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Show SALT LAKE WILL BE SHEEPMEN'S CENTER Convention of Woolgrowers to Be Held in Cornection With Exhibit That the fifty seco d annua convon tion of the attona Woo grow e ra asso c at on w 1 be held here ext Septembe 7 to 11 in connect on with t c fi s an nual b ep show and sale of b ooded stock was announc d yesterdaj b e retary S W McC ure Mr McClure has prepared e a orate d splaj ad ert se nents to be ru n newspapers and pe od ca s to d rect t attent on of sheepmen all o t e Un ed States to t o rpe event. Concerning tho pos tion of a Lak wltl reefird ct tho slmen dust M McClu e said j es erda Acco d ng to t e las en u be I a ue of the sheep of le 1 iled bates waa gven as $23 000 0U0 I add t on to he a ue of th sheep the woolgrowe s of the coun ry have an in es ment in lands and cqu p ! ment needed to ma nta the r flo ks j of $?0O 000 000 Thi3 gives the grand , tota a ue of the American sheep n dustry at Ja3 000 000 ! Of the total number of sheep n t e United States n ore than, bo per cent of thon are located In that ter r tory ly ng west of t e M ssou I r v er r on th s statement t would ap pear that a t Lake is -fairy wel stuated'for the cen er of t s great i dustry est of the M Hbou I r ver The sheep has been the p oneer in the sett Ament and irpbu Id ng of e west Unfo tunately for the sheep i s ery ex stence 1 mlts its grow a T e hand ng of sheep in any coun try requ res a larger investment in labor and in impro ed ranches than is the case wi h any o er k nd of 1 vestock. T is very fact tends to put the sheep out of business as has been we 1 show by the de e op ment of th s western country When the sheep come nto a and t ey br ng w h tbem a ho de of abore a and require feed and care wfici cannot be given unt lands have been devo oped to a po nt of high produc tion When th a po nt is reached other agricultu al industries crowd in and take the p ace of the sheep 1 a large measure That s just what has sett ed the west and manv of the sections that a e now noted for the p oduct on of wheat and a a fa wee first developed to surplj the ae irand reated bj the s eep i d str It has been dec ded by the Com mere al club of a t Lake City to es tab a great internat o al sheep fa r at this c tj Already arrange ments ha e been made for hod ng he fl st internat onal sheep show from September 7 to 11 191a From al pa ts of the country word Is be ng rece ved approving of th s pan and the e is not the s htest doubt but hat ve can estab sh here a great Internat onal show that wnl att act the attent on Of sheep breede a a over the world Accord ng to t o re port of the tariff boaad tlat made an exhaust ve investigato as to le cost of sheep raising ln this weste n countrj, the sheepmen tr butary to fcalt Lake C ty are ape ding approsi mately $3 000 000 each year for sup p es needed to n a ntain and hand e hei flocks Anjth ng that te ds to d rect the attent cm of sheepmen toward th s c tv means hat a arger share of th s money will be spent here |