| Show WOOL production AN K arnay ARRAY OF or FACTS ON A SUBJECT worthy OF ATTENTION the following report waa was presented at the late meeting of ziona zions central board of trade tha tho wools of utah are various in grade and quality many breeders bleeders bre eders of sheep do not appear to realize the importance of keeping beeping their stocks evenly graded many herds having in them nii oil tho the varieties known to nature which unfavorably for the cf cere cene re and intelligence of tho br breeder pure spanish merinos marinos aro are best adapted to utah RS as a stock to breed from them with leicester or cotswold Cots wold keeping beeping the herd KS as near na as possible three fourths merino and one fourth lei Lai leicester cester or cots wold tho the carcass la Is then of good size aize and stocky and the wool close long and fine utah breeders bleeders bre eders of sheep import far too many buck thia being an expensive policy they should pay more attention to home breeding as utah can produce aa as good sheep as can ohio kentucky virginia or penn Peon pennsylvania sylvanis provided vv we e give them the same care and attention utah wools generally reach the market in poor condition as compared w with th those of ohio kentucky and virginia fleeces lany many of our oar wool grower growers scan can ean not place their them woolson coola on the market in as good condition as they desire owing to the of our cur country but the bulk of the tho clip could bo be greatly improved by proper caro care and honest handling fleece wool should reach the market jn in an unbroken condition clear of straw chri leave bark balk stones or other foreign substances and the black and white whito should be kept separate manufacturers and dealers the world over know the difference between wool and dirt and utah spends fer far ex too much money every year in paying freight on dirt and rubbish much of the wool exported by utah loses 70 to 80 per cent la in scouring which hakea our present system of exporting dirt die very expensive as all fleeces in the dirt are valued at what they will yield in scoured wool quality also being boing boin bein considered si al A scoured pound of fine well bred healthy wool is of course worth more than a scoured pound of coarse or weak wool wooi much wool in utah is badly injured ared by the sheep cheop being allowed to fall into lit poverty during tho winter months for whenever the growth of wool wooi is checked by poverty or sickness it dies and when a new now growth commences there la Is always a joint or weak place in the tha wool which ginoi it the name of weak wool as it docs does not draw well in spinning and wastes ery very ary heavily in working up we nna find also that there is not enough discrimination used by buyers of woof as too often the men with hanvy ill conditioned wool receive as high a price as they who pell rell cleb clean well conditioned fleeces this however is gradually giving place pace to a batter system aa as circum duces muces are boreing it upon ug As a rula wo we find that the wool wooi growers of utah received fair value for their wool quality and condition considered we consider the wool growing industry of utah on the whole in a healthy condition our country being well wall adapted for or this branch of husbandry and with improved method it bids fair to greatly enlarge its present limits wo we estimate that about pounds of wool has been marketed in utah in 1882 about pounds of which was grown in nevada wyoming and adjoining terri territories toa toz aex fex A 0 SMOOT H B james dunis DUNN |
