Show Sheep raising is A major Industry in area The sheep raising industry in Duchesne County is a major industry to a few Ten people own 80 per cent of all the sheep in the states Lloyd Smith in his annual narrative report to the Utah State University Extension Service and to the Duchesne County There very good summer range in the western part of Duchesne County in the Uinta Range of There are oyer acres of land in the southeast part of Duchesne County that are used for winter Most this range-land is very but of because of many of the sheep growers are having to use supplementary feed during winter Smith The sheep industry in Duchesne County was affected adversely by a loco weed menace the past Four herds had to be moved from the winter range to private land or put on Over head of sheep were poisoned after eating the loco weed Ten sheep herds were affected by this Loss to the sheep industry in weed was not only direct death of the but many sheep lost and the weed poison is blamed for a marked decrease in the lamb |