| Show Banner Year for I III I ji summer fall full and winter WITH ranges in better condition con than over before with prices Increased from Crom 25 2 to 50 per percent po percent cent for both wool and mutton with a growing graving demand for tor Utah products it may be truthfully truthfully said that the wool I and sheep Industry in the State of Utah I Ihas has greatly Improved over the year ear of or IMS and amid there Is Js ovary every indication that improve 1910 will wail see ECO cc an equally great Improve Improvement Improvement ment over tho time present year ear Many causes combine to make mako this most satisfactory condition of ot affairs There Is no longer any an panic In tho the tholand theland land Confidence has haq been restored restore times are prosperous pros rous and consequently consequent there thoro Is a II greater demand domand than ever before for a better class of clothing and foodstuff A year ago age tho time statement was as made In Tho The Christmas News that sheep rais raisers raisers ers era and wool ool growers were not trying to break records in the tho number of or Hocks flocks or the tho poundage of wool but rather they the were trying to improve tho the quality of ot both This policy polley has been rigidly rl dl carried out but In addition to that there thero has been bees a big bl Increase both boils In ht tho the number of ot sheep raised and tho amount of oC wool handled and being of much better quality and with witha a brighter future before them it is lit bit little bittie t tUo tie tle wonder the are arc jubilant BIG ADVANCE THIS TillS YEAR In 1907 1007 the sh received for their wool and mutton In 1905 1903 as a result of ot tho financial disturbance tho the receipts dropped to about on account of ot lowering prices and tho the profits were cut down about 20 0 per cent centon on wool and mutton This year how over ovel there theN has hns been a II great change Tho Time News is IN informed from an authoritative authoritative source that tho the Income to Utah sheep mon coon this year will wilt not bo be less Ie than In tho the spring of ot 1908 1905 it ItIs Is estimated thoro thorn were lambs ready read for shipment Time The spring of at this year saw almost double that I great groat number ready read for or market n and r thero there Is la a steady growing demand fo for fOl forthe the Utah product This year ear theN thoro has been beon a IL greater grealer demand than ever avel for lambs rather than mutton Year Yearlings Yearlings lings sold for lor per while lambs brought seven cents per r pound WOOL OOL PRICES NEARLY DOUBLE I Time The price prim last year ear averaged 14 H cents This year er It reached and anG maintained tho time price of or 23 3 cents For tho the past two years catS sheep sh p men and wool growers had trouble in transporting their output to market This year ear they have hio not lot had that trouble to contend wI w h i h Trans Transportation Transportation rans facilities have a mb been greatly improved d the tho market k flun firm and limo tho de dc demand mand steadily increasing However big hi sheep owners ha have hao o their troubles I before them then Secy See Wilson Willson of tho United States agricultural department depart department department ment declares that in the post past two years carn 8 been an increase and an Influx of ot population In this country countr of ot about but that tho increase in sheep has not been in keeping with this con condition Ho He declares that the time contraction contraction tion of ot range e for tor sheep has boon beet so great creat that so much land has Imas been taken up by b dry dl farmers throughout tho west that many man big who did not own their ranges rangos went out of ot business Secretary Wilson buss lias male made ma e ethe n the recommendation that the thc grass s on omi It the ranges langS should be bo Increased and amt that the he I ranges should be under un or tho control of ot the the agricultural department dep of ot tho the government Sheep Sheet mon man throughout tho west wesL wherever wherever ever error possible possible have purchased land from Iron the time railway companies In eastern ea tern Utah and In Wyoming they the own sum summer summer mer mel fall and winter ranges i UTAH UTH AND IDAHO LEAD f C B Il Stewart of or the wool growers association who returned not long since from Chicago says sas that big bl commis commission commission 1 sion slon men were wore unanimous In their choke choco of or Utah and anI Idaho mutton before that from Cram any an other part of the tho coun coup country iI try He Ho also alo al o says that it Is the tho policy of or tho limo forestry department ep to encourage tho limo small sheep man to build him up even at tho time expense of ot tho the big sheep man Mr Ir Stewart rays sas that most of or ortho m tho Utah sheep men their nocks flocks In Wyoming and Imd Idaho and anI that they the own a 11 great deal of ot land In states While tho time sheep and wool industry Is Ison Ison Ison on tho time boom throughout the 1 lain country one fact filet Is not lost sight 1 of and that Is III that Salt Lake Lako City Is logically tho the center of tho the Industry This paper Is In possession of or authentic information to the time effect that within a very short time there will bo erected s I j l Lora hero an Immense storage and scouring plant This will prove proc of or groat great benefit m to the tho shippers especially In times limes of or stress tres when there Is a congestion ot of II traffic Agents A of or a biG biff company will willand willand willand and probably aro now IIO looking hooking over time the round ground with the above mentioned ob object object object In hr view vew i nUT BUT LITTLE DISEASE hI 1 With reference to disease among sheep Secy Sec Stewart of ot tho the association says MS that conditions at tho the present time are arc most favorable It Is really remarkable In ono one way wa e that there Is so little trouble from tram scab says sS Mr Stewart This may maybo mil mayho bo ho accounted for how however over in tho the fact that the sheep commissioners have taken prompt action aeton In every Instance when the time disease has been reported and It may ma bo ho said that the tho dis disease disease ease has hn been practically wiped out In Inthis Inthis inthis this state Tho The recent that was prevalent was unfound unfounded ed ad and with the careful attention that thatIs Is III being given to the tho matter by Dr Young and Ills his assistants and tho the loyal response upon the part pait of ot owners o rn there thero Is really no danger at all if It tho 1 situation Is carefully watched Tho Time state association has taken prompt no ne notion netlon tion on every question and deserves i and amI should have hao tho the hearty support of oC every Ivery sheep man in tho state Early Barb in January there them will bo be an m Im Imn Important Important gathering at Ogden when time the annual convention of ot the National Wool Growers association meets there thero The Tho convention opens on Jan C G and will continue to time the inclusive Several matters of at great grot Importance to the Industry In Industry and mill of or particular interest t tit to Utah owners will bo ho discussed Chief among them will wUl be bo the tho matter of or re 10 reduction reduction of fees on the time forest reserves While the lie market markot for Utah sheep and wool has been greatly increased th t principal shipping points are nrc tho the same lIine namely Chicago Kansas City 1 and St Joseph Tho Time Sold Hold Is gradually I being enlarged Conditions are arc better than Chinn over ever before the time Improved quality of or mutton multon and wool is keeping pa ft me f with the increase of flocks and the In Industry industry Ilustr In Utah Ulah Is 19 becoming ono one of ot time tho greatest in the time state |
