Show II STOCK GROWERS HAVE PROSPEROUS PROSPEROUS YEAR II i Fewer F cattle attic were shipped from Utah titan to o eastern markets mark in 1906 1506 than for onie om years previous This must not be betaken beaken betaken taken aken to mean tint that there Is a falling off offin offin in the cattle caUl industry because the ex ox exact exact act opposite Is IB the thc case c It Is doubtful If the business s of oi rattle cattle aUler raising was wasI I ever in so fO prosperous ous a condition in inthe InI inthe the intermountain country county as It is at atthe I the tho close iose of or the present rear Eastern shipments have been b N comparative light throughout the for throe three reasons t Sl The house in inthe Inthe inthe the enst east lessened i s en the demand the tho lack of car C r it impossible to ship l t to advantage at times the unusually good condition of the ranges has ha made it profitable tn inn hold the cattle attle instead or of hurrying them to market m Cattle cattie on a Thousand Hills As the th result of tin the combined forces spoken of 0 above there are larger num numbers bers of cattle on all the hills and In the valleys of Utah now nov nO than at the close of any ally other oilier yea vea ea in the past vasi decade There Is till still another factor th that t ac accounts accounts accounts counts In part tart for this condition This Thi ThiIs Is the pocking p l ng hous hoes erected 11 ctt in this city It was understood that this Institution in would create creat a lo Incas al demand for s sand and that It would be he more mote profitable t to to hold them th here bore re than to ship them east e t The destruction of the packing houseplant house houseplant hoUseplant plant by tIre fire in th the tho fall raIl made it impossible sible sibie to test tc t this his question but the fa fact t remains r that cattle taW that would have been shipped out Iut of the country c but for forthe forth forthe the th packing house enterprise are ar still Uil ranches Still an another another in Un the th farms and in conditions is 11 other reason rea or for Cor resent present that cattle raisers r who wore wm compelled to sell seH in previous years earp to meet m lt the their r obligations are enabled to hold holl their cattle this year because of the pros prosperous prosperoUs prosperous conditions Why 1906 Is Fat Year YearA A conservative estimate of ot the th best posted local stockmen places the num number number ber of marketable cattle this season in inthe Inthe inthe the vicinity vl of Salt Sait Lake at This includes the tile and partially fed cattle attl The year was an especially good goo goone goodone one cne ne on the ranges The unusual amount of rainfall produced the tho th best of or grazing in many places vl ces where In iii other tiler years animals have starved to death Prices have hh not ranged high for tor the reasons set forth In the beginning but tout the ease with which the Ute cattle were vere kept and the tha bright prospects for Co the tite future encouraged cattlemen to hold hoM On and even een add to their herds where There pos poy possible sible Rapidly Growing Local Demand and The rapid ld growth of or the local cal demand for f t meat merit is art an important im factor fa tor in the tho cattle c raising business The growth or j i time the mining camps on an 0 all nil sides creates a great creat demand for meat mente Men who hard demand meat It Is distributed In n large quantities QU from Salt SaU Lake It must follow the tune miner into every even n v minim district The activity in Nevada Ne Neada Nevada vada ada has made heavy hn drafts upon Salt Lake anc into every e ry accessible mining camp and hamlet for many man miles around if is i sent the fresh freh fe h meat mel from this city elt True much of this is shipped In from rom the rest east but the Idea lIlea ot of o a local packing pant to keen lee the tile meat at home for home consumption has come to stay The signs Igns of or the times are all awry if Salt Sult Lake in the next five fie years cars dees does no become a center for forthe forthe or orthe the and meat interests of a n vast ast stretch of country on all sides Packing House Will Rise Again Fire in the great storm dorm that swept over this city Cit last taU fall played a Ii vicious prank rant when it If destroyed estro ed the newly erected packing house houe e in m the north of 07 the city That institution was the tho th re rc result result sult of o faith hard work and Intelligent enterprise When It went up in smoke omok t was felt frit by some that th t the enterprise was dead that the time men who had risked fo so much in the experiment would not net repeat their effort The loss Joss at the Ump time was as p aced at O But the embers had hanily cooled before it was an noun cd that the packing house 1 be rebuilt and that the enterprise Would I be pushed with moro vigor than before The Importance of this not only to the th cattler Industry but to the whole community has boon been fully fun set forth time and again a ln This Tills Is not no doubted by persons posted osted on existing conditions It is these conditions that make It certain certain certain tain that the packing house will be re rebuilt built and that without the loss 1055 of time Value V lUe of Animals in Utah Conservative estimates on the tho value of the livestock tock in Utah give the tho fol following lowing figures s Sheet Sheen 00 i Cattle 00 Horses 0 00 Hogs Hos 00 Total 00 Sheep raising was wag a again ain a great source of wealth In the t e state The price pric of or wool k pt up remarkably well There was good feed for the sheep on the th ranges tj t there ere was no disease the wool clip dip was heavy and there was unlimited ed demand dem nd for woo It is estimated e that the tho Wrol ws W ol clip and the mutton sold ml brought into the state during the he 1 year Better Breeds of Animals One factor and mida a s very import important rt ant one on is t adding to t the wealth of UH th t hills hm and plains of ot this state This Tills Is r the radical Improvement going forward a alt all I Ithe the time In the breeds of catie horses ho el eland and sheep breeders are ara sparing ID n i expense to rase the stand standards standards ards along this Ine line and their efforts j jare are meeting with gratifying results Disease Is L guarded against in all atI ways way and it is il safe to say gay that the livestock men of Utah are fully abreast of of any other otier In is these important particulars s In this work vork orI the Agricultural tural turn college Is 15 doing dO valuable work |