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Show FEEDERS BE li GOOD PROFITS j ffllJUlBS' During a recent interview which a """ member of the Pyramid staff had with James Monsen of Mount Pleasant, Pleas-ant, who is one of the largest Iamb rar. feeders in central Utah, it was re-p- learned that about 16,000 or more 1 to lambs have been fed around or near miy Mount Pleasant during the winter m.. months. A good portion of these lambs have already been sent to am- market, the remainder to be sold bell be-ll 1- fore the latter part of March. Nearly Near-ly all the lambs that are here now lie are contracted. A great many of 5" them have been sold at Ogden and hi: Salt Lake City while the rest have inc been shipped West to the coast. J to, The fall and winter months have ui" been ideal for feeding lambs for mar-ket mar-ket and they have grown rapidly tt during the time. The average weight yo; of each lamb when sold is about 80 ee: pounds. The price paid this season a- is 7c per pound live weight which ir would bring about $5.60 per head gC.'. for each lamb. This would total about $90,000 for lambs here at Mount Pleasant. till; Feed was reasonable this year and ' the feeders made a bigger prifit . ac than previous years. Hay sold for 0I. $5.00 per ton, and grain for about v $1.25 per hundred pounds. In the j !: fall they bought the lambs for about t-'ev.' 5c per pound and it is possible that each one gained "2 0 pounds.. pri' The following gentlemen fed lambs e ! this season and feel that it has been jpi the best year they ever had. Hans Neilson fed 1,200, John O. Jones d, 500, Andrew O. Madsen 1,000, Neils Neilson 600, George Madsen 500, J. D. Meyriek 600, James Jorgenson 300, Peter Frandsen 500, Asa Rey-,--' nolds 9 0 0, Joseph Matson 3 00, An- drew Larsen 300, Joseph Seely 300, Peter and George Larsen 500, Arnold Ar-nold Bigler 500, A. II. Poulsen 800, r. A. C. Madsen 900, Joseph Monsen 700, James Monsen 1,600, C. T. Mad-j sen 600, Brigham Farnworth 300, !; John Bigler 2,000, George Olsen 300, ii and Chris Simpson 600. There are also some others who ;j are in the business, but we are not !;J informed just how many. The to-f to-f tal amount of money received for ;J lambs here at Mount Pleasant will rj be between $90,000 and $100,000. Fountain Green has also shipped 'j 13 cars. Mr. Monsen has also shipped four ,j cars of hogs making about 400 head in all to the Salt Lake and Ogden 4 markets. He received an average of j $13 per head. There has also been j eight cars of lambs and one of beef 'j sent to the Salt Lake markets. |