Show B BAC A C adds Add sCours coure in sheep and wool iron cc county uty record 1 realizing that I the leli sheep beep industry me means in h to the state lot and ad epe espee tally lally to southern uth the B A C is a attempting hit her part in establish ing 1 a I sheep and wool department at the college aside from a general courboin cour course in sheep husbandry special work willbe will be given in the study of wool the following topics will in dacate the nature of the work in this department depar trill a study of the chemical and phascal properties of the wool fiber characteristics wh ch affect its market value grades and grading in d gg wool determination of shrinkage preparation of wool for market and marketing problems A wool laboratory equipped with the necessary ap tor for maling making microscopic egami lati ors micrometer menter and scouring tests will be installed one of the basic industries of the state of utah is tl ti at of sheep bus barada the topography of the conn try is 11 such that the raising of sheep will mill always be important to the peo pen pie of the ate stale te at the present time there are 47 acres of land or about 94 per cent of the tot il me area of the state that is used only f for or gral grazing leng statistics show how that on jon jan I 1 1924 iron county had a sheep pop illation of A f fair estimate of the wool produced bv these sheep last spring would be about 1 lbs ibs on bus bas a of 8 iba his per head placing the valuation of 38 cents per ib the gross return would be 34 this together with there the re cepas from lamb shipments is far great greater er r income than from any other res resource ounce in the count country |