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Show Russian Oouernmonf Sots ouni Pleasant Sheep Seven hundred of Mt. ' Pleasant3 finest Ramibouillet sheep will be shipped ship-ped the latter part of this week to Russia, to be used by the peasants of Russia to improve their stock. The purchases here include 265 head' from John H. Seely and Sons Co. 200 head t.om W. D. Candland and Sons Mid 225 ewes and 54 rams from lohn K. Madsen. The members of he commission who visited the M.t. I ssnnt flock masters and personally personal-ly selected their purchases were Mchel S. Peterforovitch. Jacob W. Slodtenvitch and Stephan Obinsow snd J. W. Pincus of the Amtorg Trading Trad-ing Company of New York, fiscal agent for the commission. This i.s the second shipment of Mt. Pleasant's world famed Ram-boullets Ram-boullets to be shipped to Russia, the Russian Government having made its initial purchase here in 1925. Members Mem-bers of the commission stated while here that the quality of Utah sheep is being recognized throughout the world and that the breeding of certain types of sheep has .reached a higher decree of perfection in Utah than anywhere else in the world. The high grade of Utah sheep has also long been recognized by the Japanese Jap-anese Government, who for several years past has sent a commission to Mt. Pleasant for choice flocks. Accompanying the shipment of the -heep this year will be Oliver Seely, a senior student of the University of Utah and the youngest son of the late John H. Seely, foremost breeder of R&mboullets in Utah until his death six years ago and William Close private secretary to Mr.' Seely for thirty years and one of the foremost authorities on sheep in the United States. Mr. Clo? will spend a year in Russa as an employeeof the Russian sheet commission. |