The Sun. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1915-1932, 1915-08-20

STEAMBOAT SPRINGS. colo. Aug
III. Henshail. foreman for the
BOYER Bros sheep company. has been
in Steamboat Springs several days
making arrangements Tor shipments.
which will begin from this point about
August 2sth This company viii ship
from twelve 10 fifteen thousand from
this station Tho dry season and com
scquent short range has given trouble
60 sheepmen. More sheep have been
out on the Routt forest this year than
ever before. and the range u also
shorter than ever before. The fsIest
office II trying o. lessen the trouble
b. giving more range The shipments
from Steamboat Springs viii be larger
than In any previous year ard they
will begin the latter part ~ the
month. continuing until the latter
month. continuing until the last Of
September.
Boyer Bros company within the
last year has acquired wide reputa.
ton for its experiment In preparing
wool for the market by what r. known
AZ the Australian system. and II
promises Co rcvolutionize wool condi.
tons giving thousands 81 dollars of
additional profit 60 fiockmastera In
the West. Tho shearing pens have
been built at Bitter Creek. Wyo.. aud
have attracted wide attention Of
ahecpmen. college professors. stu.
dents at agricultural colleges and all
others Interested W improving live
stock conditions.
The real inception OF the threatened
revolution IN wool conditions H. due
60 J. y. CorKriff OF ilawlins and Salt
Lake city. whose NE has been spent
In raising sheep In the West and who
at one time was handling greater
number VI sheep than any other man
In America. lie had devoted much
study and liberal capital TO the i'm
portation 90 fine breeding stock and
had greatly improved his fiochs. but
he was puzzled 60 find that his wool
still was regarded az only Western
wool and did not fetch nearly ~ good
prices az imported woods. lie set him
self seriously 10 the task Of finding
out ,hs reason.
one day a man named Ritch called
on him. lie was an Australian wool
expert who had been engaged by the
Canadian government "a investigate
and report on the decline of the wool
industry In that country. Cosgrlff
recognized In Ritch a man that could
give Information OF value and he per-
sonally hired him to lecture for a year
In the lntermountaln region. This was
In 1914. and he spent the year In Ida
no. Wyoming. Montana and oregon.
Armed with charts. photographs and
clear. convincing data. his lectures In
the vicinity OF every large sheep pro-
ducing section were well attended. and
his comparison Of conditions In his
own country with those he found In
the Western States were ~ clearly
and fairly drawn that the grower,
wanted 20 be shown 40 well AZ told.
All Of this Interested the Boyer
Bros. and they commissioned Ritch 1,
Huperintend the building Of a typlca
Australian shearing house al nittel
Greek, Wye. which Il a part of theil
range. The house was To be perfect,
equipped with every machine and ap
piiance 90 Insure the handling OF IA,
sheep and OF the wool Just a. they ar,
handled In Australia. The new shear
ing station was built early enough thl
year 10 be ready for the rhearlng sea
son In April II II a substantial fran
building. spacious enough Co handl
three thousand sheep daily Ampl
corralS outside take care OF Hhee
driven In from the ranges until thel
turn comes for the sweetlng pens. ON
man and dos handle the sheep In IN
sweating pen and drive them into IN
catching pens There are no othe
helpers no wranglerr or herders run
ming the sheep here and there "a
hours day. The system OF pennin
saves the wages OF five or six wrar
glera. and the amount saved In IN
way IL spent ON expert help az IN
skirting tables.
There are twenty clipping mae chine
operated by gasoline engine. an
the operators stand five feet apar
Under the system arranged Il II M
remarkable for one man 90 shear tw
hundred sheep In day There IL on
man az the pens who can finish
sheep Ia one and one-half minute
and his straight tally runs two hui
bred and thirty head OF sheep for mir
hours. The fleece II picked from n
floor and carried 20 the skirting a
blea There are nine OF these. tn
picker sorts his part OF the fleece inl
first and second grades which al
packed and marked separately. IN
CHASER. a New Zealand expert handl,
the fleeces from twenty shearers. 4
elaased they are deity rolled up an