Show Sheep Men Get I i iI Over 2 Million I Utah wool ool growers are expected expect I ed to get Incentive payments from I their marketing totaling approximately I I Russell It II It Keetch sheep specialist spec spec- I bust nt at Utah State Slate Agricultural ii College explained that each grower will get an Incentive payment pay ment mont amount to per cent of his average a wool sale ale price The national average price of or wool marketed ted last year ear was 42 8 tents Lents a pound That That means the national average payment pay ment meat will be cents a pound i r 1 per cent of cents I fit This Is payment added to the na na- national donal average price of ot equals 6 62 cents a pound or exactly the I t le level el in 1955 and 19 1950 G I Mr h. h Keetch said Bald that the incentive I Live tive payment program provides Digger bigger payments for those these who I market better than average a wool ur instance suppose a wool grower who had an average wool sale price of 5 50 60 cents a pound That price multiplied by per percent percent Ct cent ill w would uld given an incentive In payment of cents a pound In addition Utah farmers who sold suhl lambs for slaughter in 1955 will 1 get pulled wool payments They will 1 get A str straight 77 cents per Iler one hundred pounds of lambs sold figured d' d don on on ona a live Uve weight basis 1 A deduction of one cent per pound for all wool produced in I l 55 be he made This goes into a fund for advertising lamb and wool Is is being ha handled by bythe bythe bythe I the American Sheep Producers u I Council j |