The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-04-26
aH'S WOOL CLIP
NORTH $3,25O,OOO
p-Raising and WOol-Grow-
! One of the States Most
important Industries.
Der OF SHEEP in UTAH
'PPR0XIMATELY $500, 900
Little Scab Apparent. and
, Years Wool Crop Will
Prove Satisfactory.

rs
sheepe-raising and wool-growing
'iss of Utah is now, and for more
~ decade has been, one of the
+; vt and most important industries
Fl State.
|aaas always been remuneratlve
h, IS, except during the few years
lsrool was placed on the free list
Nthe Wilson bill, during the sec
~ lministration of President Cleve-
!. s93-97), when wool was sold by
bfslep fockmasters of Utah at prices
|Osmes below 6 cents pound.
n.s began TO recoup i'll 1898, since
L i time, and until last year. the
|al mi price Of 25 cents per pound
and even more in Mon
and other of the West
10 ates. The scramble on the part
|rsstern wool buyers is not so per
|sds nor active as wa sthe case last
b n the year before. This must not
Fps-sn as an indication of a lowering
|Ius.es 10 any great extent, but is
Esh i've that the speculative spirit is
la: rampant as in former years.
/ ,sskes little difference how dealers
|,H ,idertake' to manipulate the mar
Ia nc thing is sure-thc demand for
/ J continually on the increase in
|. ,untry, while the supply is not.
=. .uestiona BILE whether there are as
Sheep in the country today as
asvcre n year ago. The past win,
!, all the mountains west has been
ely favorable TO sheep; so much
T. the loss on account of exposure
X Revere weather has been infini-
|F The range has been better
,r years past, The result is that
nge sheep of Utah arc in un-
Inn fine condition. Because Of so
wet weather and dampness. the
are cleaner this year than for
/ f1bast.
ItNumber Of Sheep in Utah.
,rzcxsct number Of sheep in Utah
|tss present time it is impossible 10
bhin. An appropriate estimate,
Fshir, based upon the number
big after shcariug last year, would
Il Crhe number this year al 200, 600
L 1r thcrcabouts. Under the law
BIZ ar every sheep in the State after
|hs1heared was dipped. The dipping
U.s. me under the inspection Of State
El sovernment. Sheep inspectors,
or,e number Of sheep dipped, as
er Shy the books Of the State sheep
brl ssioncrs and the books kept by
inspectors, were-2, 49,
N.ad. The secretary of the State
|Ndzof sheep commissioners stated,
a rzlaining this. that an effort by
|hra iors to find out from owners and
Slrg was absolutely futile The
B lnen would get il INTO their heads
In Och information was being sought
|jis acssment purposes, and as a re-
|hg 4 this way they would get about
l. Rfths lis actual numbers.
asshe dipping process, however, the
the secretary think, has
|wlesfetty closely approximatcd. Ask
|iissw the number las tyear would
with the number OF sheen this
|--ae secretary said that could only
|D0Uroxlmated. There is no way by
|hu"to ascertain the actual number.
FL the total number OF sheep in
|ase iitc had varied but little during
.,, IS few years. He said he did not
LII he number of sheen i'm the State
|orlg exceed that OF last wear at this
bi My more than few thousand.
= fDnenvy sales Of fat wethors wear
vinnt ? Keeps pace with the in
E n he said. $50 that during the
|pis Q or three years our books show
% ncrease, In my Judgment it. is
be a. say that the number of sheen
isOrswill be sheared in Utah this wear
|rr ir' round numbers reach $500.
bness
ha you hear Of much scab in Utah
I>hIs year," he was asked
|ppFy little. The shenring is well on
hh'r the State. and so far very lit.
- has developed What little
|on w was produced with contact with
AEfa sheep. And a little has shown
h.. imnng some flocks Of much fed
/ ~ but this is the exception-not
be kTe. Tho range sheep of Utah are
n lssonnlly and gratifyinplv clean
Eo e;g,aitny at this time. The State
(e Epf sheep Commissioners and the
b industry Department Of the
M,e, government have inspectors at
AZ AZ nearing pen in the State. and all
.es q or scahby sheep are dipped i'm.
Ed ly;ly after being sheared.
lon y Will Eradicate Scab.
y ~ sf the fall the law requires that
eii sheep in the State shall be
con;s These precaustions strictly in.
sip 6"iil soon eradicate all semhlance
Eeytgg eNtg from among the range sheep in
Eo |o scS quality of the sheep is being
|rIns improved, and this is having Z
Fc,Issa efcct upon The quality Of The
brd "a weight Of tho fieece.''
|go ~ much will the fleece Of th,
Floy, a Utah averagc2''
70 : is hard question fo answer
"le no means of knowing TO .
-,mH. ! think. however. that IL i,
E@proposition that the flecccs vii
rM1 this year, six and ono hal.
|cIeyS Saunders, one of the larpes
|n I'd p%ners in the West. uuon helm,
|c%f ~ H..bout The condition Of sheen j,
Il ircr yiId: "Therc is hardly any seal
Dy iesTg anywhere among the IItaI
(. nd What little there is wa
oi p-/ny imported sheep. The ouonI
ehe sheep is being improved, an,
Is. OF the fact that they wintcre,
|,clsCo dldly, II is safe To say that Tn
|e ysy1oi Utah sheep this ycar vii
|cinf, = G u, mounds Ana 20 :. , -