| Show Iff THE PASSING SI Pj G OF OF THE TH COWBOY f A lot of ot folks Imagine an old resl- resl dent said ald to a a. Herald Republican Herald re reporter reporter re- re J porter the other da day II that because the tho 1 I cowboys no longer ride down main f j street tret In chaps chap and sombreros sombrero or be- be thO they no longer BOO seo the tho big herds herdson and tho the foothills or ot tho the thoI ion Ton on the prairies I elate that the tho live Jo stock Industry Is a a. r 1 thing of ot tho the past pant That Is s not lIO co he continued True 1 I tho the tho ranges are arc more moro removed remo from thol the the- city and the cowboys s do not battle tho the l' l an any more more ns as th they y did In tho the palmy days of or the tho Texas Panhandle but Just the same sarno thoro there Is moro mone money being made In live stock counting cheep heep h ep and cattle than ever er has boon been made In the past In past In proportion I Figures show that and ond sh sheep cp raising rall aro among th the greatest industries In tho the state of or Utah In tho the past put eight years ears the receipts from Utah sheep and wool have hav be been n well above Today It Is estimated there thore ore are nearly sheep In Utah valued f at nt about In the b beginning of ot tho the year 1914 1 the wore given a n. scare be because because beo be- be cause of or the change chango In administration o And and tho the reduction of or tho the tariff on wool Many of or the fearing that the tha price would continue continuo to drop to an an almost ruinous price contracted for their clips at prices varying varying- from 1 12 to 15 cents a pound The Tho buyers seemed moro more optimistic for tor the they promptly purchased all the tho priced low-priced wool fool 1 In the tho market For one thing that helped swell swoll tho the price and wool wooli i began to recover somewhat Then cams camo the war and the sheep follo followed cd the ex- ex amplo ample of ot the tho legendary co cow and fig at nt least Jumped over the knoon Twenty ent cents a n. pound was W. the price paid T ald for tor tho the late clips cUps of or tho the Utah growers Then came tho the cr cry that wool was becominG so o 0 scarce In America that embargo was talked b by certain of or tho the radical lawmakers Tho The supply supply sup sup- ply 11 of oC Australian wool was waR of ot course lAS lA'S largely lASly ly cut ut off more off more effectually than It off ott and tho the nn any tariff could ever cut supply being much less than tho the demand de de- mand marul tho the Utah wool growers reaped a golden harvest With tho the Increase In the tho price att of at wool the Increase In tile the value of ot tho the t woolly tribe camo came Where hero owners had been almost willing willingto to pell soli ll their flocks r for tor food tood there camo came men who Tho would not not part with the oldest and nod ugliest t told old old ram on tho the range at an any price IThe The avera average o stock sheep wore were quoted between 50 and a head but head but tho price was wan af merely nominal A man couldn't bu buy a n. sheep for lor love Jove nor nort t money oncY Tho The outlook for tor the future n nU U fray iBay Is 18 bright Despite tho the dr dry sea eca- ison eon on they say the owners have managed t to o keep their flocks flooks and are aro prepared 1 for a B bigger and better clip cUp than ever before And J tho those e familiar with the situation sa say tho tiro have o ll learned not to become when hen there Is a drop In price In the future Another change that has taken place In the tho past put few years In the Utah sheep II Industry Is the Improvement nt of ot the breeds The Tho last clip was as far above e the average So of ot former years cars In quality and and there thero was more of at It Tho The sheep sheep- I men also have havo learned that the they must prepare their wool In better shape shapo for forthe the market If It the they expect to compete with other wool growinG communities They are gradually adopting the Improved improved Im im- im proved pro methods I IThe The Utah Wool growers growers' association working In connection with the state agricultural college collego has attempted to instruct tho growers as to the manner mannor of or gr grading and baling their product for tor shipment Also auction stations tl are being opened throughout tho the state and It Is tho belief bellet of ot the leading lending wool growers that In time all sales of at wool will be mado on the auction block This the they say will UI prevent tho the shrewd eastern buyer buer going to tho the smaller rowers growers scaring them with rumors of ot a n ter terI 11 I b 1 i 1 h k t d t r e P ump ill III m UI j e wool mar e an buying their product for tor a l song In addition to these plans plan tho the agricultural agricultural agricultural agri agri- cultural college and the ro association have havo arranged small exhibits exhibits bits of or the process s of ot Sra grading wool ool and putting It In proper shape hape for tor sale and shipment h 1 I hose hoso largely Interested In tho sheep Industry sa say the they will nm eventually c have established In some somo of ot tho Utah Institutions