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Show MONEY SPENT IN SHEEP INDUSTRY That much money Is spent in Utah by those interested in the nhr-ep in dustry, which he asserts causes tin.' expenditure of more cash thau any other farm product except dairy pro ducts, waB stated yesterday by Dr S. W, McClure, secretary of the Na lional Woolgrowers: association. The comment was made upon receipt by the woolgrowers' secretary of h stut-mcut stut-mcut of a Utah wool outfit showing r expenditures during the last year. The statement showed that with the sheepgrower running a total of 800U sheep during the year, the ex pense aggregated $23,784, divided as follows: Equipment, $404, feed (leased pas tures). $6697; hay and grain, $1023; provisions for men, $1542; sundries, 51741; salt. $121; shearing, $757; dipping, dip-ping, $9S; taxes, $470, interest, $.71 Dr. McClure says that the average person in the cities, or even in western west-ern farms, does not realize the large-amounts large-amounts of money spent by those in tercsted in sheep, and they imagine that the total cost of raising a large flock is small. oo |