state and wo will lose loo their assistance Inspection Work ork In In accordance with the plan that that's IB s been followed for several years ears wo we wo all the thu sh sheep el In tho state at earing time and caused causell the tho immediate oC of an any hicks flocks tl found diseased of at Inspection In were I Issued sued at atIs Is ils time for tor all sheep going Into the tIle It later lator time at t some ome rest reel re reserve er e If f ft unil that very Yen little disease had developed during the winter which wn waS du duft dUA to vl vigorous work having been ocen en do dono no In the fall of ot 1911 1011 In tho the southern part of ot tho the state tato no disease was wa found In the tho central and northern parts part very little had eloped developed and that found was promptly treated In accordance with the law ow excepting one herd hertI whose owner It wa was a It found necessary to prosecute te After Arter receiving r reports report from rom the spring Inspection decided to Issue a n dipping order for tor all sheep In tho tim state with the exception of or those I ranging i In territory released lied from the tho government quarantines quarantined The rhe order was passed PR sed at ot a n meeting held June 19 H 1012 1912 1 1 Having issued this tho thi hoard decided It I proper to compel the tho dippin of ot all sheep heep entering the state to graze durIng during dur dur- ing lag the tho w winter months and an on order therefore was Issued t to to- that effect The Tho dipping of rams rains wa was as al also o deemed proper prop prop- er and a n circular to that effect wa was also oso sent ent out Forces or Cn Co In the thA fall of ot 1312 tn the state and government JO forces co operated In the dipping of sheep In accordance with tho the tor foregoing orders Tho The flocks wore carefully examined before being b ln dipped and we WO feel sure that the sheep are going upon tho the winter range In a 0 amore amore more satisfactory condition than durIn during during dur dur- In ing any ay fall fail season eason heretofore However How how- ever over on one party failed to dip Ii's hlA sheep In accordance with orders and I Is being prosecuted at nt the present time We 0 look took for cr very little disease eo to develop among our r sheep during the winter months month Enactment of cw Ln LavWe Lav r. r We Wo have hao had considerable trouble In the prosecution of or persons who t. or refused to dip their the sheep in accordance with our present nt law It seems to he ambiguous In contain certain places A and much delay Is witnessed In bringing to trial nn any guilty g part party Wo We favor tavor the enactment of 01 a new law which will willbe be much more rigid then tho the present one giving gl the state Inspectors Inspectors In Inspectors In- In power to take tako charge of ot any sheep whose hoRO owner tails falls or refuses to comply with the law treat sheep and antI th then n have o prosecution follow We ma may add hero that In several fc western vestern states there exist laws similar to ours and tho the government officials nt t Washington Washington Wash Wash- ington have hae prepared a A. uniform law lawand lawand a and nIl are nrc endeavoring to havo o all the tho states pass flash tho same General Information It Is a D. reco recognized fact that sheep ticks are ore nearly nearl as damaging to tho the sheep as aa scabies but our general ral dip dip- pings 8 have havo had th the tho effect of oC destroying destroying destroy destroy- in ing this pest to such an extent that they have done dono little harm to Utah flocks In many sections o of our state stale do not realize the vast damage damage dam dam- age that tho the scab can do principally because this pest has never or Increased their locality to nn any marked degree In Too much care cannot be taken to prevent pro pro- vent this pest from gaining g an any headway headway head head- wa way among our Utah flocks and we trust that all Utah will noon sense this Importance In tho northeastern part pert of ot our state we have havo had two bands Infected with sheep Th These have havo received tho the proper treatment aa as s prescribed bOa by bO bya a bulletin Issued by the government Io I Realizing the vast ast benefit they are arc deriving In having their flocks clear from rota disease the sh with few exceptions ha have hahon given hon their hearty heart support to the board Now and then we 0 find a n who desires to todo todo todo do as ho pleases In the tho treatment tho-treatment treatment of or diseased heep to the detriment of his neighbors but In such cases wo we always as endeavor or to make mako tho the law effective as quickly as possible Tho building of or dipping vats continues con con- to Increase Quite Free From fiNesse DIrr It Is 18 a a. recognized fact that are r er from dl disease ease than nn any other known animal used b by tho tim human race for food W We do not find sheep Infected with tuberculosis or any such lIuch Injurious diseases Tho Ills ms of ot ehe hep p pare pare are of ot a n parasitic nature and yield readily to rational treatment before the time for tor shearing we received a a. number of ot asking for the board to give Its support support support sup sup- port In preventing inhuman handling of or sheep Dr Murray anI and the board held u n meeting with Dr T. T B. B Beatty secretary of ot the state hoard board of ot health and antI ho he agreed to co operate with us We Yo prepared a circular prescribing a penalty for the rough han Jling of ot sheep and had the Inspectors tack tho the name amo up at nt the different shearing corrals We re are arc Informed that the are arc much pleased with the same samo It lInin having brought very satisfactory satis factory results Coyotes Are re Destructive e Coyotes Cootes cause more loss los to the tho than all other losses comI com corn We Yc belle believed tl that the coyotes cootes I destroyed are Just about eq equal al to the Increase o. o We Se are satisfied that the are arc doing dong more moro for Cor the tho eradication of tho the than before However er there seems to bo be no s system stem Wo Yo believe that our present law low should be amended