Salt Lake Tribune | 1918-02-03 | Page 40 | Increase Shown is Livestock Holdings

! INCREASE Sil l" LIVESnWS Profit and Patriotism Serve as Stimulus, According to Reporting Board. I'li'le-r tin; 'luiililf tinuiins nt' f.iMt aii'l pat riot j;-m Umti Iimh heii :i niah'-. niah'-. tijiI inert-use in all classes of livestock riuriii tin: t w.ir, a'-conlin' to tin: report of rrup reporting bniml, lui- tvm 11 nf crop c-t iinati-s, nf t lit? ('nit M at fs ui'pa rl mm'ii t nf iirieiilt n r which v;is r'crii'il yi'stcrtay by FifM .AM-nt M. M. .luMiii, co-oprrat i n-' with t I).' iri(hit ria I commission of I'tan. Horses have incrcaseil in just, about 1 he proportion that the .lemaiols for war purposes ha e been rest rid e . Milch co vvs Iiow an i nernase of o ver ii'Ml.lKK) in the country and over nmiu increase in Vtah. This is very ercl-j ercl-j t h ble, in view of the ml u-t ion in ft' I o nocessarv bv the severitv of la-1. winter. win-ter. 'at tin. ha vp increase.! 'JrHnO,f)()0, of Tvhieh nearlv oO.'iimi are in L'tali, ilui-; to market, con. lit inns, which have, not been as ood as stockmen exper! ed. 'I' lie ininie rise, liny crop in a kes complete com-plete dependence on the rane unnecessary. un-necessary. The. number of farm herds of sheep bas increased t none rid on sly. Ma nv fanners with an abundance of hay have thought prospective wool prices attractive; attrac-tive; owners of sheep on the r.'iue have, retained as many as possible, to increase the mipplv of wool. The la re;e corn crop is reflected in an increase of nearly l,!HH,000 in the number of swine; the slight increase in Mvine in l'tali is accounted for bv the heavy deinand for milling grains. A summary of the report, shows I hat there are in l'tali :,t the present time :i lo,0(Ki head of hordes, of an average value of $N0; ::n00 mules, of an average value of mi.Oiio mild; cow's, of an a ventre value of $7 :."( ; 4 "i 7,000 head of other cattle, of an average alun of .M-l.lH); 12,;W0,000 sheep, of fin average value of i:i.,;o, and J o:000 swine, of mi average value of $J0 per head.