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Show FEED AND FATTEN STOCK PLANS MADE I SALT LAKE, Sept 19 Y. W. Arm-1 strong, member of state central fc. d-and-futten livestock committee yester- 'day sent a letter to A A Wlrtckley.l .state commissioner of agriculture, which Mr Armstrong could not attend ,!n which the livestock prospects w.-r. outlined. He said 'The season of 1922 can show us a long way aheael of what was accomplished accom-plished in 1921, and tho increase by repetition as the years go on yvlllj bring a final result that cannot helpj but be of vast benefit to our state In1 general " I 'After a careful estimate Of the lamb crop of Utah for Ihe year 1922.1 we have concluded that the following is approximately the distribution of that crop of lambs; ' in-- hundred fifty thousand headl of ewe lambs will bo retained to replenish re-plenish the herds; 340.000 head of lambs will he shipped as killers- 100.-000 100.-000 head of lambs will be retained in Me ,-tate to be finished for the paok-1 era and approximately "00 "Oil head, ..! lambs will leave the state in an un-. finished condition which should t.' re-j t. ilnej and fed on the products raised ln Utah, which would materially cn- hance tho value of the lambs fed and I would give value to the hay and grain and make their own carcasses more valuable, but would return to tho fields and farms fertility that will add many thousands of dollars to the value of the land and the Increased production of the farm in future years "We heartily endorse the program, devised for the fattening of livestock! by the state board of agriculture. nnd would tie glad to render such services! a we may be called upon to per-l form." |