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Show Of Interest to Sheep Men. Joseph M. Jensen, Jr., representing the llrm of J. M. Jensen & Sons, cxtcn-slvo cxtcn-slvo owners and dealers in sheep In Box Elder county, has como down from the great winter grazing grounds in northwestern Utah and northcast-orn northcast-orn Nevada. This llrm numbers its sheep by tho tens of thousands, and docs an immense business, shipping carloads of wool and tralnloads of sheep to tho Eastern markets yearly. When asked how many sheep aro this winter glazing on tho desert, Mr. Jensen replied: "Oil, about a million." "But come down to cases how many?" "I meant it; about n million. Between Be-tween 800,000 and 000,000 arc wintering winter-ing up there this year. Tho hills and plains for hundreds of miles around that locality aro literally covered with sheep. The Hocks of close to 308 sheep-owners sheep-owners must bo "wintering up thero this season." "How Is the range, and how are tho sheep doing?" "Nevor saw it much better. The sheep have done unusually well; they aro in good llcshand tho wool is of a nice quality. Tho losses from all causes this winter havo been very light." "A few days ago five or six, Indies of snow fell all over that section. The north range was pretty well eaten up, and this snow came as a Godsend. Up to that time most of the Hocks had been herded In the hills around Tacoma and Terrace and they dared not venture ven-ture far south for lack of water. A .sheep cannot live long without water. But when this snow came, tho whole country was covered with a white blanket extending for hundreds of miles in every direction, and tiicro was a rush of sheep to tho south that would havo rivaled an exodus of olden times. Think of nearly a million big balls of wool rolling in ono steady stream onto the southern desert. It was a sight". "Now tho sheep aro feasting on tho fine grass and undergiowth, where they could not bo taken for lack of water. Theso Hocks aro scattered out over a radius of perhaps 600 miles. It is a great range, and no mistake. If it wasn't for this winter rango I don't know what wo would do feed thousands of dollars worth of hay, I expect. " How about tho prico of mutton and wool arc you buying?" "Yes; we aro buylngsome. Already our firm has contracted for 400,000 pounds of this season's clip. Oh, it ranges in prlco from 12 to 14 cents a pound depends on the quality. "I understand agents havo bought up about half a million pounds In southern Utah, and I supposo tho price wntf about tho same. Word comes from down there that thoy, too i ii i i - - -.-..-.-. havo had a good season, with few losses, los-ses, with prospects for a heavy fleece this spring." "How will this cold snap affect tho Hocks?" "Just what wo want the weather so far could not havo been moro favorable, favor-able, and I expect to see tho flock-master flock-master In this section of the country reap a very prolltable harvest this year on both wool and mutton." |