Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-12-20

10 the breed so that the animals
shipped this year have ben heavier
than heretofore The average price re-
ceived has run in the nelghborhood OF
So cents pound, At q conservative
estimate there have been about 4OOO
hogs shipped out Of Utah this year.
1t is generally conceded by those who
have been watching the livestock sltu-
alton that the year now drawing to lis
close has seen the passing Of the day
when the Utah sheepmgn overstocked
his nocks. Utah, In the estimation OF
n gentleman who has kept In touch
with the situation, will start out the
new year with three quarters OF a mil
lion less sheep owned by her citizens
than was the case IL months ago TO-
day there are said TO be 5000 900 sheep,
In round numbers, owned by Utah
nockmasters. The season has been
marked by heavy shipments to market,
and had not a severe car famine beeu
preclptated early in the fall on all
lines the exodus Of mutton from Utah
would have been still greater. This
thinning out of the locks has been
brought about with the view Of reduc-
ing holdings to the capacity Of the
ranges and also for the purpose OF wlp-
ing out outstanding obligations on the
part Of the nockmasters, Since the lib
erty Of movement Of nocks and dry sea-
sons have been the order Of the day this
policy has been IN vogue with all, from
The big hockmaster to the little man.
Taken all In all II has been bad
year for the woogrowers, but not so
bad as 1901. quite number Of sheep
have been shipped out Of Utah TO he
fed for the market, and az this time
there are shipments feeding on pulp at
the Greedy sugar factory In Colorado
/ and on corn within the belt In Nebras-
ka. Kansas and Illinois. These Will be
! placed on the market as soon after the
first Of the year as their condition VIII
warrant.
During the year now drawing to a
close the hockmasters have evinced
cheerfulness in the direction
Of complying with the United States
regulations governing the quarantine Of
infected herds, and the strict rules en-
forced by the railroad companies re-
garding the shipment OF sheep. The re-
suit Is very marked so that today the
Utah nocks are said to be in q very
healthy condition and freer from the
dread scab than ever before.
When II comes to prices, sheep this
year have averaged on the market from
50 to Is cents a head lower than they
did in 1901 The prices secured for
stock sheep however, have remained
about the same,
While the wool sales have averaged
2is cents higher this year per pound
than last, or an average price Of 1871
cents per pound. at the same time the
clip was distinctly lighter than that Of
previous years. From statistics furn-
ished by the railroad companies WHO
have transported the clips the result Of
this wears shearlng has fallen nearly
100000 pounds below that Of last year.
and has barely reached 100000
pounds. Briefly, the Utah sheepmeD
are hopeful for the future that the for
est reserves be thrown open TO them
so that the overlooking OF the range
may be relieved In n measure. The
promise Of bounteous snow In the
mountains this winter leads them ~
believe that with abundant feed during
the coming year, 1908 win In every way
! make up for the last three off seasons.