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Show GENE! THIIIi OF SII HELP TO W SHEEP OWNER General thawing of the heaviest 'snows known 10 the sheep industry of 'the inlennountain states has been the : salvation of the industry and will; mean a saving of thousands of dollars to sheepmen, declares S. W. McCIure,1 secretary of the National Wooigrow-j ors association. Unprecedented snowfalls snow-falls in most of the sheep sections melted almost completely in January, according to reports from association! members. Though the sheepmen's di- lemnu is not entirely relieved, the th.r.v will enable sheep to use the winter win-ter ranges and thus a limited feed supply sup-ply will bo conserved, j ' The snowfalls, coupled with the j shortage of feed, which was brought I about by (he heavy drouth hist sum-uor. sum-uor. has set hack tho Industry hard," said Secretary McCIure. "The sheop country was faced by an unprecedented unprecedent-ed peril. But, happily, the January thav will avert serious losses that un-Idouliledly un-Idouliledly would have occurred be- cause of the serious fer-d shortage." Secretary McCIure added that Indications Indi-cations ol un early spring looked heartening heart-ening for next year's sheep business. 1 nn |