The Sun. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1915-1932, 1917-03-02
LIVE STOCK NOTES.

Brig Larsen was In Moab the other
day and reports that cattle have been
wintering good In Fisher Valley
There has been considerable sheep
stealing in Western States during the
past few years. To put y stop 20 this.
several large outfits are firebranding
all their ewes and lambs
Cattle In the la Sal section Of
Southeastern Utah are reported to be
In poor condition as a result ~ the
severe winter. Many owners ate feed
ing all the stock they can round up.
Uintah Builders supply company Of
Duchesne recently bought several
head Of purebred cattle In the East
that are being taken 90 the Basin by
way OF Price and the Nine Mile coun-
try.
shoshone. Ida. fiockmasters have
been offered thirty-nine cents for
and the clip " being held al forty
cents. The wool IL crossbred and most
OF the growers are In one pool
carl sicber and Paul sieber are Ia
Grand Junction. Cole. awaiting the
arrival OF ten thousand sheep from
Trinidad belonging to l.. w. Scott
These young men will have charge Of
the sheep and viii take them to The
ThompsonH section Of Utah. where
they viii be put on the range.
J. a. Elmer OF Moab has been ri .cn
the contract to install two two-ma-
chine shearing plants this spring. one
u To- bc Installed by william Cooley
az his ranch In Castle Valley. white
the other viii be put In by the Indian
Creek Cattle company and will likely
be located az the Borcn ranch In the
upper end ut Moab Valley.
The pace-Fuiier cattle outfit ~ pur.
chasing "a large number of bells and
straps with the intention of belling
their cattle on the range In San Juan
and Grand counties 60 protect them
from the dcprodations of wolves whlcn
have become numerous in the lat few
years n H. understood that thia
method has been successfully prac
ticed In other stockRrowing locaiiticr
Most all the big shcepmen Of Ashley
Valley are said 10 have sold their 1917
clip for forty cents a pound. Tn. big
gest bunch Of sheep In the valley u
owned ~ Harry Coltharp. His wool
alone viii bring thirty Co thirty-fivo
thousand doilarA In the Uintah ila-
sin there are two hundred thousand
head of sheep. The annual wool clip
In not Tar rom one million six hun
drcd thousand pounds which at forty
cents would bring the enormous sum
OF 100000.
~. y. Perkins Of the Delta. Colo.
section and n man well known for his
sheep deals and possessions. has just
sold ten thousand head OF sheep for
ttab.00O The deal II ono ~ the
largest In Colorado In years Perkins
retains twenty-five hundred head for
himself. valued az about thirty thouH-
and dollars. Perkins very evidently
has found HhcopErowing profitable.
lie has been prominent politically FOR
the last two year, In addition 60 hia
Htockgrowing.
Secretary Mcclure of the National
Woolgrowcrs' association at Salt Lake
city does not consider the general
public h. particularly Interested Ia ad-
yanccs In woois even u u has gone up
100 per cent. because there Ia only
eight pounds of wool In twenty-five
a. forty dollar suit of clothes. M that
the price of suit h advanced only
si.60 OF 60 ta.20 by the heavy Increase
In wool prices. Mcclure reports en-
tries steadily being received Zoe the
ram show next summer. when four
thousand entries are considered prac-
ticaily promised,