Show Sheep ee Purchases aces Are re Under n er Way I With vall a d ley quota of four thousand thou and animals first purchases of ot Utah sheep under the governments government's emer gency sheep purchasing program were made this week A total of 50 thousand animals have been heen bought to date according to William director of the pro program am Purchases are under way in all J tr sd areas in the state anti and sheep producers who expect to sell ll cp p 10 w tHC tue government nt on pro brute must isle ale an application at once with county agent in m the county where they expect to sell the thea a U 01 p iu 11 u nm 11 to w purchase p Whit oe made to Utah on the basis of ot sheep rested lasted for sale Shipping allotments have haye already been made and the county director has or orders ers for such shipping When he has orders for shipments shipment he accepts ac ac- accepts sheep in the order In which the applications for sale have been filed with him Applications on wh to list sheep for sale may be obtained ob tamed from front the county agent or writing direct to tho the college Feed Feed conditions both with respect to hay range and desert feed seem seen to indicate that a heavy culling ot of J 1 sheep is advisable However only sufficient numbers to reduce the herds to where the feed supply will carry them through the winter are being bought Sheep offered for sale are arc class class- fled fied by sorters who select those fit for market not to be sold but to be processed for relief relfe purposes Ewes Ewe not fit for use are being slaughtered on the ranch the producer disposing disposing ing of the carcass and turning over the tho pelt to the government Delivery ry of the animals to be bought and th the pelts of animals condemned to a designated shipping point is required I I ed by the government says Mr Peterson t r 4 4 t t |