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Show EASTERN UTAH CATTLE PROFITABLE; STOCKMEN ARE VERY PROSPEROOS I LOGAN, Dec. 13. Holstein cattle nnd big profits nre making H the people of Eastern Utah smile. This is the statement brought H back by Prof. John T. Cnine III, head of the live stock extension H department of the Utah Agricultural college, on his return from H tho CnrlKm and Emery roundup. An unlimited range, loth free H and reserved, with none of it overstocked, an exceptionally good H start in pure bred cattle, and plenty of financial help from the HI bankers of tho section nre thu opportunities presented by Eastern H Utah. H Eastern Utah is a natural cattle country, fhe range is prnc H tically unlimited, both for winter nnd summer purposes. Scarcely IH any feeding is done in this section except where tho cattle are be- IH ing prcpnred for market. Even this hns not been developed to a H great extent since most of tho cattle are shipped out n feeders. ffl The country Is Isolated from the railroads. Ordinarily this acts HH as a dumper to industry. Hure, however, live stock solves thu '11 problem by walking to market. There is hardly any uxpenso in 11 driving a herd of cattle fifty to a hundred miles to n railroad, fl whereas other products would require nearly the whole profit for fl transportation to market. bH When Holstein cattle wero imported into this country from England in 1850 the West unknowingly received a big stimulus to M one of its leading industries, i his fine heef stock makes exeep- H tionally good range cattle. They are good foragers, easily taken HH care of, regular in their yearly increase, and equal the Shorthorn H i and other beef stocks in marketing dualities. laH This is the kind of stock that covers Eastern Utah ranges and 11 the kind that is making this section one of the famous cattle (lis- WM tricts of the West. Recently a shipment of this stock brought tho H highest price for Western cattle on the Denver market. In all aH cases this stock Is bringing topnotch prices on loth the Eastern ilH nnd Western markets, even when shipped as feeders. ' IB The Olson brothers of Ephrnim, who some years ago bought jH land and cattle, and have since made a specialty of pure bred Hoi' H steins, last year mndo a net profit of twelve thousand dollars. A i IH young married man of the section started six years ago to raise 'hH sweet clover seed. Ho invested his profits in cattle and in six JH years has become wealthy. These are but two of thu numerous H examples of big profits made iirlivc stock. K The Utah Agricultural college Is sending men every yenr into ifgfll this section to improve thu stock. They recommend nn importn- UK tlon of now blood, more care in marketing and the banishment of WM thu custom of sending cattle out as feeders. In a great many cases 1MH yearlings have been shipped out at a greatly reduced price as '9 feeders, while the farmers of thu section sold their alfalfa at $2.50 '11 per ton. One banking institution of the section, as un experiment, iPB bought calves and hay and hired the labor to do the feeding. These IflH calves were fed for a year and were sold nt a net profit of 25 per ' 'il |