| Show UTAH EXPECTED TO LEAD the national wool marketing corporation po ration creature of the federal farm board Is expecting active leadership from utah ane ot the highest range wool producers among the states according to james A hooper salt lake secretary of the utah wool growers association cooperative marketing reports mr hooper was set forth by the agricultural marketing act of 1929 to eliminate ruinous speculation and competition in the field of wool selling and to stabilize wool prices in the past less than 10 per cent of the wool sold or approximately pounds annually has handled by cooperative agencies frank J hagenbarth president of the national wool growers association estimates that the new agency will control at least 25 per cent of the clip this year thus exercising a powerful influence on the market utah wool growers says mr hooper have always been leaders in cooperative plans of this kind and are displaying considerable interest in the new proposal it Is apparent that we will be successful utah Is in district 2 together with montana wyoming colorado and arizona this area will have tour directors in the national convention present temporary directors are mr hooper A A johns arizona M E stebbins montana and J B auson wyoming secretary treasurer of the corporation this district produced 88 pounds of wool last year last year wool clip amounted to pounds giving the state fifth place among the states this clip came from 2785 sheep at the beginning of 1930 utah had sheep a slight decline from the number reported last year the states wool clip was pounds more than the state produced in 1920 when a clip of ac pounds came from sheep there are now approximately more sheep in the state than in 1920 largest wool harvest came in 1928 when pounds were produced the low year was 1922 when production amounted to only pounds |
