| Show smaller supplies spring lambs and fed lambs forecast A 10 per cent reduction in the spring lamb crop as compared with a year ago smaller market supplies of fed lambs during april and early may but a large movement of grass fat yearlings yearnings year lings from through june were listed today by alma C esplin sheep and wool specialist of the utah extension service as aa highlighting the sheep and lamb iamb situation citing the spring sheep and lamb outlook report of the bureau of agricultural economics mr Es ea plin said that prices of new crop spring lambs in late april and may probably will be higher than a year earli earlier erv when prices of such lambs at chicago averaged about 1185 A large part of the decrease in the spring lamb crop is in california where weather conditions have been unfavorable for the growth of feed and the development of lambs besides a smaller early spring crop them the market movement is expected to be liter later than usual the price of fed lambs in mid march was the highest tor for that time of the year since 1929 reflecting ting mr esplin pointed out the improvement in consumer demand for dressed lamb and higher values of pelts prices of these lambs will be well maintained during april and early may it was stated in the thel bureau report an offsetting factor is ia the large movement chichis chis expected of grass fat yearnings yearlings year lings from texas tn in april may and june there has haa been a large carryover carry over of lambs from the 1936 crop in texas and weather and feed conditions this winter in the principal sheep areas of that state have been favorable discussing the background of the sheep and lamb outlook mr esplin said that the rise in prices of sheep and lambs by more than 50 per cent since 1932 has been due chiefly to the improvement in the demand for dressed lambs and advancing prices for wool and pelts slaughter supplies have shown only minor fluctuations during the past four years mr and mrs edwin E bay have moved into their new hemeon home on south main street andreport and report that they are snug as a bug in h a rug I 1 miss myrtle of kings ton left last week for salt lake city where she will spend two weeks in th the eLDS lda mission home mid and will then leave for denver where she will a missionary if or the next two years quite a number of parties have been given in her honor during the past two weeks and she went with the good wishes of the entire stake for her success as a missionary the new plan of the sunday school was put into effect sunday morning in the various wards on this side of the mountain mounta with the high councilmen meeting at kingston the seventies at junction and the elders at Cir circleville cleville the attendance was greater at sunday school of these officials than it has been in many months and stake officials feel very happy over the response of the people mrs lula bower of gunlock nevada is visiting at the home oi of her sister mrs alice allen alien of rc e e |
