The Sun. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1915-1932, 1918-05-10
SOLUTION MAY Be
THE C0UNTRY'S
FARMS
SHEEP INDUSTRY MUST ADJUST
ITSELF HEREAFTER.
Dry Farming ana Settlement and Cul-
ovation OF Western Areas Bring
about Changed Situation For Wool.
grower aud the CattIcman A. Well.
But the Former More Especially.

WARRINGTON, u. G.. May 5.-The
sheep industry in the United states
must adjust itself to the changed
economic conditions Of this day or
continue the decline which has been
is portion In years past. Such Is the
conclusion reached In n report issued
today on the sheep and wool industry
by the committee on statistics and
standards Of the chamber OF com.
merce In the United States. The prin-
cipal remedies suggested in the report
to ARREST the recent steady decline
In our production Of sheep arc. first.
the use Of sheep grazing OF the agri.
cuiturally worthless and cheap cut.
over timber lands ~ the North. North
west and South: second. the more gen
erai and systematic raising OF sheep
On farms. where shcepraisinR huS been
hitherto neglected largely because Of
frontier occupation. and third. con-
tinued use of the great ranges OF the
West 60 their full capacity n can be
done. II H. a question of education.
The cause uf the decline In the num-
her of sheep on Western ranged " the
growth ~ dry farming and the con-
sequent reduction In grazing range.
that range. and Il has not yet adjust
ed itself t. the idea that u will now
have to seek part of it, range else.
where. on cutover timber land and on
farms all over the country. IN 1900
W, had In the United States eighty
sheep per capita. IL 1917 the figure
dropped tu forty-siX per capita. Again.
mutton H. 2i.S per cent uf the meat
food of Great Britnin. u IL SIS pct
cent here. The reason. presumably.
" that Great Britain. with no great
ranges Co depend ON. has solved the
problem ~ raising sheep chcaply and
abundnntly On the farm. We would
came conditions
The figures. with regard To- wool
production. are equally striking. In
1899 we produced t.2g pounds uf wool
pet capita. In 1917 only 2.12 pounds
per capita. We now Import so per
cent 81 nur woni consumption. We
ought o. produce that at home. and
we can " W. Will sheep increase
rupidiy-from so t. 100 per cent an.
nuaiiy. a. compared with the number
~ ewes. II II therefore natural To ash
why can't We get the necessary In
Instead 1T sending them o. market
There az. twu reasons one u that
Western ranges already have all the
sheep they can feed without dcterioru-
tiun of the range. The other II that
many sheep rangers depend for their
income ~ much ON selling lambs ~
ceiling wool. The Industry h largely
on that economic basis
n comes. therefore. largely. down a.
question uf using Tor shvupraiHing
our cutovor timber lands and our
farms That sheep can be- raised
nbundantly and prufitahly ON farms h
evident from the rNpurlnncv In Eng,
land, Sheep killing dogs have been
one obstacle a. this. hut the dog
problem h. doubtless soluble, Dogs
killed about hundred thousand
sheep iu states west of the Mississippi
In ipt3. There h every reason. In the
opinion uf the committees. why Tor
the sake 1T our economic welfare and
Independence we should act on the
tact that We can raise enough sheep
n We viii, and reap advantage and
profit In 80 doing,