The Sun. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1915-1932, 1918-05-10
WITH THE LIVE sToCkMEN
or THIS SECTION on UTAH

NUi NWNih anu NNfN ENtfuNlN EANf
birth to siNty.two sets ct twins. fifteen
singles and two triplcts.
Several hundred thousand pounds
of wool rame into Price the past week
nom the uintah basin country. aud
there ~ stili more Co arrive. Price
warehouse facilities are being taxed
to the limit on storage. However,
some " u II expected o. be moving
within the next few days
II h announced that consignment
Of blue ribbon cattle. recently dts
20 tchcd from England to the United
States Tor breeding purposes. has been
lost at sea. " was regarded a. the
/ largest and most valuable collection
81 Shvrthorns that has ever been az
ported from England The cattle we're
collected from all IN" leading herds
In England. Scotland and ireland. and
were valued NJ two hundred thousand
dollars
Utah leads the United States this
! year in ~ Increase In brood Hows. aC.
cotding To- Information contained In
the government official crop report.
| From this report " appears that III"
increase In brood sows In Utah for the
last year ~ t2o per cent. The state
next To- Utah IN thv western division
| 81 Nevada, with an Increase Of i0a per
cent Three states tie Tor second In
the nation with us pet cent They
are Nebraska. Indiana aud Tennessee.
/ tasscs 1T stock due g. predatory
] animals uu the winter range hnNU been
greatly reduced IN some parts ut the
STATE 10 least. according a. reports
mad, tn Thomas Redmond. secretary
at the state live stock board. 10y stock
men. The owners. says Redmond. at
tribute this fact a. the result ct tho
campaign against predatory Wild anti
mnis carried nn o., the stat" board IN
co.upcfation with the United States
biological survey.
In u. W. Hogan. state live stock
inspector reports that Utah this year
may look Tor so pet cent increase
la hog production one company IN
ogden h. raifing twu thousand pnrkerH
this season. states the inspector. The
chief danger To- the industry u cholera
and special precautions ARE being
taken tu prevent this dirensr securing
"a hold On the animals. The state uv"
stock board l. actively engaged In
Nyrumuting the hog industry.
The Australian system uf handling
the wool crop ~ IN Hucreraiul opera
tiun 1T Grantsyiiic. according 90 pr,
a. ". uosgnn. state live stock insprc-
tor. Tho ruler 81 this system provide
that the wool be- classified nnd valued
a. the plant whore the Shcaring u
done. Twenty thousand sheep are 90
o., clipped nt the big OrnntHvilic plant
IthiH spring. The company employs q
large forcv a. handle the wool through
the various proc,srcH and has engaged
1.-The seryicur pf u manager from AUS
/. trailn. who h. familiar with the work
unEs ~ the new system.
Wool draior. are authorized, under
the government agreement, a. nd
vance 40 e. 7a prr cent ur the oHtis
mated value ~ an, wool e. the grow
'rr. according O. secretary =, W. Me-
Ciurr nf the National Wuulgroworn
'nasncintion, who has just returned
frnm Washington. -. q, An announce
ment that dealers would ho allowed
tn advance forty cent? puund 10 the
producer was made through an error
. Mcclure states, and the 10 per cent
advance nn the estimated value n rnt'
rect.
/. Investigation by United states de-
partmrnt 1T agriculture agents among
rhoepnwners In fiuecn states east of
the Rocky Mountains shows that out
If total of G,sad.i s2 sheep Ia the
five hundred aud two counties report
ing, aI,6s3 wer" Killed by dogs In one
year tIsIal and were paid Tor hy the
counties. AZ the same rate of loHs in
other farm states the total annual de-
rtruction ui sheep and dogs would De-
1919 iiut those figures are based
only upon the number actually paid
for. aud Il is more than probable that
the true luasos Tar exceed this.
Careful study at contagious abor-
ton among live stock in Utah a. well
as thorough study 81 all known
methods of prevention, control ana
treatment. has just been made by Or.
/ II. \, Frederick. veterinarian at the
Utah experiment station NJ Logan.
Or. Frederick has presented lust the
things the practical stOckmun wants
IT, know about the diseare In Utah
Experiment Station Circular No. Is,
entitled, ."COntagious Abortion In
Mares aud Cows" Every owner OF
stock will find this circular ~ benefit.
A free copy may be obtained from the
cNporime nj station, Logan, Utah.
] A. W. Jensen. supervisor Of the Tin
TAN forest reserve. h at the opinion
that sheep kept on farm can b"
made 90 pay. and cites d case 81 a
farmer In Uintah county who has
eighteen ewes ON his place. From
thtss he has sold u hundred and
leighty nine pounds Of wool at nfly
cents a pound. $3.50, and has thirty
five lambs which az a month old are
worth five dollars apiece, hundred
and seyonty-five dollars. Ia two or
three months the lambs will be worth
ten dollars each, This viii bring AN
income OF over twenty-four dollars a
year from each sheep, Jensen reports
a big demand for cattle In tho uintah
Basin. One man. he states, recently
sold his entire herd al the rate 81
t6i,t0 IA head, including calves.
Cows OF the northern section Of
Sanpete county are In robust condi-
ton. and the deadly germ OF tubereu-
iOSiR linda A "A hard lob 10 lodge itself