Salt Lake Tribune | 1904-07-04 | Page 4 | Satisfactory on Sheep

SATISFACTORY ON SHEEP. The report of the State Board of Sheep Commissioners, that the sheep In Utah have been made practically free from scab by tho enforcement of the order that they must be well dipped, is doubly gratifying. First, in the assurance that tho Board is attending at-tending faithfully to the duty entrusted entrust-ed to It and that the sheepmen are thoroughly alive to the Importance of the matter; and second, In the' proof It affords that the formulas and regulations regula-tions adopted are absolutely effective In eradicating the disease. , The condition con-dition of Utah In this respect Is said to be much superior to that of her neighbors, which is good in itself, and also good In holding out to thoso neighbors the certainty that their status in this matter can be amended by the thorough adoption of the Utah methods. ; President John C. Sharp of the Board says there has been a falling off in tho number of sheep lh the State, but that the sheep which are left are stronger, and the wool clip on the average heavier than ever, per head. Thus, we suppose, while the aggregate weight of the wool clip of the State has fallen off a little (say from thirteen million pounds, to eleven, or aa some say ten or twelve million pounds), probably the profit of the fiockmasters this year has ,been fully as great as ever. In fact, It Is generally stated and admitted that a more profitable year than the present has never been known among the sheepmen. The sheep have been strong and healthy, the prices of wool have been satisfactory, and the net returns have been great. There Is nothing the matter with Utah sheep or Utah sheepmen.