Show SHEEP OF BIG en TO state interesting facts given here in in relation to lamb week august 23 to 30 the intermountain country and the state of utah in particular should be interested in an increased consumption of lamb the livestock industry brings more revenue to sevier county than all other sources combined according to abe hansen secretary of the fish lake sheep grazers glazers association the state of utah consisting of acres is an inland empire in acreage but there is approximately five percent of this total area that can be successfully farmed or approximately three millions of acres leaving ninety five percent of the state that must be utilized for other purposes and because of the contour and climatic conditions of the state it lends itself to the sheep industry the sheep industry harvests a crop from the desert in the winter the rolling hills in the spring and fall and the high mountain tops during the summer that would otherwise be wasted this waste crop utilized by sheep is today producing a wealth 0 of f between twenty tod thirty million a dollars depending upon the prices obtained for the products produced by sheep there is produced annually in the state of utah approximately one million five hundred thousand lambs which represents ten percent of the total inspected slaughter in the united states this one million five hundred thousand lambs at the average 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 men mentioned tinned 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 consumption as again the slogan is put into effect what utah uta h slakes 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 iamb is sold over the counter the money which the retailer receives is paid to the packer and paid p a id by the packer to a and this same money again comes to the channels of trade and is circulated among the professions and with the merchants and but a very small amount if any goes outside 0 of f 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 from the fact that the united states consumes less lamb ae per capita than any of the white civilized countries with denmark consuming on suming the least with 59 pounds per capita as against australia consuming and the united states 56 pounds per capita it is therefore evident that a considerably greater amount of lamb product would be used if the people were fully advised of its palatability and heal there are many other items of importance that should encourage a greater use and an increased consumption of 0 lamb it is economical from the standpoint of the weights of the cuts and can therefore be used in average sized families the chops can be bought in large or small numbers to suit the convenience of liny any family with a cost per helping ing and per meal that meets the pocket boo book k of all consumers boned cuts can be bought free of fat on lamb iamb cuts for the lar larger families larger cuts can be obeta ined to suit their convenience lamb should be purchased because it is is healthful it is easily digested and is offered in hospitals for convalescents more than any 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 anted states department of agriculture ri says the fact that a smaller percentage of sheep carcasses as compared with those of other commonly used domestic animals is condemned under the government meat inspection still furthers the opinion that mutton and lamb are the most wholesome of meats and should be in more general use the very forage upon which lambs are fattened make them the cleanest of domestic animals lambs are marketed at an age of from four to six months meaning a quick qui ck return and a very good return to the state for the feed which has produced the meat |