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Show MANY BUYERS ! ATRDSftLE OPEfimG HERE Big Sheep Barn at Stock. Krds ' Thronged Long fore Hour , Set for the Sale to Begin A yearling Kambeuillet ram offered of-fered by W. D. Candland, Mount Pleasant, Utah, sold ta P. T. Sunn, Riehfield, Utah, far 209, marked the beainnine of the aaie ef mere then K0Q rams at the Union Steak-yards, Steak-yards, the eale ta continue until all ere aald. "Aa nearly aa t ean determine, all of last year's buyers are here and leach appears te hava brought at lout one new prospective ram purchaser pur-chaser with him," said T, R. Msr-ehall. Msr-ehall. aecretary of the National Woolgrowers association. In spanking spank-ing of the crowda attending the eighth annual national ram aula, which opened today at ll:e at the Salt Lake Union stockyards. Long before the opening hour . the big sheep barn and tha pena adjoining wore thronged with buyers who were making experienced and dla-criminating dla-criminating examination of tha various va-rious types of rams offered for sale. Mr. Marshall draw upon tha legend of Jason end hla Argonauts to Illustrate tha present trend of the aheap Industry In tha United Utatee. "It will be recalled." ha aald, "that Jason and hla famous Argonauta went through e deal of trouble te gain one golden fleece, thereby establishing Jason's claim te a throne. That la delightfully told fancy. But here we neve In cold, prosaic fact a host ef Argonauta Argo-nauta wha are alee seeking for the golden fleece, and finding it, too not one. but many on the backs of Aeterloa'a enthroned monarcha of tha range. ' Just aheap will no longer do. It does not pay to raise Just sheen. Hut the raisin of good, blooded sheep that excel tn their respective classes, whether for wool or mutton, doae pay end will continue te pay." WOMAN OFFCRS TIN. Mra. Charles Lee Miller, owner of tha Thousand Springs farm. Wendell, Idaho, and one of the beat known breeders ef Hampahlrea In the West is, ths only woman representee rep-resentee with blooded ra ma for aale In the catalog. She offera ten of the pick e! her tlook. tha pel. being headed by "Commie," eon of "Commodore". Iff 170, Imported from the famouo flock of tha Honorable Lady Hulse of England Mra. Miller Mil-ler apoke very optimletically of the future ef tha aheap Industry In tha United Stetva, and especially espe-cially In tha West. "I see no reason rea-son why anyone ahould feet dle-couraged dle-couraged about tha aheep business." busi-ness." aald Mra. Miller. "We are slowly hut eurely recovering from the disaster that overtook ue after tha war, and we are building upon aane end solid foundation." Many of tha oest known aheep breeders In the West are In evidence evi-dence at the aala. Dr. a W. He-Clure. He-Clure. who for ten years waa tha aacretary ef tha woolgrowera" association as-sociation and la now a breeder of Hampahlrea on hla own account at tHlee, Idaho. Is preeent and expressed ex-pressed nlmeelf aa much gratified with tha numbers attending tha present aala. Dr. McClure. accounted ac-counted one of the beat Informed men In the tnduotry, aeea four or fire yeara ef prosperity abeed of tha aheepralssrs. Further than that, ha did not care te predict. OREGON MEN HERE. Mae Hoke, secretary ef the Cunningham Cun-ningham Sheep company ef Pendleton, Pen-dleton, Ore., aad aecretary ef the Oregon Woolgrowera' association, la another prominent breeder who la attending the aala, both ee a seller and aa a prospective buyer. "Oregon la Juet now recovering from the post-war slump," aald Mr. Hoka thia morning, and eur sheepmen will soon have all their debte paid. The sheep business haa the brightest future of all the livestock Industries. Hollls Mills of Park county. Colorado, Col-orado, made famous In the Saturday Satur-day Evening root. Is preeent with the Intention of taking home aome blooded rams. Hla range la at an altitude of l,v feet and his ex-perlencee ex-perlencee form one of the really great epics In the raising of eheep. The afternoon will be devoted to the aala of stud and range Ram-boulllet Ram-boulllet rams. Tuesday, beginning at t:lo In the morning, tha Ram- boulllet aala will continue and at 1 o'clock the aale of Hampahlrea will begin. The aaie of owes of all breeds, and the Cotawold. Lincoln, Lin-coln, Romney. guffolko end crossbred cross-bred fame will take place berfo-ning berfo-ning on Wednesday morning at t ie. |