Show S I 1 T I 1 it CITI NI MS IN ml AT those figures tire out of all question said john C mackay fac kay county commissioner for talt alt lake county mackay is extensively interested te in sheep raising in wyoming and Is admitted to h be e an ah luth uth orItS on the indu industry str ihen hen barnes C arnea says that sheep can be raised wool clipped and ni marketed 4 r and lamb lambs disposed of nt at a cost ot of 1 50 a head he lie Is far from being correct la in his figures the actual running expense per head ith us Is at least 1 0 and this Is not figuring any interest on our investment at all apparently this is not a matter that barnes has taken into consideration he lie does not consider that we me are forc forced e d to buy much land to engage in tho the industry hy our investment in land in Iyo wyoming ming for the industry is fully as great as our in sheep then the government charges for range six cents a head tor for two months month a of the year wh which ic h would mould amount to thirty five cents a bead ten TI ler pr cent Is As a matter of fact we are all well ell satisfied it if we make 10 per cent on our investment it is usually a ily below 8 per cent and only reaches 10 per cent in good years another thing darnes barnes has not considered Is la the losses which are normally from ato 8 to 12 per cent and which a year ago ran to 20 per cent it t hakea a good deal to make up that loss 1058 darnes places the average increase at so 80 per cent while it to I 1 not really 70 per cent and Is frequently much less he lie gives the average price 0 of f lambs aa as three dollar dollars when 2 75 la Is more note often received the average loss in the lambing a year ago waa was 20 per cent and anti has been as high as 40 per cent this year it in 1 about 10 per cent anyhow it seems not to have been at all b darnes barnes ang on oil wl we ills average wool clip Is 19 low and the prices not accurate while the price has gone to eighteen cents it Is usually much lower louer and Is often down to eleven cents in IN wyoming yo two to thirds or more of the sheep owners have as much money invested in lands to carry on the their ir business as in actual sheep th thia I 1 a has not been taken into consideration it looks to me as if barnes az was making the sort of report and securing curing ee the sort of data that somebody in washington wants hm him to secure ind nd on which they expect to secure a lowering of the wool tariff |