Show iri T T 1 r r 1 i ti t I HI l x 1 With n Single Possible Lends Led 1 X f c 1 S H I E E P AN D WOOL WO 0 L LC All Other SlAtes The Hu Been In the i 1 C 1 l C c 1 T 1 iT is 11 not generally known but butI IT I It is II an n x tact that Utah hu has with a sin single In 11 gle possible I A greater x number of sheep than say other 1 State Stat In the Union Or t to be inure IDor c ut men awn own a greater ter 1 number of sheep than tha do the citi leU or of any n other Stats ural alm It itI I be In the one Instance referred to 1 That Is III In the cut case of Montana F Immense nooks owned by x C wealthy cheep kin kIngs and aM corn com I roam Nm the ranges And It II b no ao means uncertain that Utah 4 r clot I not evl even outrank her great reat t i neighbor OR on the torU III alt thin things considered c In te wool 4 f Ia In the UTI 1 MIl sense to but few who 1 mike make a special of It liar 1 ot only does the man who makes x i heep raIsIng a specialty en engage In 1 It but hundreds of farmers find and a C lucrative side issue In it II U elI oJ Few cw citIes towns ton or settlements In 1 1 tb there art are Indeed where the c sheep liMp grower I is not represented 1 And wherever hI he is II found his home 1 M isle farm larm hi his machinery Im lf carrIage aw 1 I 1 n HH i eral surroundings all the tact that hI ha III I prosperous Paradoxically the year ear Just clos la ing has ha and hat has not been II a pros one to sheep men While the average price r pound for wool has haa not been bein IU as hIgh this year as I ut lest It nevertheless netted some ome grower prices that were weNt lit littie Up tie short hort of the fanciful thIs of ourse being unusual On the other hind there I Is much ot of the 90 clip at Utah taah yet ot of ThIs latter cia class I Is either In storage at home or has baa gone one on commissIon consignment tu to the markets Boston HOlton from rom where nd ad adVance Vance OIl the mIs all hub of from Crom nine nill to twelve cents cent have bean J en oh ob obtained tamed The fortunAte sheep man manIn manin In Utah this year was wall the man who In t ti fall of tI 9 before hIs woo WOOi bad been hon wa was Ite en enough ough to close with the In lug areitta of at eastern tern wool lioness at figures rangIng from IS 18 to t 1 cents per pound Indeed there were a Iw few sales alt lit at IS 83 cents Then came the great rat tumble In prices prINs when wool went ent down to it 11 cents cent of OC course Ium not much was wall disposed of oft at t these figures the owners pro pre ferring to huIL hll wherever h they were able to do so room the basis bul of the wool that sold at high prices the fail came Iame that which went nt at 11 and 12 TT and nd that now being stored tol It Is that tb the prIce for tor Uth wool In 1100 1 wm will AVra average about II 1 cents cent per pound The Utah wool and sheep industry an ot of The nuin bar ot of sheep h owned In Utah ULah and by Utah uth men hi I shown In tb the follow ollo log Ing table SI Stock k 0 Lamb crop 1 1909 Utah Uth cheep itt In 1 Utah cheep In Idaho Utah sheep heep In Colorado T The Actual cub CUI value In dollars dollar and cents of at the these sheep beep the camp equipment t that tot fol follow lows low tIt them DI and the ranches amid grasing land owned by the sheep men mell It is Ie carefully estimated rep represent represents resents resent An ate investment of oC ot of dollar an sum unit one that men means much to the people of thIs cIty and Stats Minus the lamb crol cro of at head a and nil taking the sheep heep lIum boring owned h lIy zens of Utah the wool crop croll at sIx elx Per ller III ii low average yielded pounds which based on a sale MIl value of 16 1 cents per pound JOund brought to the State In 1900 I 1 A t singular or rather Interesting fact relate to lo the industry try In Utah s I Ione sone one that perhaps cannot be found Cound 1 elsewhere and n that is II tb the cattle men are the heavIest sheep heep own owners This account for the Rb ab i senta n ot at the that j i divide sheep heep and cattle men In other States State Ye Years ago the eat cat J tI tie mn main quick to perceive the trend 4 ot of gradually In j part at least leut their cattle with I j sheep heep The result is II a mOlt moat happy and profitable conditIon I IThe The outlook for sheep Is Ii bettar 1 much better beUr In Utah than It WI was a few tew months ago aro Then the pros j were gloomy by reason rellOn oJ the 1 long lone drouth since broken The lime reo re cult has bal a decided stiffening In prices that were 1 far tor pale Ie at St 2 50 per bed bead are In a f 4 Ce few ease CUt being Quoted at t SI 8 per i bead though t the ht tact I ii th there are x 1 mighty few o offers era at t any prie The 1 thief point of encouragement nl is II istha tha the badly burned burne 1 winter ranges hue have been transformed Into j rood good pastures during the yost lOIt few j weeks week So all In all U th the industry 1 wIll wUl break It its own 1 here nt year er SaW Balli 0 one of the 1 best Mown known sheep hf men of the State to 10 tile News New Figure A ii con s ulmar I may I cannot 8 see 1 c Ie lees than 00 In sight In next J Jn seasons n wl wool clIp lp tone lone tonet HI t i t |