Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1911-03-24
SEASONS SHEAR|NG
PRACTICALLY OVER
CAMPS AT BEARDSLEY AND HOT
SPRINGS JUNCTION FINISH
WORK.
Forty Five Hundred Head Daily Aver
age at Beardsiey.

The seasons shearing was finished
at the Beardsley camp last Wednesday.
and Charles A. Larson, who has been
superintendent of the camp through the
months of the shearing season, arrived
i'm Phoenix last night. Although the
/ prices of wool have not been as high as
| they We're last year, this has been a
| profitable season for the sheep men of
the territory. The difference in the
/ prices of this year and last are very
considerable. some of the wool of last
| season selling as high as 30 cents, while
this seasons has gone at a price be
tween IA and 17ss cents per pound. In
spite of this difference in selling price,
the heavy crop of the year has put a
substantial account on the right side
Of the sheepmen's ledger, and through
the great plenitude of feed and the
abundance of water, they have carried
on the industry with considerable
profit Shearing at Beardsley has been
steady throughout the season, and with
the exception of few days when the
dew had wet the wool and made it
impossible to get an early start. the
men put in their full time with the
alone. Mr.. Larson estimates, l75,OO0
sheep have been handled this season,
and after the reports are obtainable
from the other shearing camps an
enormous total will be made up for the
springs work. At Beardsley good
days work would average from 1000 TO
$500 head of sheep a day, and if the
camps at Hot Springs Junction and
Congress Junction have been maintain
ing an equally high average. the sea-
sons work at the three camps may
total up to 100000 head. 1t is not ex-
pected that the camp at Hot Springs
Junction Will make as high a showing
as the other two camps, as the supply
of sheep has not been good i'm that dis |
trict. and the camp was not run
steadily, being operated few days
at time. and then shut down. The |
camp at Hot Springs Junction finished |
work yesterday, and the results of !
the spring shearing will soon be OBJ |
tainable. There are still about 10000 |
head to be handled at Congress june |
ton after the lambing season. and with |
this exception the shearing season in /
the district north of Phoenix is now !
over
Mr.. Larson viii leave either today |
or Saturday for Williams, where he |
will put up a small shearing plant He |
has made a. business of machine shear
ing for several years. and has been
successful at his work Speaking of |
the camp at Beardsley he said that in
every respect il was model camp
The men, about fifty in number, were
always satisfied with everything, and
the arrangements and the accommoda-
tions were decided improvement on
the ordinary shearing camp. The cook
at Beardsley provided for about 100
men every day, including the shearers,
sheep herders, wool buyers. and sheep
owners who came to the camp to look
after their interests or take care of
the stock. Good accommodations were
provided for all, and the camp was as
attractive as a place of the kind could
well be. Altogether. Mr.. Larson is
ready TO say that the spring shearing
has been satisfactory To the owners, to
the buyers, and to the men who did
the work