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Show mm m mti Stiff Demand for Sheep Href Trade (Juict. FEEDtfG TIIROMHOIT TUK MISTY. Flocks and Droves South of Briuham ; New Men Going into the Business. J. L. Kdwards, of Willard, one of the oldest ranch and cattlemen of Box Eider County,. gave a Bir-ui.kk Bir-ui.kk reporter a few stock note. Saturday. He says the demand for beef cattle and stock in general has been so quiet and unprofitable that most of the stock owners of the county have relaxed their efforts ef-forts to keep their cattle in salable condition, hoping for a better market in the spring. But prices now seem to be rising slowly and stockmen are beginning to prepare fur a good spring market. Excepting Except-ing the large droves of cattle on the great Promontory ranch, there are probably very few cattle in the county that are subsisting on the ranges; most of them are being fed from the stack. Quite a number of droves of cattle and M icks of sheep are being wintered at the ranches between Brigham and Willard. Many tons of hay are being fed out each week. W. S. Hansen of Brigham City, has just purchased 350 fine imported ewes. They will be used f r breed i n g purposes. They cost between $10 and $15 each, making the total cost of the little flock some $0,000. Last year, 3,500 sheep and 400 beef cattle were shipped from the Brigham station. Kighly-six ear-loads ear-loads in all were forwarded from here. The presence of 120,000 sheep in the vicinity of Kelton, Box Elder Co., ought to gi ve that place a dec'id- edly woolly aspect. The demand fur sheep in this locality lo-cality is quite still'. The Hardware Co. stocked their ranch in Blacksmith Black-smith fork with 1,200 head a short time ago. Several gentlemen of this city expect to launch out in the sheep raising business quite extensively this year. |