The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-04-05

! Heber City Sheep association and was
/ the first to open - business, although
/ during the last week several other cor
/ rails have commenced work.
The Lofgreen corral. While not the
| largest in Utah, is favored as shear
/ ing point by many owners of sheep for
| the reason that it is located at a place
sheltered by the hills and close t.
cedar timber. These facts make the
corral an ideal place for early sheaTing.
as. i'm case of d sudden cold spell. the
newly shorn sheep can be run into the
| CedaTs and find ample protection from
cold winds. Il is also located right on
the railroad, making it possible TO load
the WOOL sacks directly from the cor
raj to the cars
The party left the corral sheds just
in time to meet the tenderfOOt very
much excited. He had been cumming
with Federal Inspector r. a. Broad
hurst and the veterinary had demon
stratcd to him that there were no
sheep n the corral. old or young, with
upper teeth. The boy from PenlSyi-
vauia was looking for the owner OF
that toothless lamb and had blood in
his eyes.
Inspector Talks.
DIT. Broadhurs- had some good words
40 say regarding the condition Of the
sheep so far brought in. He said he
had found no sea bies on any Of them
or indications OF other diseases. 'TEe
sheep are unusually clean this year.
and ] think the owners have been very
careful to observe the regulations con-
( corning dipping In the whole state
do not bel eve that more than six
bands arc affected with scabies. and
there is only one band seriously af-
fected That band IS low under quar-
antiue Many Of the owners viii dip
as soon as the Landing season is over
and others will wait until fall. The
regulations cali for the dipping Of
every sheep I'm the state not later than
September.
while the sheep are not so fat as
was expected. they are generally IN
goOd condit on physically. strong and
robust The past winter has been a
good one for tie sheep. Plenty OF
snow i'm the mountains has made water
plentiful and the winter ranges have
been good. Utah sheep viii enter the
Landing season in the best condition
COR a number of years
il was at Lofgreen that the reporter
was introduced to the youngest regu-
Iarlv employed sheep shearer in Utah
he was found wrestling with a big
eve nearly twice his own size, and II
took him about four minutes to get the
animal down and his knees on her
neck. His name is Gunner Johnson
he is 13 years of age and he came from
Spanish Fork with his big brother
especially to shear sheep for the HebeI
Sheen association. He sheared his first
sheep alone last Monday afternoon, and
ON Thursday he was averaging twelve
sheep Der day at cents each And his
sheep. the boss said. lost less skin and
gave more wool than those Of any
other shearer in the camp
Other Corrals.
While the Lofgreen corral opened a
few days ahead of other shearing
camps i'm Utah. the actual wool clip
ping season began last Thursday. when
the -corrals at Fairfield. Grantsville and
I.ehi. on the Salt Lake Route, and at
Cisco. Thompson and Verde, on the
Denver & Rio Grande road, started
operations. Since Thursday il IS es-
timated that close 10 5000 pounds of
wool have been clipped daily from
Utah sheep. At Fairfield Il is estimated
that close to $4,000 sheep viii be
sheared. and the corral will probably
be open until about MAY I. Within the
next thirty days. fl is said. 10000 60
so 600 sheep viii be sheared at Grants
vile. and in the ueighborhOOd of $4,000
sheen viii be clipped at the Webb cor
raj near Lehi. within the next twenty
DAYS. Tt is reported that 10000 sheer
have been listed for shearing at
Thomson. $4,000 at Cisco and $4,000 AZ
Verde. These figures viii be increased
at each Of these corrals, as they now
include sheep actually listed. More are
expected to come in before the season
closes.
on the Rio Grande road cOrrais at
Green River and at Westwater Will
open for business on April TO- and the
number OF sheep listed at those places
is $4,000 and $1,000 respectively. The
Black Rock corral on the Salt Lake
Route will open Monday, and it is said
thirty days will be required to shear all
the sheep listed there On Monday also
the biggest corrals in the state. at Mo
dena and Milford. viii begin business.
The figures of bookings there are not
obtainable, but it was stated that both