Show 1t A1 THE SHEEP INDUSTRY RI I f 1 r i The recent heavy fall of snow i I which is fast disappearing from our t F J J1 a j i streets bas cast a gloom over stockmen I stock-men In tteneral and sheep men in It particular The extensive sheep ranges of Tooele Juab and Millard 4 Counties are sought early in the fall 1I ft of each year dy those who have charge vof the nany herds of sheep 1 1 for the purpose or selecting a suitable 1 suit-able winter range Each herd is rf r generally cared for by J two shepherds shep-herds who with their obedient dogs I I f iL remain with the sheep during the ti winter When a heay fall of i i Itt snow comes say twelve or fourteen r t r inches it Is almost impossible L I + for the sheep to move and 1 the herder has nothing to QO but wait until the action of the sun or j j i t the heavy winds removes the snow ti i sufficiently to permit the driving of tL t 1 the sheep to feed Sometimes it 18 t1 t t i impossible to move a herd for two I i i or three days and when the delay sl Fr i is greater the old and young die by i F the hundreds and there is no help 1 for it The drive or move does not i mean a greater distance than from t I r one and a halt to two miles and i when it is impossible to move except ex-cept in a circle and there is no feed t IWii I for the flock it is discouraging in + I t Wii the extreme From Messrs Ches I Wlf 1 ney Stow ells Stevens andJCochran I I f + I who represent 15000 head of sheep Iif I now wintering on those ranges J H t i we learn that the season t i 2 bas been quite favorable f j n 3 i until this last storm which has 1 ii blockaded a great many herds and fears are entertained that the loss y i in sheep will be great There art I nearly 300000 head of sheep In the r above mentioned counties the i 1z ° owners of which are patiently waiting wait-ing to drive them east that they iu may find fresh grounds for feeding I The production of wocl is not so safe an investment as some may suppose for with our extremely hard winters in certain localities it Js almost impossible to prevent losses and the more severe the season the heavier the los In lower countries where climatic changes are not so sudden or severe se-vere the opportunities for increasing the herd and thereby increasing the clip are far more superior to our highland region with its deep snows and freezing cjld weather With few exceptions those who have invested in-vested m the wool producers have found that they pay as well if not better than any class of stock This however is the result of careful attention at-tention on the part of owners and herdere There are certain seasons when a little care will save hundreds hun-dreds of the flock which otherwise might be reduced in numbers and that reduction or falling off be from the meet valuable animals in the herd |