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Show II V I - : I I EAT MORE LAMB I 1 . AND LESS PORK HI ' . ft 13 I i J ' It ta true that tho consumption off I f,lamb has fallen off to such an ex- M , tent that there are thousauds of fatfe ray1 ilambs In Utah ready for iuarkbt. but0 M .' (there Is no demand. The consumer r II ".are apparently 'under the'lmprosslon 7 '. that the U.'S. 'Food" AdmlhtstratloP ,; . 'has advised against the use of JianiJ,n1 H . ; That this Is a mistaken' Idea fee I ' " . 'clearly Bhowh b"y the following iePVt "''mm 'Thn'ipJind Administrator lPon placed no restrlctldn on' the usel K lamb. -Have only the meatless dj j '" The administration fully realizes ti H A''v ' lamb" must i)e eaten to keep the 1 H '' ' -ducors In business at a .fair pi land desire that there be no fal -"-'off in consumption which wlllr '''' V Jure that 'Industry. i & ' ' The public should consumo P : t, in order that the lamb fecdcrd Hi -t Jt . .- . l tl sheep Industry nrny not bo unnec-Kirlly unnec-Kirlly Injured. The ordinary prac-p prac-p Is for tho sheep raiser to sell I lambs In tho fall; those that are 1 onough go to market. Tho thin les, usually about 40 per cent or o' total production .are sold to the rmers for feedors. When these mbs are fattened they are roturned market and sold for linmodlate aughter, bo It' Is through these leders, that the public Is assurer n lply of fat lamb during tho scorn sco-rn when the milk fed iambs are out of tho market. Naturally, when I the lamb3 are once fed they should I be slaughtered, for to continue feeding feed-ing them means a waste of material needed for other animals. Under the present conditions, however, so little lamb is being eaten that these feeders feed-ers are being forced to carry their fat lambs far beyond their period of economical growth, and unless thero I v--'-. Is to bo a 'market for these lambs a heavy loss will result, and discouragement discour-agement far the future. Lamb Is In a different ciass from pork. Neither lamb or mutton Is used' for army food, nor Is It exported. ex-ported. Therefore- a larger homo consumption will mean larger exports ex-ports of pork for tbo Allies. |
