Salt Lake Telegram | 1939-08-24 | Page 6 | Building the Sheep Industry

Building the Sheep Industry T HE twenty fourth national ram rain le closed T THE JL Wednesday afternoon at the Salt Lake Union stockyards Officials and sheep men agreed that it was one of the best sales the m history of the event with fine stock exhibited a good attendance and fair prices So much for the facts of the sale itself But back of the sale is a story of 24 years' years effort to build up sheep flocks of the west which has resulted in making Salt Lake City the sheep capital of the nation and the stock of this and other intermountain states second to none noe inthe inthe in inthe the world both in wool-producing wool and mutton t types P S Particularly does the Rambouillet wool breed which has been developed in this section the fin finest specimens of which are are arc annually exhibited exhibited ex ex- ex- ex and sold at the sale here lead the world orl S The importance of the national ram sale salet t to the sheep industry of the nation and particularly particularly particularly par par- to Utah cannot be over It Ii is recognized as the focal point for quality sheep in the nation an exhibition c and market marketplace marketplace marketplace place which establishes standards and prices for lor the entire industry Only the best breeders of fine stock may exhibit and sell their studs registered rams and range rams The list of exhibitors say sayS S officials is limited to one hundred and it is a amark amark amark mark of high distinction as a breeder breeder to be admitted to the ram sale Approximately buyers with many more moreS morer S r onlookers attended this years year's sale sate and purchased purchased pur pur- c chased ased prize animals to improve their flocks I S And that good blood and quality the capacity for production of more and better beUer wool and andI I lambs Iambs will spread out like ripples from a stone tossed into i to a mill pond throughout the western westernS S sheep country The end result is the steady i improvement in quality of sheep with consel consequent consequent conse conse- l quent better chance for profitable operations 5 It Is the nati national mal ram sale at Salt Lake City wh which h 3 Is the center of that development and it if is Uto to the l ool Growers a u. u n which hIi established Us rs some 30 years cars ago and start started d' d the ram rain sale 24 2 yrs years ago that the credit for that development must go S It is a valuable asset for Salt Lake City a worthy enterprise for the west as it helps to build our important steep sheep industry