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Show Livestock Is Major Industry in Iron County v . ' . ... ;; ' . , . ..... . - . ft-- Wool Beady for Shipment from the Cedar City Depot. By E. RAC LYMAN, Animal Husbandry Authority, B. A. C. The live stock industry of Southern Utah is and perhaps, will continue for years to come, to be one of the major ma-jor industries of this section. The to pography of the country and climatic conditions are such that over 90 per cent of. the area is not adapted to cultivated agriculture. The greatest value from such lands comes from the native vegitation that is transformed trans-formed into meat and wool by herds that graze over these arid and semi-:arid semi-:arid ranges. Some idea of the importance of live stock to this section can be obtained from the following figures of shipments ship-ments through Cedar City: 800 car loads of sheep 150 car loads of cattle 82 car loads of wool and mohair. mo-hair. Receipts from these shipments for the past year are estimated as follows: fol-lows: Sheep and lambs $ 050,000 Wool and mohair 000.000 Cattle 180.000 Total $1,130,000 There are a number of other shipping' points aside from Cedar City in this section where considerable quantities of live stock and wool are shipped, namely, Iron Springs, Lund, and Mo-dena. Mo-dena. These figures, however, refer only to shipments from the Cedar City station. Southern Utah is particularly adapted to sheep husbandry. The arid climate and high altitude in connection connec-tion with nutritious forage produced under these arid conditions nil contribute con-tribute to the growth and development develop-ment of Rambouillet sheep that are not surpassed for size and quality anywhere in the world. The breeders have aimed to produce a large sheep with a mutton conformation and a fine fleece of staple wool. M"n who have gone east to various sections of the United States invariably invari-ably come back with sheep that are smaller than those produced in their own locality. Parowan and vicinity have become world famous for their Rambouillet sheep. Each year a show and sale is held by the Southern Utah Rambouillet Breeders' association. This annual event is reported to be the largest I Rambouillet sheep show in America. Sheep from Southern Utah are going go-ing to many distant lands; Japan ami Russia having made large purchases in the last few years. At most of the important ram sales of Western America you will find sheep from Iron county and they are usually in good demand. Range Sheep Industry Few localities in America are so favorably situated for the range ' sheep industry as is Southern Utah. I Within a radius of 00 miles one can I travel from a semi-tropical climate to the high mountain peaks where snow can be found any time During the summer the sheep range on the high mountain plateaus and when cold weather sets in it is only a short distance to the desert ranges on the El Escalante or to Utah's Dixieland Dix-ieland where snow is a rare thing. The mild winters of Southern Utah makes it possible for sheep to graze on the ranges the year aroud ami they usually winter through in good shape without a supplement of hay or grain. The arid desert land covered with a scanty growth of sage brush nnd shadscale becomes n valuable pasture for these hardy animals during the winter. ' . '.-. ""!, " '- ' . . ' - : ... V:: rp T?,' 5rtr! i ' " ' -1 iM f -r " ' : r" ''. - 1 ' ; i ) : J - . V . ',). r r t 1 ' . ixtxr- tmmuo! ('..ill t.-.y It. II. AiUrn- Stu.lu. Kiimm's and Cedar School. f ' r s?3 S iaigg 1 i T " - w ffp -Sr " ir( in .-.: ::t, & Q fZ fi 2 - I i , :i.v:y-:'v- - - - - Courtesy R. D. Adams Stwiin Cedar City High School. no high school building in Cedar City. High school work there is being done at the Branch Agricultural college, by special arrangements between the two institutions. The Iron county school board pays the Branch Agricultural Agri-cultural college for all students, under eighteen years of age, who attend that institution. It has been the aim in Iron county to get the best teachers available to carry on the educational program, i They are generally well trained and in love with their work. All teaehers in the county are certificated and qualified for the work they are doing. Every possible effort is being made to attract and hold teachers possessing posses-sing character, personality and educational edu-cational background. A strenuous program is carried on in Iron county in an attempt to get all children of school age under the influence of the public schools. One hundred per cent of the children on the census rolls are accounted for, and most of them are attending regular school. One important feature of the Iron county school system is its health program. Good health is considered to be one of the greatest factors contributing con-tributing to the success of children in the system. A supervisor of health is employed who spends her entire time in the interest of better health for Iron county children. Goiter tablets tab-lets have been given to each school child in the district, which has resulted re-sulted in a forty per cent reduction in the number of goiters present I among school children in the county. I During the last two years practical- ' ly ail school children in the district ' were immunized against diphtheria ! and a majority were vaccinated against small pox. An unusually large amount of corrective work has also been done in the county during this 1 time. " 1 There is a feeling in Iron cour.ty ' that the large central school, with its I better equipment, better trained teach- , I ors, and better social advantages is not only more efficient but more economical eco-nomical to the district. In keeping with 1 j this idea provision has been made to i j transport all high school students to i ( o'ar City or to Parowan from the 1 districts surrounding these commun- ; ities. Grade school children are also transported from some sections to ; Cedar City and Parowan, thus elimin- ' j ating several one room schools. In order to raise the standard of teaching in Iron county a Primary supervisor was emploved at the beginning be-ginning of the year ' 1920-27. This move was another step forward for the Iron county school svstem, placing it among the well supervised district-! of the state. What has come to be known as "local "lo-cal rural institutions" is one of the outstanding features of the Iron county coun-ty system. In this way an institute is held in practicallv everv school in toe county. Teachers become acquainted ac-quainted with one another and with one another's problems. The patrons m each community attend these institutes in-stitutes thus familiarizing themselves I with school problems. The institute a so gives the supervisor an opportun-iv opportun-iv to help teachers improve instruction, instruc-tion, which is after all. the primarv H'.ieet of the meetings. The people of Iron county are doep-y doep-y interes'ed jn education' and have 'l-cved conclusively, time after time -hat they are willing to pav for it I here is a lino soint of cooperation existing between the schools and the! vople of Iron county. This reniarka-1 I'lo attitude is reflected in the school! system. The Parowan high school is looted lo-oted ,ii the heart of an agricultural ectiou. where sheep raising is carried I en extensively. A large percentage 'f the boys ui this section will natur-illy natur-illy enter agricultural pursuits. For this reason the Parowan high school was accepted as one of the Smith' Hughes schools in the state to receive re-ceive federal aid. . ' ' - s N . S .T'-' -j---. I 1 - ri 4 f. j .1 .! ; ' J." J, ,. . - 1'. ' ,. e-' , ' . .ill! .. . i... SI' '--' ...... !' I I.- -l:r till Orailr S. ' |