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Show GOES WITHOUT WATER Animals Thrive on Loafer Mountain Under Condi tions That Are Peculiar Specia 0 The Tr bune PRO O Aug 16 On the b g Loafer mounta n on the Nebo ad tlon of the Uinta, nat ona forest 11 000 feet abo e the sea le el there is a flock of sheep which grazes for a per od of 135 daj s w thout water In the band are 3300 sheep mostly ewes and the r lambs mak ng a tota of approx mate y 6000 in al These sheep are owned by C F and F C D xon of Payson Utah and are g -azed on this mounta n ea h jear f om June 1 o October 15 Loafer mounta n is one of the n ost com mand n and form dab e peaks n the Oqu rrh range and ses a most abruptly o an e e atio of 11 000 feet above sea le e Not a d op of a e s to be fou d on he mounta except at w cn ra s n the form of a n o snow and tne p ec pltat on n e the form s m tea On n ost peaks ha eac a.n e evat on as h gl as h s o e e a s coo and the e s co s derab e mo s u e and ege at on but ere cond tlons a e the oppos te es pec a ly with respect to mo sture Tne so s dr and on Jhe east s ope of the moun a n oward the op t e ent re sur face s co ered w th oose rock and lower down the e are perpend cu ar c ffs On the west a f e v scruboy p nes grow where the sheep shade up In the wajrmpart pi the day Lower down howe er on Dotn the v. est and south s opes there s an abundance of forage What Is pecu ar Is the fact that on th s dry mounta n s eep can exist without ever tas ng water" The e s a secret connected w th the history of th s moun tain however and the sheep wh ch graze thereon clear up the mjs e y For a pe od of thirty yea s these same sheep and the r ancesto s have been graz ng off th s moUn ain At f st beglnn ng lower down and e azing for short pe ods w tn out wa er and g adua y each year go n h gher up and ex s ng for longer per ods w thout wate n 1 a breed of sheep has been dave oped that Ives the summer ong without water Were t not for the fact that these sheep g aze there the range would be unut llzed and the., prof ts fron the graz ng almost ent e y lost The sheep never feed dur ng t e warm po t on of t e day but are out at day ght in the morn g and feed unt 1 abou 9 o c ock and then shade up unt 1 about 4pm w en they feed aga n until dark n the coo of t e even ng Th s system of feed ng toge her w h t e r b eed ng and gradual adaptat on to th s n ode of 1 fe seen s to be the key to the situation Atten pts have been made to g aze other bands of sheep In this oca ty but w thout success as they vould not remain and ost f esh each day they were held |