Show NO NOT so MANY mm LAMBS FEED INTHE IN THE WEST Dig lg Dell Decrease as Noted 1 in Utah Id Idaho and on the Pacific Const Coast 3 j ratIo rado and ll Show I 1 Increase I sc f I The rhe number of or sheep n and lambs lambson on feed eed December 1 in Utah totaled led r 0 or a 51 I. I from froni th the total of l OO at t t. t tiles tile s same me time l last st year ear while e in Idaho a a. a decrease of approximately im tel I from last ast year car to this y year ar is noted These reports were wore con contained contained- i 1 in the estimate of s 's sheep and lambs on oh feed D December c mUe I 1 1 announced l edY yesterday S erday b by George Geoge A. A Scott livestock statistician with headquarters 5 t rs at Salt I Lake k of the division of crop and livestock estimates estimates esti esti- I mates United States department 01 Ot agriculture 1 ii re The majority of or the lam lambs s 's on feed feell In Utah arc are In Sevier Utah Salt Lake and Weber counties Although decreases decrease are shown in HI Idaho and Utah the m number of or she sheep ex and lambs on feed teed is consider ably larger than was thought possible possible ble several mont months s ago A considerable considerable considerable consider consider- able part of or these are under contract contract contract con con- tract t to packers at Pacific coast points and there is is some doubt re reported reported re- re ported a as to whether the sheep and lam lambs ambs bs now on feed in III the areas I that usually supply Pacific Pacific coast points will wUl be sufficient until the new now crop of ot California California- a I Iambs s mb-s begins begins begins be be- gins to move Ilio e Forage Scarce In the seven western far-western states about lambs and anti sheep heep were on feed I 1 1 compared o pareL with a year ago or a decrease decrease de de- I de-I crease of or ot 11 head ad the report said Reduced feeding is due tine chiefly to the shortage of or beet b byproducts byproducts by by- products less hay and higher highe priced feeds all around together with somewhat some somewhat some some- i I what more demand for feeds to winter win win- I ter stock which has resulted in inman I man many nany sections section'S from poor poor ranges Atthe Atthe At Atthe the same sam time the tIme activity of both bom eastern and anti western bu buyers ers has made marie prices that moved lambs freely from front time the range cou country try a a heavy movement movement move move- ment mont in November being especially especial especial- especial i ly noticeable In En Utah and Idaho I there are very few old ewes being I fed foci for market There has been a wide demand for old ewes owes for foun foun- foun lation dation for farm tarm flocks In Iii Nevada Navada only only- about I lambs Iambs and sh sheep ep are arc re r reported ported to o be beon I on feed as against a ear ago California California h has f around I compared with last last year at atthe the same stuns time X Nation aHou Loses Little Decreases in iii th the states west of ot tho the cont continental n divide particularly lart In Utah Idaho ami anti and California offset by increases in Ini I Colorado Wyoming and Montana Color Colorado do has lias around more moro on on feed this year ear a total of this year and i In 1 1923 The Increases in increases increases In- In creases In Iii Wyoming and Montana 1 are and respectively In reference to national figures of or c C. C L L. L Mr 1 Scott quotes the this report Harlan livestock statistician of oC the bureau of agricultural economics as as follows There were about less lambs and sih sheep ep on feed for lor market marketon oli on December 1 this year than on the I same date date last ye year r In time the corn belt feeding areas of or the western western west west- and In th the ern era and Pacific states The Th e estimated esti esti- U- U this I mated numbers are O In 1923 and the tho year and ancL is less than 1 per er cent |