Show TO SHEAR SPRING CUPS Sheep men of grand county are making preparations to shear their flocks shearing will commence about the middle of april at several plants in the county the principal corrals being at thompsons Thomp sons dewey cisco and westwater sheep will go into the pens in splendid condition the unusually mild winter with good feed and just the right amount of snow has been ideal for sheep losses have been practically non existent and the sheep are fat for the first time in several years there has been no contracting of wool prior to shearing in 1924 and 1925 local growers had sold their wool three months in advance of shearing there is a noticeable inactivity among wool buyers at this time which sheep men construe as a move to stampede the growers into feeling there is not likely to be a good market for this years clip the utah state association this week issued a statement to its members urging them not to become panicky the impression of the association is that wool buyers are contemplating holding off activity until such a time hs the growers fearful about their chances to sell the grower should remember says james A hooper secretary of the association that the wool int ready for sale until it is shorn shearing time is ample 1 consider the merchandising of the clip the grower should realize also that it takes a sheep twelve months to produce a fleece and that under adverse circumstances it may take the grower equally as long to sell it if he is going to do the selling in an orderly the association is recommending that its members consider storing wools agan this year Wool growers have available independent selling and storage concerns both at boston and other eastern wool markets and on the pacific coast these concerns merely act as agents for the producer and do not speculate in wools continues sir hooper last year it is estimated now approximately 50 per cent of the range wools were contracted at this time later in the season the market took an unfavorable turn and those who had not contracted turned to warehouses where they stored until the dark clouds passed this resulted in the developing of a considerable acol storage business in salt lake city secretary hooper also calls attention of utah and to the possibility lity of repeating the salt lake storage pan again this year |