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Show THE CITIZEN 14 Rambouillets Utahs Pride These Sheep Produce the Finest Wool, Bring the Best Prices and are Known the World Over That Utah stands first among the States of the Union in the promotion of the Rambouillet sheep industry is a statement of fact that will surprise most Utahns. Yet it is a fact and the recognition our flock masters have won, amply substantiates it. The recognition is not by any means local in scope. It is attested by world-wid- e demand for Rambouillet breeding stock produced in the valley and on the hills of Deseret. For example, Russia has sent delegations to Utah three times in the past three years to purchase Utah Rambouillets. They have shipped across land and water a total of 3000 head of this choice breed. Japan has done even better, her total to date being 5000 head. Why were the flocks of Utah sing- - Utah flock masters were to hold their own in the pure-bree- d field they would have to bestir themselves and import and build on choice foundation stocks. Accordingly, he went straight to the fine flock centers of both America and Europe and chose the best rams and ewes the market afforded. He chose his earliest Ram. bouillets from the Guemier flock in Los Angeles and the Glide flock in Sacramento. That was back in 1890. Later he added several hundred head from A. A. Bates of Ohio. From 1900 to 1902 he imported ewes and rams from the best known flocks of France and Germany. This great enterprise of Mr. Seelys was partly motivated by a desire to put Utah on a competitive basis at expositions and stocks shows. Several breeders from other States to exhibit here, it has set up standards and sti- mulated a wholesome competitive interest. Moreover, it has created an annual market, bringing buyer and seller together, and thus disseminating choice new blood that has added inestimably to the value of Utah flocks. Three or four decades ago our breeders were beginning to seek preeminently the worlds best Rambouillet market. It is not by chance that breeders from across the Atlantic and the Pacific seek out the Utah flocks. When the first Russians came to the United States for Rambouillet rams and ewes they sought the guidance of the fiscal agent in New York. It was decided that the Rambouillet breed would be best suited to the conditions of Russia. Next, they inquired of the National Rambouillet Association where they should go for the best stock. To Utah, was the decisive answer and to Utah they came. Today Utah has about 200 members in the American Rambouillet Sheep Breeders Association. While all of these are not active breeders and a great many are small breeders, Utah has more members in the association than any other state. The State of Utah has approximately 20,000 purebred Rambouillet sheep, produces between 6,000 and 7,000 pure bred rams annually, most of which are used on range ewes in the western range states; but stud ewes and rams go from Utah all over the U. S. and to Canada, Mexico, South America, Russia, Japan and South America. The 23,127,315 motorists in the United States during 1927 consumed a total of 10,496,000,000 gallons of gasoline on which they paid a gasoline tax of $258,966,851 according to revised figures of the American Motorists Association. The 1927 gasoline consumption by the motorists was an increase of 8.2 per cent over the 1926 consumption, the average per motor vehicle consumption being 458 gallons during the year. Rambouillet, Two-Year-O- ld Ram, representing the flock of Seeley & Sons, July, 1923 led out for such compliment and distinction? The answer is simple: Utah has excelled in the production of Rambouillet sheep. She has won first place on merit and her fame as a d center has been superior heralded abroad. The story of the beginning of the Rambouillet industry in our State harks back to the pioneering work of the late John H. Seely of Mt. Pleasant. He it was who introduced the Rambouillet sheep in Utah. He recognized early in the game that if pure-bree- ODONNELL & CO. MORTICIANS Wasatch 6461 Salt Lakes Finest Funeral Home 32 South Fourth East CONTAINING UTAHS ONLY MAUSOLEUM INDIGESTABLE TALK decades ago flocks from other states were consistently taking the awards at the Utah State Fair. Mr. Seely, for . one, resolved not to stand for it. He was too game and farsighted to wish to solve the problem by shutting out foreign entries. He resolved to beat the blue ribbon winners at their own game. He did it he did it with equality. Soon, other flock masters followed suit. They, too, wanted to be in on the awards of the annual State Fair not to mention the profits that accrue from raising prize breeding Rambouillet stock. The late W. S. Hansen was one of the earliest pioneers with purebred Rambouillets. The pioneer breeder in Parowan was C. A. Lowe, with foundation ewes from the Seely flock. The Parowan flocks today trace mostly to the Lowe flock. Thus has the State Fair been a most pronounced impetus to the Rambouillet industry in Utah. By inducing -- How comfortable a fellow feels Who has good company at meals. Laughter is better, beyond question Than bran, or spinach, for indigestion, But quarrels, whining and abuses Simply play hob with gastric juices. G. Burgess. . DIVORCE A LA MODE Have you seen Kate She Kipple-ston- lately? He Not since she divorced me. She But I thought you married Maud Kingsway. He I did. 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