so that delays would be avoided n We Yc arc are satisfied that many man coyote hides are arc shipped Into Utah each ench year car In order to secure bounty bount on In same same It has been suggested b by man many that If money spent for bounties would be used for the hiring of ot men In different parts of or the state much more good could be accomplished In the eradication of at cootes These men could work under the tho supervision of or a board boarde We e also believe belle the tho government government gov gov- take talce action on the thc eradication of ot coyotes on the thc forest reserve The Tho fur of or the tho coyote Is In Increasing Increasing increasing In- In creasing In iii value each year ear and the hunting of or these thes animals i Is now more profitable than heretofore The weather was very severe se on the sheep last winter and was followed by bya byl a l cr very hard storm early earh In May Thousands Thousands Thou Thou- sands of or sheep died and we are arc satisfied satis saUs- I fled fied that we only havo have i In Utah at the present time Ume two thirds of or the tho number number number num num- ber of or sheep that wo we had hod two years e rs ago This condition seems to exist In Inmost inmost mo most t o of th the other large e western wool- wool producing states The decrease Is due not only onh to the seVero severe winter but to heavy shipments eastward and tho cutting cutting cut cut- ting t down of ot the number of at sheep al allowed allowed nl- nl lowed on the forest reserve Wo 0 estimate esti mate mato the number of 01 sheep In Utah to tobe tobe tobo be bo 1 The manner in which tho the grazing I Cotswold Sheep in Winter I 5 1 I. I s. t. t Av i t c i r i ij y 2 i ii t 1 Photograph taken on the Stewart ranch on the upper Provo river showing sheep feeding in snow on the forest re reserve er e is administered has caused a great loss lops to tho the sheep sheep- men In man many instances the decreasing of at tho the number of ot sheep on certain re reserves reserves re- re serves cs was entirely unwarranted While hUo we wc e believe belle er c every Is In favor or of ot true truo con conservation er atlon yet ct In man many cases co people entire entirely unfamiliar with the grazing of livo Ihu stock have been d in charge chan e of oC the forest ic reserves ser While hUe those officials have hac been gradually learning have hae been losing losing- considerably Wo Yo believe c conditions arc are becoming bettor better as ns thc they learn and aud before long the grazing on our national national na nR- na- na forests will be of ot a n more satisfactory satis satis- factory factor nature At thu the present time thero there are thousands of or acres of or grazing grasing gras graz In ing land In certain reserves that are not utilized at all and thus tho the state Is losing much revenue While th tiiu lIw stormy weather of or last spring was detrimental to live U stock It caused excellent feed to grow row on the thc summer ranges DUrl During each sa season on we e see more of an improvement in the summer ranges and in some seine localities they 11 have havo a. a 0 taken an entirely different appearance realize that b by burning out brushy places and planting plantIng plantIng plant- plant Ing certain seeds the same sarno range will graze more sheep Sagebrush land at nt hl high h elevation ele properly cleared is now user for summer run range goIt go It It seems that In man many cities and towns tons th the tho authorities pass pates needless legislation against tho the trailing of or sheep to and from their various ranges Lit Lit- lIo do they realize the vast amount of ot money mone that the tho sheep Industry brings to tho the various localities and their and the small damage the sheep can enn do This condition Is being boing eliminated as conditions become under under- stood The are ro studying their flocks more than at Dt an any time heretofore heretofore hereto hereto- fore tore realizing realising that almost double th the profit proUt can cari be made nade from good sheep e 1 than th from Inferior ones Blooded rams rains are b being used and In tho the near future wo we look for br our state tato to receive re receive re- re cehe more revenue re from the In Industry Indu industry In- In du tr than that received cd a few tew years a ago go goThe The sheep that were shipped ea east t for Cor mutton this rail fall were in a n v very r good condition nearly all being sold soM to tho the packing houses Wo We estimate that thu received for their mutton this full fall The of or the tariff on wool caused causell tho the price of or same amo to remain from 3 I to 7 j cents lower r per pound than It would und under r normal condition Many Ian In our state contracted their 1912 clip long before It was sheared and a as the tho price of ot wool ool advanced to toward toward to- to ward shearing time the they lost mono money We Wo 0 urge tho tim not to contract their wool before the tune of or shearing unless tho the erico I Is hl high h We e also hope to 10 see seo the da day In the near noar future when the will bo be in a n. position to store storo their wool wooi at home If It tho the market does toes not ju justify th a a. sale sate and md that local oal banks will loan money thereon with to run the business Wo 0 o estimate that the r re received I ell cel for their wool this year Wo Vo estimate that the amount r received cd In Utah from both wool and anal mutton during 1912 to be most niost of or which was wa spent In our state to the benefit of or Its Us citizens citizen With Uh the market for meat being so high and there thero being a scarcity of or wool throughout the entire world the sheep Industry tr looks favorable ta The Theon on only cloud on the horizon that we fI can cnn see is 13 that tho tue Incoming officials at I Washington ton ml might ht pass such legislation legislation legisla legisla- tion as might greatly ly damage our bust bus 1 ne ness However It would seem that when they consider tho the disastrous of- of feet ct during the Cleveland Cle administration tion the they would bo ho er very cautious In doing anything detrimental to the sheep Industry |