Salt Lake Tribune | 1906-07-21 | Page 3 | Sheepmen Are Happy

SHEEPMEN ARE HAPPY. Owners of Flock In Idaho Are Pleased With the Outlook. Special to The Tribune. OGDEN, July 20. Ilermnn Kuchlor of Kuchler Bros., tho sheep ownera, is in Ogden from the rungo north of Soda Springs und up in Grey'o Lake country. He reports thu rnngo in bettor condition than ho has over aoen it Tho sheep are doing well, tho wool clip was the best over experienced nnd the lambing was- equal to thu host the sheep owners own-ers have over hnd. -Mr. Kuchlcr holieves that n number of good senBoiiH on that rnngo will follow. Over 10,000 head of sheep havo summored on tho range. hi regard to thn prico of wool for the 1P00 clip, Mr. Kuchlor stntcs Hint it wns a trifle higher than the best selling price of 190:'). It is now n well known fact thnt tho wool buyers of thn clip of 100S weiii to thu good about ti cents per pound. Tho publications publi-cations in The Tribiino to the ofTeot. that wool was ndvnncing hns- rnsultod in fnwor contracts being mad for tho clip of HiOO. Tho prico accordingly h3 gone up and 2C cents por pound has been realised on tho good wools, nnd buyers nro jumping sideways to socure tho clips -which thoy failed to con tract for last win tor It has been a merry fight, but tho wool growers now have the victory over he wool buyors. Next venr will j sou still higher prices, becauso of the failure j of tho Australian wool and the increasing demnnd in tho United Stales, which now I has u shortage of 250,000,000 pounds. j