Show Utah and Idaho News I I y SHEEP SHEARING GETS H UNDER WA AY VERNAL ERNAL April 16 Sheep Sheep shearIng shearIng shearing shear- shear Ing at the Vats Watson on Bonanza Jensen and Rangely Rangel shearing plants began Thursday under under favorable weather conditions Each plant employs twenty five All Alt these those plants are machine op operated rated and the handle from to h ep d dally daily lIy In Uintah county approximately ap ap- ap- ap proximately sheep will be sheared heared and the total for the I basin will be double that number Tho average weight of of Uintah basin fl fleeces Is b between eight and nine nin poun pounds s with o occasional occa occa- ca- ca fleeces going to nine and ten pounds Uintah county wool clips this year ear brought from 30 to 34 cents per per pound the contracts stipulating stipulating stipulating delivery at Watson Watson by June 1 While While- the bulk of Uintah basin sheep are sheared In power plants some of ot the smaller fl flocks are relIeved re re relieved relieved re- re of oC their thell wool w ol by the old old hand shearin shearing method this year yar are paid 15 Cents per pel fleece with board and 16 2 1 cents per pcr fleece if IC they choose to furnish their own meals The shear rs whose output hovers near the merle mark daily dally as a a. rule furnish their own provisions and cooking Last Last years year's price for shearing was 14 cents per fleece |