Show PERCENTAGE OF SHEEP LOSSES I Estimate Made By the Govern Government Gover Government ment Statisticians t I UTAH MAKES GOOD SHOWING I PROM FItO NEW MEXICO M CO IS ISS ISZ S Z SATT ID TO Th BE WRONG wONG I I Special to The Herald Herld June 14 The fol following n lowing lowing estimate has been made by the te government statisticians of o the number and percentage e of sheep sImon l s by exposure during the e recent re ent f r up up to April 1 in itt the te following su together with the estimated of seep in those states sates on Jan 1 1908 Wester Western Ranges Number NYm Losses L to t P C of States Jan 1 1 w IC Apa Ap 1 1 Losses Idaho A nt ne Montana In 8 lesi 61 72 7 1 Wyoming Wll Cdo Colorado H f O 10 Utah Ut a O O 3 1 W 99 I s 22 lil Par Far West Number Numbe Losses to toP P C C of ot States Jan Ja 1 1 8 00 6 Apr 1 I OS 82 O Losses Oregon 3 i 2 00 67 61 Washington on 1465 61 00 69 60 6 Totals To 0 65 Eastern Eater Ranges Banges Number Losses Loees Ls to t P C C of States Jan Ja 1 9 K Apr I 13 I Losses Loe North Ner Dakota 6 81 South Sout Dakota 61 7 73 Nebraska Neka aMM 5 99 U Kansas Kaa 3 nI 30 ti 8 Totals Tot 2 ua 4 5 DO 75 Southwestern Southwester Ranges Banges Number Numbe Leases to P C of oC States Jan Ta 1 Apr Ap 1 I Losses L Arizona Azon lW New Mexico Meco 5 S 7 1 11 2 I Texas Teas 17 L 69 Oklahoma Oklahoma 66 4 62 6 Ten Ter 2110 65 63 Totals Grand Gad Total Tot Number Numb Losses sto to P PC C C of Jan 1 1 88 SO Apr 1 88 I Losses Lse All anges 4 82 80 98 Are Ae Not Exaggerated A prominent western sheep owner now In Washington to whom these figures were shown said that the losses losse large as reported were not exaggerated exaggerated exaggerated In fact were not as great as the actual losses Newspaper reports sometimes exaggerate stock losses loss but themselves do not wish them made public especially In official re reports ports because many of them tem are her bor borrowers br rowers mowers of money and it I Is therefore to their interests to represent ent the losses los as lightly as possible The corre correspondents core correspondents of o the government bureau at Washington who furnish the re me reports re ports parts p of o losses are generally prominent sJ ao so s that it t may my my b i that the nt estimate ma losses s sare are on the conservative side Jt it Is probable that many of the reports rep ts on which the government estimateS are ar based were w re prepared before April and 1 did not include the heavy losses of the latter part of March Mach R port Wrong The government report about New Mexico Is manifestly wrong The losses there are stated in the report at about as high a percentage as any other state The percentage is given at n which Is not approached by any other state except Wyoming W oming at There were no serious losses in New Mexico during the past winter conditions on the contrary being reported rather fa fe favorable favorable while in th western range states losses averaged quite heavy All personal statements private corre and published accounts agree that the losses were were fearful In these states yet the government re reports reports reports ports represent them as being consid considerably considerably considerably smaller than in New Non lI xico Taking everything into consideration ration he be said I think the general average of ot sheep losses during the winter may be stated as 20 26 per cent as against a normal loss of ot 5 per cent and the gov government government government estimate of 10 per cent this of course applying only to the five western range states Idaho Montana Wyoming Colorado and Utah |