The Sun. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1915-1932, 1918-06-28
WIN THE LIVE sTOCKMEN
OF THUS SECTION OF UTAH

Hunters ct Soda Springs. Ida. Wool
urhdcrp association are reported a.
have killed HiN hundred coyotes IN
sixty days during the past spriug
within forty miles square.
what was suspected 81 being hog
cholera. which had caused the loss ~
ton pigr belonging o. y farmer named
Hodges. near Heavier. ~ diagnosed hN
Dr ~. W. Hogan stat. live stock In
-pcctor. ar hcmorrhaEic soptic.mia.
In the Improvement 90 beef cattle
care has been taken tn develop Co the
greatest extent thosc portions ot the
body from which are secured the
highpriccd cuts of beef. These points
rhould be kept In mind when selecting
breeding animals.
Robert Alfred of Nurnni suffered
the misfortune of losing hundred
head of sheep f-w dnyr ago a.
ue"ma that the heat induced them Co
pile together. thus causing suffocation.
This n a most unusuai occurrence Tot
that section of the country.
Peter nnrhoglio II reported o. have
recently sold his live stock and land
holding, In the san Rafael country 90
q gentleman named McMulun of
Grand county. The deal involves
around hundred thousand dollars.
Possession viii be- given this fail,
Max u. Taylor was iu Moab last
week from his sheep herds ON the Ia
asls. tie states that his outfit has
finished docking lambs and the In.
crease has been exceptionally good
with very light losses % lambs. Three
of Taylorr herds dockrd cut "a 80. |
81 ana ~ per cent.
The needs aud habits OF sheep diff !
Ter widely from those OF horses. cattle |
and swine. but present no problems |
that viii not he met hy Interested |
study and observation supported by |
satisfactory returns. The way boya |
in sheep clubs have mastered the
principles OF shecpraising II ample |
proof of this statement
w u. Thompson finished shoaring
hts sheep last week. twonty-two hum |
dred head la an. The fleeccs aver
aged between twelve and hall and |
seventeen pounds and were very tree
rom sand, says Green Rivers Dis
patch of the 2ist Thompson lost
few sheep from hloatinE hut other
Wise had exceedingly good luck.
Continued prevalence OF high wool
and meat values has placed the sheep |
business IN new light. The result
will boz that this phase of animal nus.
handrv viii contribute materially %
the nations food aud clothing supply |
II will also add stability u our sys-
TENS of farming and play an impor-
tant part In the more complete utill- |
nation or our agricultural resources.
According 10 reports from Ranger
Lewis T. Quigley received al Moab by /
:. a. Locke, supervisor, oak brush |
poisoning has killed "a large number /
Of cattle this spring In the Handing |
section, ON account OF the extreme |
drouth the grass Is very short with /
the result that cattle have been eating /
large quantities of the uak brush /
Ranger oulglcy estimates that about |
"a hundred and nifty head have died
In his district
The wool crop Tor Untah county /
this year amounts to one million two /
hundred thousand pounds. The eu- /
t,rr shipment was routed over tht |
Uintah railway via Watson. Tho |
sheepmen were given forty cents "a |
pound as an advance payment until |
the government makes definite deci. |
sion as to what thc price viii bee for
this years clip. II Is estimated II will /
he between forty-elght and sixty cents /
The entire clip Of this season greatly |
exceeded that Of last year.
ulntah Cattle aud Horse Growers |
association has held stockholders |
meeting and levied an assessment OF |
four cents head on all cattle ana /
horses for tho purpose OF defrayng |
the expenses of the prosecution OF )
William Manifold on a charge OF cat.
lie stealing. The case was tried az