Show shed born lambs cut losses on utah ranches early crop brings better prices and more profit professor EXP explain bach year jn on the ranches canches and rouges ranges of utah app approximately proximately roxi F lambs itimus we born borm of this about are dropped la iu sacs according to alma 0 esbun professor of sheep liua bus lb leandry andry at the ithe utah state agricultural Lol college lege lambs born bora in sheds in early spring bring higher prices on an them the market and offer several other ather advantages to cheep producers shed in late falater or early spring are soon moved in to teed feed yards yarda where they grow to market size on milk and grain in to days under good cars care cad and careful feeding lambs aames will gato galin from 7 to 8 pound per day and thus reach a sufficient market weight of 85 86 to 00 pounds by late spring or early summer lambs iiames marketed early in the season usually bring from one to wree three cents more per pound than t those hoge sold eold later in the year professor esplin explains shod shed lambea lambed herds herda may average up to ILSO per cent as aa compared to 80 per cent beut obtained on the open range marty earty anti lambing alling la is also advantageous vant ageous because the ranges can be more economically used ewes nul sing lambs during hot weather require succulent feed while a owe ewe without a lamb almb can thrive on course teed feed awes led fed economically in the summer bummer can be given alfalfa all age and barley baitey tn in the winter and still obtain a gross groga orf of 10 to 15 per ewe elve this procedure also an enables the farmer to market hla his feed at a hah hefeli price pace and make uw use of farm labor ordinarily idle in the winter in the united states atea one fourth of the lambs go to markot market in april may and june winter lambs are produced in large numbers la in california idaho and the eastern states before 1000 1900 the sleep sheep industry was largely dependent upon wool tor for its income but since that time continued on page pace five shed born lambs cut ranch losses continued from page one tile meat value of the le industry has haa increased lu in importance while woot wooi value has remained rather stationary the ile hords horda of today lire are made up of productive ewes while the herd of the e n nineteenth eteen century had baa about equal numbers of breeding bree diug wes aud and weathers we athera lu in 1880 the cost coat per sheep wai waa 50 cents in ht 1011 1911 two dollars and now eight douard in 1850 1830 there were sheep la in the utah territory while the present islands at approximately |