Show UTAH O IN 1 1926 V Wool Production Greater Than in 1925 But Value Was Slightly Less Th returns from the livestock of the state Including wool lambs Iambs cattie cattle cattle cat cat- tle tie hogs and dairy cattle cattie amounted to nearly during the present year eal The wool production this year was more than pounds greater than in 1923 1921 There were pounds sheared this year as comi compared com corn i pared with pounds the year before The returns on tho tha wool amounted to approximately as compared with in 11 1925 Although the production production production tion was greater the returns w were rb smaller due to a decre decrease se in the tIle Price of ot wool The number of sheep and lambs sold for tor slaughter will amount to nearly and will show a re return return return re- re turn of over olier as against a return of a year ago There Ther has b been en a g good od steady market mar mar- ket Icet for lambs at a It good price for several months This has teen been en encouraging encouraging en- en to the the ane and helps offset the loss that was sustained sustained sus sus- tamed through the decline In the returns returns re returns re- re turns on wool There are approximately head of 01 sheep in the state This is 11 Increase over the number last year ear At the tile present time there are now on the tile feeding lots of the state approximately 2510 lambs the tile largest number eVerOn ever everO everon O on feed at this time of the year ear ItIS it itis itis is reported There have been approximately head of cattle sold for slaughter during the present year The return from this Industry has netted the producers about This is a decrease of under the returns return for 1925 The Tho cattlemen last year ear however sold Eold solda a large share shaie of the reserve stock as Os well as their fat tat cattle Prices have shown some little Increase during the present ye year lr so 80 the producers producers producers pro pro- are now beginning to build buildup buildup up their herds The future of the cattle Industry looks much more promising at present than it has for tor some time Many ran people are inclined to be believe believe be- be lieve that the cattle herds of the state are arc rapidly disappearing because be tie- cause much of 01 the open range ranse countr country country coun coun- tr try is 13 being taken up by new set set- This is not true for there are now nearly head of cattle tattle in the state This number fit not not far from the number ch grazed the open when th state was w wild ld ip nd d wooly lie number has hs hils remained rem as large largel as asit s sit it it has lias due to that nearly every farm has ag asa f a. a small mall herd f 5 c cattle t c The d. d dairy iry cattle of the state has brought a Return of nearly to th tile the herd owners This Is an Increase of several hundred th thou thou- u- u send dollars over ovel the returns In 1925 Several Severa cheese factories have been established throughout the tIle state and there la is now a large quantity of the butterfat of the state shipped to 10 the Pacific coast The demands of California are are rapidly growing so that there Is Isan isan Is Isan an excellent opportunity for this state to Increase Its dairy herds to good advantage The Ilie hog Industry this year showed an increase of ot nearly In the tile returns over 1925 The high prices and not the increased d were responsible for tor this Increase however The number of or hogs In the tile state has hILS been on the I decline for tor the past several years OarS fact that the markets I of California have been ing The returns on hogs amount ed to over Several hundred thousand head of hogs pass through h Salt Lake Lak and Ogden annually to the California markets and bring returns of millions millions mil mil- lions of dollars a year eal to the growers growers growers grow grow- ers in the middle western states It was pointed out that the conditions conditions conditions condi condi- in this state ar are ideal for producIng producing pro pro- hogs and this state stat could become one of the tile largest producers In In the cou country Y |