The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-05-03
Wool and Mutton.

Charles Cook of Cyrus. Neb., recently
visited a big breeder of French merinoes
in California and purchased a carload OF
bucks for July delivery. We hope they
VIII turn out better than a similar lot
brought to Colorado from the same flock
a few years ago.
j. A Slayton. the county and state in
spector in Weld county, has a fine band
| OF sheep at Carr station and says they
are worth $3.50 head ano not a cent less
OF any buyers money. He has been
constructing his merino ewes with tops
OF Shropshire, Cotswold and Southdown.
and the first-named beats them all. He
has turned off yearling lambs weighing
l9l pounds average and this is as good a
sheep as any man would desire.
That eminent sheep authority J. f.
Wig of Woodland farm writes the Zen
ner-RaymoDd Disinfecting company No
81 Atwater street, Detroit Mich: You
should recommend Zenoleum. mixed with
melted lard. or better still tallow. TO be
put in wounds cuts made in castra-
ton. 1t is re narkable how little soreness
results after such use has been made I
can hardly tell the castrated lambs from
the untreated ones next day when | have
used this antiseDtic treatment.
The Colorado state sanitary board has
decided to adopt the regulations of the
bureau of animal industry in the matte.
OF quarantine inspection for sheep shipped
INTO or through the state. Heretofore
sneep or lambs shipped through from one
state or territory to another were al
lowed TO pass through intervening states
OF territories Tree Of the quarantine law.
That is. they were only inspected on
leaving the starting point of their jour
ney ard on landing at their dest:ca ton.
Ire department of agriculture has. how
ever, started in by taking away the in
mun1ty from inspection and Quarantine
on the through journey and A closer
watch for Scab and other disorders is to
be set all along the line
Field and Farm: In citing some sales
OF Colorado lambs on Kansas City. H. c.
Abbott K Co write: THE receipts of
sheep the past week. reaching the 50 600
mark. We're unexpected by both BUYERS
and sellers and it is wonderful how prices
nave held uD when considering these
large numbers. We sold on Thursday 726
New Mexico lambs for Brown & Harsch
OF Manzanola, Colo, weighing so pounds
235: with two exceptions that is the top
of the market for the season. Last week
a string of Colorado alfalfa lambs at
s565 and for P. II. Sweetman same place.
so head al $3.50. The Brown &, Harsch
lambs. on the same days. would have
Drought 1910. We consider the market
y to IS cents lower on lambs than the
high time and 10 to Is cents lower on
range stuff. 1t would seem advisable for
feeders who have sheen in the feed LOT
TO hold back a little unit the range sturf
stacks I'D, as we believe good fed sheen
and lambs will sell better in few DAYS
The Arizona and Texas food surely can
not last over two weeks at the outside
we would say to our Arkansas valley
1riends who have spring lambs that they
should be very careful and shin nothing
put what is fat and only a small number
at time. We believe that Within 60 DAYS
these lambs VIII net more money af,d
they will take less risk in marketing
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