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Show PROSPEROUS YEAR FOR SHEEPMEN Spring Lambs Sell for 7)4 Cents He- forr they arc Horn nnd Wool Wrings 31 Cents Per round. A representative of n Colorado Commission Com-mission liotiso spout most of the past week In American Kork and tied ,up several thousand spring lambs, mot yet born for dellery about four months hence. Tlio.se who sold tied up their stuff on u basis of 7 1-4 cents loaded on cars nt Utah points Tho prices Inst year that were tho highest In history were nearly one cent lower low-er than this year's figure. This Is the first year that locnl sheep men hnvo contracted their lnmbs before they were born. A sale was mado this week of 31 cents ptr pound for wool, which Is the highest In Ptnh's history. It wns for the Allen clip of Cotswool, ono of the best lot In the stnte. Generally tho price has ranged fiom 20 to 27 rents, but some local growers are holding out for higher prices. The dealer who bought the spring lambs stated that ono reason for high prices wns the great demands by the ul Mom for spring lamb pelts with which to make warm coats for their soldleis. The pelts lire made Into coats without having the wool shoaled shoal-ed off. |
