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Show Defense Program Aims At Quality In Sheep Industry Defense plans for the sheep industry in-dustry call for no increase ol numbers num-bers for 1942. according to U.hIiil' Betensen. member ot tlie Iroa County USDA Dtletse Board. However. How-ever. Mr. Betensen said, mi increase in-crease m the quality ot hetcU is very much dt-slrod. The maintenance of this yetw1.. numbers, augmented by this vent's curry-over will prove udequute for the 1942 supply und still leave comfortable margin of safety. Tie increase in quality is requited from both the standpoint of the consumer con-sumer and production efficiency. The county board urges an increased in-creased vigllunce in the predatory animal program and added protection protec-tion in line with detection and control con-trol of diseases. Such actions will do much to assure the keeping of production numbers. Another essential part of the sheep program calls for the planting plant-ing of more rye on spring-fail ranges. Rye is an excellent cover-crop, cover-crop, grows rapidly and is a satisfactory satis-factory livestock feed. More widespread wide-spread planting of rye will be a decided de-cided asset to the Industry, Mr. Betensen said. "America is depending upon the sheep industry for wool and mutton," mut-ton," lie further stated. "These products are indlspenslble to our own defense efforts. The ranchers of Iron County can help do their part in national defease by assisting assist-ing to maintain numbers at present pre-sent levels, and at the same time will be protecting their rangeland by not Increasing the number of sheep on it." |