The Sun. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1915-1932, 1920-04-30

flocks, including thirty-five thousand
sheep that have wintered on the des-
ert. in that section that are awaiting
a chance for shipment back TO Idaho
to the summer ranges.
Much concern is now expressed at
Beaver by farmers and cattlemen as
q result Of the continued snow and
inclement weather. Stock is reported
to be in a starving condition with lit.
tie prospect Of a new crop arriving in
time 10 be of benefit.
Dead cows and horses along the
sides of roads are no uncommon
sight over in Sewer county. accord
ing TO II. X. Lochrey, dairy specialist.
who went through there last week.
Losses are due 10 starvation. HAY is
selling at fifty dollars the ton.
Cattle in the Cache forest are in
extremely poor condition because of
a lack Of hay, according to informa-
ton received BY Dana Parkinson.
supervisor of the Wasatch national
forest. A shortage of cattle is indi.
Gated by a falling off in the number
Of grazing permits issued.
The toughest weather Of the en-
tire winter on live stock has been
during the last few weeks, SAYS last
Fridays Myton Free Press Most Of
the hay Is gone and but little green
stuff showing up. In such condition
the critter is hardly able to stand up
in the face Of piercing winds and cold
rains.
Five thousand dollars was the
amount Spencer Pcnrose, Colorado
millionaire, recently spurncd for a
month-old registered Bolstcin bull
calf. Tho calf was born on Penroso =
Turkey Creek stock farm, near Colo.
RADIO Springs. and It's mother has O
record of producing twcnty-ihrcc
pounds of butter aud three hundr d
and twenty pounds of milk in seven
days.
In reply To an order from the Am
erican Railway association 10 lend
their support 10 the relief of wool
growers in Utah and Idaho in trans
porting sheep to ranges ON account
of thousands being about TO PERISH
where they are, word has come from
the officials of the Denver and Rio
Grande and the Union Pacific that
everything possible Is being done IN
meet the situation. Senators Smolt
and King both took the matter up
with the association.
Cattle and sheepmen Of Southwest
ern Utah and Eastern Nevada have
their herds aud floeks menaced by D
new plant Of the pea family which !.
found in the foothills aud IN poison,
Gus 10 cattle and sheep The botanical
name is nstrngalum tetrapierus. Ami
mails that have eaten of Il staggei
from weakness of the hind legs. Cat,
tie show milk spasms with violent ex'
pirations. In sheep there Is nausea
and an excessive flow of saliva in
addition TO depression and weakness
The prolonged winter weather i,
causing losses To the sheep and cattle.
men of Box Elder county. A report
has been received from the western
part of that county that sheep are
dying By hundreds. One firm which
had is flocks ON the hills east OF
Brigham City for the early lambine
period suffered large losses. The
hay supply is exhausted and the grass
is just beginning 10 get started, but
the daily snowstorm buries what lit
tie feed there is and live stock Is
starving as a result,
Sheepmen who have been in Eu,
reka during the past few days, says
the Reporter of last Friday, state
that the outlook is anything hui
bright for those who have flocks IN
this section of the state Shearinl
has been delayed and il is feared that
the lambing season will come before
the fleeces can be removed anC
weather such as we have been having
would undoubtedly kill off many Of
the young lambs. To make natter
worse the hills are practically barren
the grass having scarcely started L
grow.