Show THE BEST SHEEP FOR UTAH it is hardly possible to overestimate the necessity of securing the very best sheep known in order to surmount the difficulties that every year become more numerous and overwhelming to the wool industry in utah compare for a moment the cost of handling a flock of sheep ten years go ago I 1 with that of today the cost of caring for a flock flockoi of 2500 then would be no more than 50 per month while now it is double that amount or even more at this rate what may we not look for in the near future what must be done i the answer presenting itself to me is secure sheep that will produce la 12 pounds of wool where grew only 5 pounds before and yet preserve good sized and well shaped bodies the cate care of sheep has claimed my attention for many years and I 1 am prepared to prove that t the he french merino merino fills the bill more perfectly than any other breed known to this territory I 1 come to this conclusion after careful examination of the sheep raised in this territory as well as the breeds breedi ion imported from the east the west and from canada A months time spent in california last fall in search of the best sheep only confirmed this view this is saying a good deal considering that this coast state has taken greater interest in the science of sheep breeding than any other in the union as is is proved by the sheep it has furnished us in in the past men located near a meat market may find it to their advantage to breed the coarse sheep in preference to the fine owing to the fact that the lambs are larger at a given age and when fully matured are large and well suited for mutton under the head of coarse wools my be mentioned the leister shi shire re hampshire Oxford downs south do downs w ns cotswold Cots wold lincoln and although each poss possesses oses distinct peculiarities the wool is of about the same quality the fleece not the heaviest and the bodies large heavy and of a rounding shape yet among all the coast ranches very ew favor this class in spite of the fact that railroads are handy and markets not far off yet I 1 grant that for san strictly i market purposes these varieties elc excell e 1 but consider for a moment that only half the increase the is marketable and generally these are not parted with until after the third clipping clappin it is safe to say that the frenc frenca filerino fi merino nerino will double the fleece of the coarse varieties named and that they are equally as valuable for the eastern markets on account of the great amount of wool they produce during fattening in my experience with the coarse wools has been teen that they shear tolerably good from fleeces the first clip or two but from this on they continually decline they almost entirely lose their wool on a brushy range and often get lost themselves being of a restless roam roaming ing disposition always looking for the most tender grass yet to the credit of these sheep it must be said they are good mothers and with less attention will raise more lambs proportionately than the merino flocks in the past the price of sheep for mutton has varied not according to the real value but more according to the experience or inexperience of the sheep men themselves inferior wools previous to the establishment of sh shipping i umi ng associations sold for nearly as m much as the better qualities but the time is fast coming when every wool grower will receive returns for his product according to the scouted scoured pound and not for its weight as first brought to market and the mutton buyers will pay prices in proportion to 0 the size and wool qualities of the animal the better wool q qualities ua aties being worth more as before stated on account of producing more wool during fattening had the sheep of utah to be fed or pastured pastured stured at home the argument might ta be e brought in for the small merinos marinos that mat is made for the jersey cow that they produce more according to the feed used yet I 1 belive even for feeding that the french merino have the advantage being larger and yielding yield ing more scoured e d p pounds of choice wool than any 0 other t her sheep known in our country but I 1 would have the reader keep in mind that many of the sheep imported for pure french are but an interior inferior class when compared with the real stock last fall I 1 had the pleasure of witnessing the truth of this on the same train on which I 1 had in charge two carloads car loads of full blooded french merinos marinos me were as many of this inferior class going to ogden to be sold needless to say the salesman had no success as long as the real stock was in the adjacent corral the person in charge told me that the lot was trash that the owner had no use for and had bad decided to send them to utah the information was needles to all who compared them with the genuine stock experience has taught me that the french merinous mer inoes are but adapted for traveling the hundreds of miles from t e m er to the winter range and return ite they y will stand more cold and will rustle their feed in snow where the little short legged spanish merinous mer inoes sulk and perish in buying sheep get the best and you will never regret it money spent for good stock will not only be a source of profit but will gratify that professional pride which every breeder should have in his flock HANMER MAGLEBY MONROE utah |