Salt Lake Tribune | 1905-05-13 | Page 6 | Sheep-Shearing Over

SHEEP-SHEARING OVER. Eighty Thousand Head Shorn at Modena. Special to Tho Tribune. MODENA, Utah. May 12. Sheep, shearing waa finished here yesterday. " This has bscn the banner season since thn pens wero built by the Pan Pedro. There were about SO.ftOn sheep shorn and nearly 600 O"0 pounds of wool shipped, mostly to Boston and Philadelphia. The w.-nther generally has hren favorable and the sheurlng hnn been completed almost on to hedulu time. The woj woji cleaner and longer, nnd altogether of a finer grade than lost Meson, and th prices obtained have, h'on toveral cunts higher, ranging fr..m UVf to IS1 cents. An offer was made of ID cents for tha clip of one of the largest hords which I had been contracted for at 1 5 cents. A number num-ber of the shearers left yesterday for Mllford to help finish up the shearing at that point B J Lund of B. J. Lund & Co., who has had charge of the shearing said: "This has been a most excellent season for tho sheepmen. sheep-men. The owners of the hi-rds ond the shear-trs shear-trs are all feeling much pleased This Is tho best season wc have had."