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Show oo M FAMINE IS IWi SERIOUS FOR THE LIVESTOCK Through the co-operation of County Clerk f'harles M Ramey. The Standard Stan-dard today obtained the information! that hundreds of tons of first-class hay for the thousands of starving cattle in northern Utah may be obtained in I Mason valley, New. of which Yering-tbn Yering-tbn is the county seat. A telegram of, Inqtllrj to Albert J. Bovard, a wealthy young mining man of Yerington. or. to the county commissioners at Yerington, Yer-ington, would probably elicit reliable information regarding the available supply and terms of sale and delivery. Mason valley is one of the richest j sections in the wesL William C. Hunter, former county commissioner, said today the farmers of his sect wm were facing a hay famine and consequent es ol a grave character.! Few horses or cattle were actually dying, he said, but all were greatly weakened by the starvation rations. None ot the fall plowing was done, ho said, and the lingering winter is playing play-ing havoc with the farmers' hopes for early and profitable crops. Everything, Every-thing, including beets, will be very late, he said. Mr. Hunter also "predicted heavy, losses of sheep. ,The lambing period', begins about April 5. he said, and dls-i aster to the flock seems unavoidable When they are taken to the lambing1 grounds. Most of the sheep are thin and weak from the limited winter feed. 1 All local livestock men and all vis-1 iting larmers deplore the present sit-' nation and say that Governor Bamberger Bamber-ger ought to help effectively in ob- tain hay and grain for the starving herds and flocks, in the effort to avert a gigantic loss of wealth. |