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Show I IlEA HEAVY VY FLEECES ONUTAH ONUTAH ON ONUTAH UTAH SHEEP SAYSEXTENSION SAYSEXTENSION SAYS SAYSEXTENSION EXTENSION EXPERTAvailable EXPER EXPERT ' _ Available water , a general sno\ sno snow snocover snowcover \ , \ cover over the winter wmter tvmter ranges and amild a amild ! mild January checked the shrmkag\ shrmkag shrmkagin shrmkageI shrmkage shrinkage shrmkagem shrinkagein I in m the , weight .eight eight . of sheep and an early earlyII earlyspring eari : II IIsplmg spiing splmg spring improved lmproed improted , the prospects for a anormal anormal , normal , 01 of better than normal , wool wooland \ woeand 001 001and and lamb crop this yeai yeal , reports Prof ProfA ProfA A C Esplin of the Utah State AgrI- AgrI AgrIcultural Agricultural - - cultural college extension serVIceThe serviceThe service The wool , \ 001 from Utah flocks should shouldbe shouldbe be , well-grown well grown ell.grown ellgrown . - . , clean and bright , Pro- Pro Professor Professor - fessor Esplin predicts , however hov.ever hovever . , , he heurges heurges urges growers to recognize ths the th factthat fact factthat that March and , April pnl are months re- re reqUlrmg requirmg - - quiring qUlrmg quirmg care on the part of the wool woolglowers woolgrowers glowers growers if they wish to produce brIght brIghtfleeces brightfleeces bnghfleeces fleeces a and n d ! pievent pi event heavy death deathlosses deathlosses deatilosses losses while shearing shearmg and trailing traIlmg ti to toI tothe the Sununer summer ranges Trailing Trallmg to water in November and andthe I the first week m in December reduce reduced r reducedthe duced ducedthe < ducedI I the generally favorable condition of ofsheep ofsheep sheep and the cold weather .eather eather , . in De De- De Decembel Decembei - ' - cembel cembei also caused some losses in inI inweight ii " weight . eIght , but reports which ha\e ha e hate \ reach reach- reached reached - . I ed eastern papers , predicting predlctmg heavy heavyshrmkage heavyshrinkage heav heavshrinkage shrinkage shrmkage of fleeces , , are not bas based d on onI oncondItions onconditions conditions pre\ pre preailing pre\alling pre alling \ % ailing in 111 Utah , Protes Profes- Profes professor Professor - - I sor Esplin Esplm saysCondItions saysConditions says profes-\ profes \ Conditions over the range country countryin in this tlus state aie ale favorable for heavy heavywool heavywool heav wool and Iamb lamb crops m 111 in 1933 even eventhough eventhough though the total number of sheep has hasdecreased hasdecreased ha ; decreased from 2,755 2755 2,755000 2755000 , 000 to 2360,000The 2 2360,000 2360000 360,000 360000 360,000The , The prospects point to an equal quan quan- quantity quantity quantity - tity and a higher quality quahty in 1933 thanin than thanin in 1932 1932The The Utah lamb feeder , with 3 to to31hcent t < 3-cent 3 cent 31h-cent 31h % - Iambs lambs , has had a spread of ofd 1 11 d to 1 11 lu { . cents , , and with abundan abundant abundantcheap abundantcheap cheap feeds h he { > has had a favorabl favorable favorableyear < ' year as compared with other agncul agrlcul- agrlcul agricul- agricul agricultural agrlcultural - tural enterprisesAbout enterprisesAbout enterprises About 90,000 90000 , , lambs Iambs have been fed InUtah in inutah ii Utah and about 1,500,000 1500000 , , were produced produc produc- produced produced - - ed last sear 3ear for shipment to packers , to feed lots for herd and replace- replace replacements replacements - - ments . , Professor Esplin reports |