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Show SHORTAGE OF tf serious problem Appeal May Ee Made to State Authorities for ! Relief of Famine. I : Special to The Tribune. OODEN", March 20. Reports retired by the Weber county farm bureau during the past few days Indicate thHt an appeal ap-peal may be made to th state authorities authori-ties to procure assistance in the present hay famine which extends throughout the Mate. Hundreds at head of cattle and sheep In the northern and western part of the stale are said to he In danger of etarv'nc; and not a re-- head have already been lr.pt. In addition' to the supply of hay that Ib to be tupped in from Utah county potnte. W. P. Thomas, county agent, reported today to-day that the farm bureau wea in communication commu-nication with parties in other localities relative to procuring feed with which to save the Uvesmok Industry in this section. According to Mr. Thomas, tho llvcatook committee has teleprrnphed io points as f.nr distant as California in search of hay for starvinsr rattle and nheep. SoveraJ thousand liead of cattle alonff the old line of the Central Pacific railroad rail-road north nf the lake are being fed with baJed hay which had to be shipped in. and Oax'h'e county has been hard hit by the shortage of feed. As a result of the co-operative efforts by the farm bureau and hankers, who have offered financial aeslptanee to the farmers, the situation in this county is said to be well in hand, although the directors assert the email quantity of hay available is held at aL-mofit aL-mofit prohibitive prices. |