Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-12-15

reached were sufficiently high 10 pre-.
vent selling 70 the heavy buyers from
Eastern and Northern States. who
! usually contract extensively in Utah.
They insisted that The sales on the
market during the previous years and
the experiences Of the feeders who
| then had stuff ln the feed lots AID not
! Justify the price demanded by our
! ilockmasters and their usual purchases
! were curtailed accordingly Many
| sheep were sold however. and this
! early 20 new combinations within the
! state, ola nockmasters who incrcas ed
! their holdings. ana 20 buyers from adj
| Joining states for breeding purposes.
Later on after "a fairly good season
| on the summer ranges the shipments
| 90 the eastern markets were made ON
/ q scale fully as large ns the movement
has attained OF late years.
RESULTS WERE MIXED.
The results 10 shippers were mixed
satisfaction and grief Based on the
expectations from early wool and
sheep sales they were very dlsappoint-
ing with few EXCEPTIONS but
when compared with the proceeds Of
sale of other seasons the disparity
was not considerable. and I'm every case
probably the results were good
enough to establish that breeding FOR
an eastern market even, Is a profitable
occupation.
The top wool prices Of the year, and
OF many years, were realized only by
comparatively small number OF Utah
clip owners, and the statement il
equally true and applicable 20 those OF
adjoining States. Some Of the biggest
producers held 20 their product after
prices had touched the top notch. and
their example was followed by many
owners. II Is estimated that not more
than % per cent Of Utah's clip was dis I
posed OF, while the figures were above 4
JIG cents per pound. and much OF Il /
weighed up late In the season 10 east. I
ern buyers as low as H. on this sys- .
TEN Of figuring our wool growers
dropped something like 100000 .
by not selling clips when they would .
have brought 20 cents.
THE YEARS CLIP.
The years clip within the State Is
reckoned 10 have been In the vicinity
OF 100000 pounds which does not in
clude or course the product taken of In
other states, the proceeds from the
sales OF which returns 10 the pockets
Of Utah owners. This would mean an
average OF 6is cents 20 the clip. as
the ilocks Of the State number approx
imately 100000 head
The feeling among owners al this
writing IS one Of confidence I'm the in
dustry and while prices are Off some
what as compared with those prevalent
last spring, they have recorded an ad-
vance within the past sixty days which
Il Is believed will remain The supply
Of wool on hand in this country and
available FOR use in manufactures
lacks one hundred millions Of pounds
Of being what 1t was a year ago. and
The deficit is very much greater N the
be carried back 20 1897.
The hocks OF the country are being
rapidly Increased. according TO the
department. Of agriculture at Washing
.on. The figures given are 40. 900 0OC OF
sheep now against $4,000 900 three years
ago, But the consumption OF mutton
Increases also not alone by the addition
10 our population, but per capita. The
people Of the United States and those
" other countries who use our meats
IRE fast coming 10 the belief that chops
should figure In their dietary list with
he same or greater frequency than the /
'holce cuts Of other critters. The gem
lie lambet Is therefore a double-pur-
pose creature, and he Is being bred
more and more by our western flock
masters with the end IN view OF sery-
ug his master financially along these
ines.
sHEEPMEN CONFIDENT.
Our sheepmen are more confident OF
he future for their industry than they
ave been In many years, and as their
locks have been transferred from | :