Show THIC antar C mv 4 of th the ph 91 altesia a to ilia ih territory tl test of abo ke iller the tot following owing bulla bahleda tili bi bat I 1 ixon aul by the national Nl lol LIT live stock association of denver DUT cr foloi A careful canvass of tile sheep situation develops a condition quite favorable to this lul blanth of the live lock stock industry in the territory west of be the missouri 11 river ta in this section of the th country tactful estimar S bawd upon tic the bet beat informs Into ruia lion obtainable obtain 1 showie that there sri sheep including lauilo out of a f total ut of 4 la in the united btty it is I 1 fur for tuli itile tbt that in ibe the bp sheep situation aitu atlon i ecal attention mn inet ut of neo crelly tw stiven the wet west while the tb as a whole wa was never in a more loore I 1 ros condition the lb lamb crop doe does not bow show an large 1 a go as nul usual line due apparently to two reasons first Pin tOwing to the rapid increase in the els li of the flacks fully cpr cent of the be ewe of lart last yew yeats lamb crop beh for tb the purr 40 of prod neing wool there here wu was a canaty at of bucks the lucree increase in ewe owes bedal fully 50 pr bount greater than ahn the in ere ue in uil sheep this rl tad a serious c 2 ct c ca pu th lh j lamb crop la it to this abl the universal nal ferri cold rains during an m nil 1 a of from to 3 lr per amt catti aco ordial to location 80 0 o it ii is doubtful it the per cent of lambs will equal 60 per ce ant nt of the number of owes which being estimated kt at would took tb ibe lamb crop boot about 10 do all sections report forage the doest la in ten yran years and the lamb tie are larger and end fatter tatter iban inual at ibis time of year the only exception being in to one or of two limited along the tb pacific cot where drouth baa has prevailed while there are many flock docks trailing eastward atward a from tho the pacific slope then there lof does oot not appear to bo be as a many herd herds moving in the of the great as a in former seasons aea aon barly all the report about ills lb usual number of beep sheep in transit tra nelt especially at grazing point points on mountain divisions where flock masters have inches increased their herja herds from the drouth districts of the pacific coat cout the largest number of thin clu class reported report eJ an are loca in the wasatch and dine blue mountain of utah where about beep sheep a ard log of thia this number at leat least K ax are destined for market tiling held by two firme firing according to received diorec from own en ers however it appears that leoa less sheep will bo be marketed thia this year than lat last the high plino of western wool it to 18 centi cents per pound and tle fancy price prices for hetem alfalfa fed led lambs on the eastern market markets makes it mud touch more profitable for breeder breeders to grow wool and limbe lambe than mutton motion A liberal of the number of mattone that killgo will fo to market this year from the great west wait based baaed upon information re to melved from all sections ae cllon is placed at from IS 13 to IH IN per cent of the total last year the figure figures were 26 25 per cent and for two year years previous pre TSou 33 per caul A new to be encountered in the cistern marketa markets thia naon reason if it a demund demand from the far eastern states for ewes for breeding purposes dung du ng the of the wool and abeta industry in recent see at year years eastern flock flocks we were permitted lo 10 ran doan to a very low point plot under the present prosper proe per onil on conditions farmer farmers are to expand their flock docks again and be coma demand for ewes which the west will bare have to supply will it la Is estimated require over own to satisfy tiby ti fy while there la is still noticed a dispost tion to bold hold ca on to the he ewe ewes and to U only culy the wether lamb lambs it la Is believed bell ered that the wet west will be able to furnish a much larger percentage of awls for market than tut last year but they will go oot oat as an stockers rather than feeders as a it is i ex pecked that they will command a better price from the breeder breeders than from be the feeder leaders the outlook for lamb feeding next w ala aa as usual at thia this time of the year la Is very much la in doubt in colorado next fall the majority of brooders will sex to secure new now alexian Alexi cn ir lota n be aa as it baa has been by that this clae class of lambs 1 do better and bring a better price finisi fin labed bed than any other kind genera ltv attributed is I 1 the fact that lambe lambs from that section an are of me indium biam grade not thick pelted belted and the fifth ba has cot ilia oily 1 to of the finer grade grades litany of the colorado feeders an r railing abgar beet beets this aea isea so on a and wilt will combine them with the alfalfa and coria citing corn ony only to L fin lh aad 1 atie proper color while the beeden report y returns for laft lug winter bowing showing an to average palt cc ue 53 cents per heel I 1 for or fe feeding ed ing abre la Is a growing sentiment against paying as a high p loe as a wen were paid last year A number of contract contracts bare have al nady ready been made in new now mexico for fall at price rang tri boin to 1113 per bead and them are about the priced that ill abe leaders are willing to pay in the fort coluna collins distinct it I 1 claimed that unless 1 prices are lower than lt last year ssi 24 per cent of the leaden will decline to take the chance chances but will turn their attention to cattle feeding leading there Is a movement la in come maarten it favor of buying lambs on the rang by weight of by the bead some som 0 contract contracts bare been hem mad made la in thin way already wo prices being huott 4 at and n h 60 50 per hundred moat most lauwa rd jozaf that they must bay buy V I 1 IN if A 1 1 iamb to fowl if at not lo 10 four cents per pound with trel atit paid to river in bottler to seem it it is I 1 too early yet to correctly the io wo I 1 crop bat but from reports received from mery fictions lont he the crop it fully equal to lait year anil and an on of irn fen per not rant id a estimate prices bring pal t are very much higher thao than last yr and will dt do handsome profit profits 1 hare have been ranging aa from ito to ito ir ivond on th the range tb the quality of the wool la is father above the average |