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Show SPECIAL SECTION, years and they are still here," sighed Chournos. On May 10 the herds going to Wyoming will be shipped out and the Utah herd will remain one month behind. The docking in Wyoming will run from June 15 to 20. During this period the lambs castratwill be ed, branded with paint, and have their tails cut off. The herders then take the herds up into the mountains by pack mule and horse. They will reach the summer ranges by July 1 and stay with the sheep until they come off again in September. For the entire summer the herders will live in tents and be supplied once a week. "You have to like the work to be a herder," Chournos acknowledged. Since Dad was Greek, we had a lot of Greek herders, but now we hire two Mexican-American- s to herd our sheep in Wyoming," he pointed out. Dan and Steve keep the herders supplied with food and water during the summer and also move their tents for them. "A good herder is hard to find. A good, responsible man will keep the herd together and keep them in fresh feed," Chournos noted. In the fall the old lambs are sold directly off their mothers and the fat ones will go to market, while the rest will go to the stockyards. "We don't keep any females for replacement be ear-tagge- cause of the predator problem," Chournos said. They buy running aged replacements from 1. to 6 years old when they cull the old ewes out when they return to the fall ranges. The ewes will usually produce until they are about 8 to 10 years old. By Nov. 1 they are again back on the winter range in the desert. On Dec. 15 they are bred to bucks and left with them until Feb. 1. The 150 bucks stay, on the desert year around and they usually service around 65 head each. A good buck normally lasts until he is 6 years old and then is culled out along with the old ewes. There have been some experiments to get twins but some ranchers like Chournos would like 150 percent lambing rate, but agree that too many lambs are hard to handle. Chournos, who is the vice president of the Utah Wool Growers Association, director in the Utah Wool Marketing Association and a delegate to the Sheep Producers Council, feels that the private lease allotments have been one of the major changes for the better in recent years. "In Wyoming we still run with the cattlemen, but in Utah the land is blocked up so they remain separate. We have nothing against the cattlemen, we even hold our convention with them every year," laughed Chournos. "We just feel the private allotment is better for everyone concerned." "Lamb is becoming a delicacy on the east coast and the west coast, where our markets are. We have a hard time filling our present orders because of the demand," Chournos noted. At one time Utah had 56 million sheep, but each year the herds have declined until today they number 10 mill- TIMES, February D Page "When a sheep outfit is sold off, chances are that they will never get back into 4 the business," Chournos said. "The predators have driven some right off their own land." "This drought could be serious too. If we don't get any spring rain and the ranges dry up, the government could cut back on the number of permits they issue. Then we have to supplementally feed them or send them to market. It's just gambling with mother nature," observed the Richard Richard Blake, Executive Secretary of the U.S. Beet Growers Federation, will be f5 4E Sals;-- ? f3? 1. . . STEVEN AND DAN Chournos check a ewe and her lamb at home in Tremonton. Blab to speak to beet growers the featured speaker at a special meeting of local beet growers on February 21, in Frank Olson, Terminal Superintendent, Ogden; osco, Electrician, Salt Lake City; David Luttmer, riaker, Salt Lake City; Dave Swanson, Asst. Engineer, ke City; Kathy Oyler, Steno-ClerClearfield; irpenter, B&B Foreman, Salt Lake City; lson, Extra Board Agent, Provo; Salt Lake City; Bundy, Clerk-Sten- Tremonton. All Utah sugarbeet growers are invited to attend the joint meeting, according to Paul Holmgren, President of the Utah Beet Growers Association. "Dick Blake is an outstanding spokesman for our national organization," Mr. The meeting is scheduled for 10 a.m. on the 21 in the cultural hall of the LDS Stake Center in Tremonton. Speaking for the Utah Grow- ers will be Paul Holmgren, Laurence Smith, Utah District Manager for U and I Incorporated, will present the processor's viewpoint of the current state of the industry. Mr. Blake has gained considerable attention in recent weeks for his blunt and outspoken comments on the seriously depressed condition of the domestic sugar industry. He has called for ' immediate governmental action to correct the devastating market situation that threatens the continuation of the sugar producing industry in the U.S. Evidence of the seriousness of his remarks is the announced closing of four beet sugar factories and eleven others put on tentative stand-bbasis by one of the country's larger beet sugar companies. . y k, sagebrush? Burning o, Do you want to burn Kinsey, Hostler Helper, Provo; den, Machinist, Salt Lake City; Dennis Probasco, l sagebrush this year? If so, the West Box Elder Conservation Disrict is sponsoring a meeting with representatives of the Soil Conservation Service and Utah State Division of Forestry and Fire Control to help farmers develop their plans. The meeting will be held at the Park Valley school, Thursday, Feb. 24 at 7:30 man, Ogden; Kent Harmon, Car Welder, Salt Lake City; Williams, Asst. General Attorney, Salt Lake City. p.m. DULL SALE 51'3 3D i A ion. . said: "and Holmgren doesn't pull any punches. We urge every grower to attend and to participate in this meeting." usick, Clerk, Salt Lake City; 17. IW7, 0 (YUl MM? ) LEADER-GARLAN- Cl!lDtd!3 HEIFER SALE 12th at Richfield Auction March Oft. the Union Pacific railroad people 3 miles South of Richfield, Utah Inspection - 10:00 Sale - 1:00 P.M. A.M. UTAH FOILED HEREFORD ASSOC- - |