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Show Give Suonort to Skep Industry i 'i .ic Itw'jnnoLtiiiatu Cuuntry, aria j L.iC ijL:-.wC ijL UL.t.l 111 iJLU'uLUiuI', i.it'juKi be uktl,lu in un liicruu.s- '.i coiisLiiiipuoii cl lamb. ! j He sluIc ol Oturt CuIUul.llg of I . . iCO aces is an inland empire i:t u .'.'aL. but inure Is uppro:vi-n. uppro:vi-n. .L ly live poreeiu ot this tulal ...'a uiui can ix- si: jc.-ssfully f annul, ann-ul, ur iippioiainai'jiy txiree nnl-1il:is nnl-1il:is cf acres, leaving ninety-t'le jjcrtvtu. c. tne statu uuit must be uuhed iur otner purposes, and be-Liuue be-Liuue of trie contour ana climatic conditions of the state it lends it-stli it-stli to tne sheep industry. Ihe sheep industry harvests a crop lioni the- desert in the winter, the lolling hills in the spring and fall, and tne high mountain tops during ui(! summer that would otherwise be wasted. This waste crop utilized util-ized by sheep is today producing a wealth of between twenty and thirty minion dollars depending upon the pi ices obtained for the products produced by sheep. There is produced annually in the state of Utah approximately one million five hundred lambs, which represents repre-sents ten percent of the total inspected in-spected slaughter in the United States. This one million five hundred hun-dred thousand lambs at the average aver-age per capita consumption in the United States would take care of a population of about seventeen million people, or twelve times the population of the State of Utah. The sheep industry is one of the outstanding industries in the state and because of the facts above mentioned it is to the interest of every citizen of the state of Utah to do his part in helping in the stabilization of prices and the increased in-creased consumption, as again the slogan is put into effect, "What Utah Makes Makes Utah." It is of interest to merchants in the state, as well as to consumers, to use as much of this product as is possible in their meat diet. When lamb is sold over the counter coun-ter the money which the retailer receives is paid to the packer, and paid by the packer to the wool-grower, wool-grower, and this same money again comes to the channels of trade and is circulated among the professions profes-sions and with the merchants, and but a very small amount, if any, goes outside of the state for the purchase of products necessary for the carrying on of the industry. That the people of the United States do not use as much lamb as could be used healthfully is evident evi-dent from the fact that the United States consumes less lamb per capita cap-ita than any of the white civilized countries; with Denmark consuming consum-ing the least with 5.9 pounds per capita as against Australia consuming consum-ing 54.7 and the United States consuming 5.6 pounds per capita. It is, therefore, evident that a considerable con-siderable greater amount of ' lamb product would be used if the people peo-ple were fully advised of its pala-tability pala-tability and healthfulness. There are many other items of importance that shuld encourage a greater use and an increased consumption con-sumption of lamb. It is economical econom-ical from the standpoint of the weights of the cuts and can, therefore, there-fore, be used in average sized families. fam-ilies. The chops can be bought in large or small numbers to suit the convenience of any family, with a cost per helping and per meal that meets the pocket book of all consumers. con-sumers. Boned cuts can be bought ', free of any material that needs to be wasted and there is always a minimum amount of fat on lamb I cuts. For the larger families larger larg-er cuts can be otained to suit . their convenience. Lamb should be purchased because it is healthful it is eaesily digsted and is offered in hospitals for convalescents more than an other meat product. It ' is also prescribed for young and ' growing children because of the ease with which it is digested. Farmers' Bulletin 1172 of the t United States Department of Agriculture Ag-riculture says: "The fact that a ; smaller percentage of sheep car-i car-i casses as compared with those oi i other commonly used domestic animals ani-mals is condemned under the gov-t gov-t ernment meat inspection still fur-, fur-, thers the opinion that mutton anc lamb are the most wholesome ol . meats and should be in more gen-. gen-. eral use." ; The very forage upon which lamb; i are fattened make them the clean- est of domestic animals. Lamb; are marketed at an age of frorr. four to six months, meaning 8 quick return and a very good return re-turn to the state for the feed whicr. has produced the mefit. |