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Show OlR SHEEP INDUSTRY. ltanprn Tor 135.0110 Hliccp. Wool Clip uOO.OOO Ilia., Valut'd ul 880,t)OO. In conversation with Mayor Jensen. Jen-sen. Wednesday, a Bi oxen reporter learned the following interesting interes-ting faets relative to the rdieep industry of Box Elder county: coun-ty: Last winter the western ratifies nf this county supported about 15 large flocks of sheep which aggregated aggre-gated some 135, UOO head. This spring nearly half a million. 500. 000 pounds of wool have been sheared, sold and shipped out of the county. Estimating the clip at 16 cents a pound, the total wool yield of our county this spring is worth $80,000. |