The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-01-07
Experts Declare Animals Col
lected Together in Ogden
SurpasS Any Ever Seen.
UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING
HAS FIFTY T0P-N0TCHERS
Utah Sheep Rank Well, as
Shown by Number of Prizes
Awarded Local Growers.
BY JOHN C. DERNS.

OGDEN. Jan 6.-The Mldwinter Sheep
show is unequiyocally declared TO be the
greatest affair of It's kind ever held any
where. There are seven hundred OF the
finest sheep in all the world They are
the pick OF prize pens shown at the
county fairs. state fairs and national and
international shows throughout the
country during the last year.
The University of Wyoming sends
from its experiment station al Laramie
a collection OF hfty animals than which
there are no finer in the world. These
pens include Leicester. Cotswold. Rom
pey Dorset Blackfaced Highland, Chevlt.
Kerry Hill. Fat Rump and Persian Tunis,
Marsh, oxford. Hampshire. Shropshire
and Southdowns. They are in charge OF
James Mcl-ay. the shepherd at the sta
tion, and are in the very best possible
condition.
A Famous Ram.
+. s. King G. Bros, operating in Lana
ME district. have a famous ram In Ben
Hur This ram took all OF the first pre-
OF Michigan. Another ram with repu-
tation In the King pens is Hercules, n
two-year-old. The Kings have ilfty-six
The Wood Livestock company of Spen-
Ger, Ida, have Hampshire rams. ewes
and lambs in numbers. They are range
the range. They are an excellent lot.
Peter Arkell & Sons OF Teeswater, On
tario, have Summerhlls. Oxfords and
pretty animals. There are forty-scyen
head in this exhibit
In Merino Pens.
The Butterfield Livestock company Of
Weiser, Ida, has 40 animals. They are
OF many classes. There are splendid
merinos. both Delaines and Spanish
There are also Lincolns and Ramboul-
let's in the Butterheld display.
William Cooper e. Nephews OF Chicago
ber Of ali There are 1is animals in the
Cooper exhibit. They are mostly Ok
fords.
+, S, King s Bros, Of Laramie have
six head. The breeds cover large field.
Knollin & Finch Of Soda Springs. Ida.
have Shropshres. There are seventy
three head In this group.
Prom Wisconsin State.
Just TO show the far west that they
Badgers are here with 200 sheep. more
or less. Il. w. Harding of Waullesha has
l32 head. mostly Hampsfires. and George
McKerrow & Sons OF Pewaukee have
4. a. Wood & Sons of Saline, Mich,
have Delaines and Rambouillets, fifty OF
them.
r w. Patrick of nlderton. Ontario. has
small exhibit but what Il lacks in
number il makes up in quality, There
are six animals in the Patrick pens:
Il. s. Robson Dc Son. also OF Illderton,
have twenty head. These Canadian AMI
mails attract much attention.
From Utah Growers,
Utah woogrowers are we'll represented
in the show. John III. Seely the famous
grower OF Mount Pleasant, has choice
collection of Mountain Dell Rambouillets.
His animals number fifty.
Tony Nelson OF Draper has twelve anil
mails: NJ. a. Smith Of Heber, twenty hve;
J. R. Allen & Bros. OF Draper, seventy.
a. w. Allen & Bros. also of Draper,
have forty: w. d. Candland Of Mount
Pleasant has forty-seven head; the Watt
& Layton Sheep company OF Layton has
fifty seven, w s. Hansen Of Collins
ton has seventeen.
All OF the Utah sheep are pronounced
by experts TO be fine animals This is
evidenced by tho number of prizes that
have been awarded to Utah growers.
There is a fine pen shown by c. w.
Brown OF Parker. Ida. The Parker col
lection contains twenty-five sheep.