Salt Lake Telegram | 1929-12-29 | Page 55 | Tock Raisers [Illegible] for Good Year during ' 30

tacK RAISERS RAISERS' IS rf DURING 9 30 Y venty 6 an Minion Million Va Valuation Placed on States State's s r Li Livestock estock t fi Ith ho Iro fall w weather ther conditions in r extremely favorable for the men m nL the Indications t that fiat it the tiro industry will show a n k ement d during 1930 io ho latest figures of or the tho United t Ces 5 department of or agriculture o otho t o ahi valuation Uon oC of livestock U fab in fa inh h II at nt approximately ch Is Ss a n marked increase over cr ious years heep the field with the tho val val- of or tho the head placed Cattle were werl secondi second i r head bead a valued at 26 26 he estimated number of or hogs bogs inh in inU U h 1 i head valued at 1000 1 I while milk cows have shown increase of or head during tho t cir and are rc now valued at There Thera are now 1 I in Utah as a compared with 92 head last year REASE LITTLE LITTLE the tho increased use use uso of ot au- au and tr tractors on the farm nuz number ber of af horses and mules shown little decrease The Therber mules i is set at head hat had not shown a a. reduction in valued at nt years They arc aro ODO though h tho the number of horses borses vs ai a 1 decrease of or approximately I hell head during th the year tho valon valon val val- alon on increased from to 1700 The estimated number has bas been set act at t 1 I 1 ift lB r wool oi shorn from Utah's sheep Beason deason e son amounted to 1976 ids ids compared with 23 ads r In ln 1928 Tho The reduction lon In years year's sr's clip was due clue chiefly to poor condition bC bf the tho sheep h resulted In to a lighter average n ht per fleece U titan than nn last year ear average weight per fleece In lu 1 was W WAS 81 pounds as compared i r Sunds' Sunds S the previous year car number of or sheep shorn this also showed a n. decrease to 00 only head as ns lost l head ead in 1928 BRIGHTER Ith tho the Pacific coast placing d demand upon Utah Ulah and andr r sections I tl ns of the intermountain on oa on tor livestock problems the there there there re looks brighter for tho the pro- pro rs i Utah is in iri a ae e very verj favorable Uon Uon- being only 24 hours dis- dis from tho the coast market and tin thi easy rea reach h of midwestern keta 1 ike e is also the center of the for the tho empire havIng the tho gr greatest test ber of of ot slaughter daughter houses ben be- be n D Denver and the Pacific coast There Thero arc aro five packing houses isea lo located located lo- lo In id Salt Lake Lak the largest be beIng being being be- be ing tho the Cudahy Packing company l located next to the Salt Lake Union stockyards at North Salt Lak Lake A marked increase in tho the number number num nurn- ber of h head ad of at livestock JI handled b- b bytho by bythe tho the yards at t Salt Lake and Ogden was shown during tho year While tho the number of or cattie cattle cat cat- tie tle remained about the same RUno with total Of or head sheep and ho hore hog re receipts were greater te than 1928 The total number of ot sheep w was s head while the tho number of oC h hogs gs to totaled to- to aled l head lOGICAL LOGICAl SHEEP CENTER Being the tho homo home of or the national ram sale and nna tho the National Wool Growers Growers' association mak makes s Salt SaH Lako Lake the logical sheep heep center of ot America At tho the last national ram ramalo sale gale alo held at nt tho tiro Salt Lake L. Union stockyards ards last Jast fall a. a total of ot head of tho the finest tiniest rams produced In the tho United states and Canada were auctioned sale sale- attracted approximately t 1000 of the leading producers of or the country and i brought in a 1 total of ot forthe for fot the the outstanding cheep j i With the coast markets consuming approximately worth of ot pork products annually annual annual- ly a wonderful opportunity is offered offered of ot- to Utah At the present time most of the hogs are arc purchased In Inthe Inthe Inthe the middle west vest and pass through Utah on their way to tho coast Several additional millions of or dollars dollars dollars dol dol- lars of at revenue could be brought into this state BUte each year if f all alt of tho the farmers would have a few I breeding sows on their their- farms livestock livestock live live- stock men point out Being only a a. few hundred nilles miles from the coast markets this section could make a greater than the producers produce In Inthe Inthe inthe the middle west Dairying has shown a remarkable growth in Utah during the tho past few years Large quantities of cream and butterfat are nie now being sent to the California market where top prices are received Cache Cacho leads in the rapid growth In dairying having a total of or head of milk cows Utah county Is second with head and Salt SaIt Lake county third with head