Show sheep specialist holds meeting with local stockmen Stoc kmen friday night range management and sheep husbandry topics were disca discussed ss ed by prof alma esplin sheep specialist of the utah state agricultural college last friday evening to a very much interested group of uin tah county sheep men prof F aplin pointed out the coming change in range management practices will bring about a material change in sheep husbandry methods it will cause a change in developing good breeding to inches increase e unit production ile he stated that 2 sh sheep beep producing 12 pound wool ool fie fleeces aces will produce just as much wool as sheep will produce prodoc e ahen hell fleeces weigh ten pounds r the M e state average number of shee sheep P I 1 Is 5 near head with average clip of 8 85 5 to 9 pounds the decrease in shoop cheep numbers should be a stimulus to unit production and sheep shee prien men a goal should be toward the breeding and feeding of sheep which will ill shear a 12 pound fleece instead ad of state average of 9 pounds and one good lamb weighing 75 pounds of one of 60 pounds B it II String hain president of local association was chairman of the meeting prof esplin was introduced trod by russell R keetch tho the county agent prof esplan spent friday day and part of the day saturday with the county agent in formulating a sheep program tor for the coming year |