Institutions institutions of learning probably tho the agricultural agricultural agricultural agri agri- cultural college a department for tho the training of at young young- men In tho wool- wool growing Industry There Thero has been more or leAs less friction i between the he and those not engaged ed In the Industry because of the practice of M trailing sheep over tho the public highways This trouble has In Inmost Inmost inmost most sections section been amicably adjusted usually h by the obtaining a a. sort ort of ot private way right so that the they would cross the highways at Intervals only o Tho The thorn that has bl been en Irritating the tho Utah as well weir as ns livo 11 stock owners In general Is tho the predatory predatory preda preda- tory wild animal problem It Is 18 said that the damage done dono to flocks b by bears coyotes cootes moun mountain n lions and the like has caused an annual annual annual an an- nual loss of ot more than a 1 dollars dollars dollars dol dol- lars to tho the Utah live Jl stock owners o alone Congress Cons has been asked to help eliminate the pests and has given some small aid but hut this the tho owners of or lIvo stock contend Is 18 Insufficient The Tire sheep at present In the state are I r rIn In good condition There was some Gome fear tear last fall that there would bo be an epidemic of ot scab cab The trouble was W however traced to Colorado and after a fight In the courts tho the board of ot she sheep p commissioners succeeded In barIng baring bar- bar Ing the Colorado sheep from the state on the heels of or the sheep industry Industry industry indus Indus- try com comes os that of ot hog hog- raising There has been such a remarkable Increase In tho the raising pork Industry In Utah In the past year ear that thal statistics are not available Those of It former years ears would In no wn way represent the tho present value of ot the hog hoS' In Utah at tho the present present pres pres- ent enl time But the tho fact that plans havo have been matured for tor a n stockyards Is sufficient sufficient dent evidence of the value alue of at t tho tiro o in industry In- In to tho the It is b said b by those familiar with the business that the present supply of Pork In the state I is b sufficient for all home needs and that oven now there thero will be bo a a. surplus of ot exportation An increase In the tho export business In to tho the next few years Is predicted The Tho cattle beef industry has to a certain certain certain tain extent waned That Is It Is no longer conducted on n the mammoth scale of ot the tho da days of the open range Cowmen sa say the sheep cheep ha have havo vo driven off oft th the cattle but others directly in jn touch with ho he Industry ea say cay that the r range days havo have gone gone because tho system was all wrong In tho the first place There Thero wasn't much head or tall to tho the cattle business in tho the old days a reformed cattleman said recently There was waft great waste for man many of the cattle died In the tho storms Then the owners lost quite a a. bit by b- theft The Tho only thing that saved the game samo until Into lato years was the tho size of at tho the herds But when ono one thinks of or the great amount of or land those steers used up up- up good land too fit for tor cultivation Its It's easy casy to see that tha t the passing of ot tho the range Is no great grent loss Toda Today the tho men who are ar raising beet beef aro are raising It tho the same sarna as thc they would raise ralso chickens The They pay for their feed ran range e or otherwise and thc they I make each beef beer pay for tor Its Ita keep i Recently a a. tourist visited a Utah ranch at some distance from tho the rail rall- road There was a a. sized fair bunch of cattle about the place The Tho visitor asked If It It was an hon honc c goodness est to t-to- cattle ranch and was wast t told old It was But where whore are aro the tho cowboys he asked Theres Thoros three or four tour of ot them over In that alfalfa patch was tho the ans answer an an- aner s er Tho visitor wandered to tho hayfield and found a n. number of or men In overalls o busH busily engaged enraged In tending tho the ha hay He went vent back hack to the tho owner I want to see the tho regular ular cowboys cowboY's the tho fellows In chaps with horses and guns and ropes Stranger er said the owner ot all those I chaps Is with the mo ln picture shows shot Most of ot cm learned to bo be cowboys In Danger Bangor Maine There are arc a few tew old- old timers of ot course coune but tho the time old-time man who did dill nothing but fuss tUBS around tho the cows Is la pretty prett much gone Hes He's either mining or herdin sheep or a a. little farm tarm Any n man that thai works for forme forme forme me no nowadays has got to be an nn all nil round farm tarm handAn handAn handAn hand An I was a pretty wild puncher myself myself my my- self when I was a youngster And that's the W way It goes gocs in Utah Efficiency Is 19 tho the watchword and In ever every lino of ot the stock business businessmen men are planning to stop the leaks I The days dl's of or the glorious wastefulness wastefulness wasteful wasteful- ness ness' are gone |
