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Show Range Conditions J Good, Says Esplin e After State Tour r Sheep are coming in off the win-t win-t ter range in excellent condition, with -'the ewes in top condition for lamb-'ing, lamb-'ing, reports Professor A. C. Esplin, extension animal husbandman of i' sheep and wool at the Utah State - Agricultural college. Professor Es-:'plin Es-:'plin recently returned from a tour ' of the state. He visited the major ' range communities of the state and c saw the different bands of sheep as 'they came from the winter range. c He says that due to the snow on ,fthe winter range during the past . season there has not been the usual , railing to water which is giving a E better and cleaner growth of wool, it A six per cent cleaner fleece on the t. average is being reported from the f shearing plants, he said. 14 Professor Esplin points out that S with the ewes in good flesh and more than the usual amount of p moisture on the ranges that a bet-ter bet-ter than usual lambing can be expected ex-pected this year. j The sheep of Washington and lKane counties, on what is called the JUtah-Arizona strip were in unusual-Jjly unusual-Jjly good condition, in some cases factually fat, he said. ?! In spite of the great amount of -isnow and the hard winter in southern south-ern Utah, there is no more than average loss. There has been, however, how-ever, a great loss to some individ-; individ-; ji'al bands, he reported. With this condition in fleshing P-nd the prospects of a good summer -(range, sheepmen should look for-;!ard for-;!ard to a good season, he concluded. |