The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1922-03-09
STATE LIVESTOCK
IN GOOD CONDITION

Nevada's 1921 hay crop, amount
ing to between $50, 900 and 400, 200
tons Of alfalfa hay and an equal
amount of grass hay, will have been
practically all consumed before the
next harvest, according to infor-
nation gathered by Charles A. Nor
cross in a general survey Sof hay
conditions in the state.
If there is any hay left it will be
at Fallon, but it will be very small
amount, as Fallon is now shipping
hay to California and also t.
Washoe county while large mum.
Der of cattle are being fed in that
district.
In Pershing county the hay ha.
been consumed largely by stocl
from the range country east ant
north of there that has beer
brought there to feed while in
other counties the hay has beer
fed from the stack.
Though the price of alfalfa hay
early last year was around SIS a tor
it advanced in December to Sc anc
81 a ton and the general averagt
for the season is estimated at about
$3.50 a ton. Fallon hay producers
who are shipping baled hay to Cali.
fornia points, are receiving $11 q
ton on the cars at Fallon.
The heavy SHOWS of January and
last month made an active hay mar
ket and in a general summary Mr.
Norcross says the hay survey shows
conditions very good.
With the range lambing season
close at hand sheep men are begin
ming to work their fiocks back on to
the lambing grounds from winter
range and general reports are that
they are meeting with some diff
culties because of the heavy SHOWS
in some parts of the state. Range
lambing will not start until the lat
ter part of next month. Where
adequate lambing sheds are avail
able some lambing is going on now,
The storms of January and Feb
ruary caused no. appreciable losses
to sheep and cattlemen, but sheep
men in some sections fear they will
sustain losses in taking their sheep
to the lambing grounds because OF
the muddy conditions of the flats
which they must cross in many in
stances.
In White Pine county and in
some isolated places in Washoe
county considerable difficulty was
experienced during the past few
months in feeding the sheep and il
was necessary to carry cottonseed
cake in on sleds and by horseback
for feed.
It is estimated that nearly seven
ty-five per cent of Nevada's wool
crop of 100000 pounds has been
contracted for at an average price
of twenty-five cents a pound. This
is ten cents a pound above the aver
age price paid for the 1921 clip.
When the wages of the sheep
herders and the other expenses in
cident to raising sheep are taken
into consideration the Nevada wool
grower will receive a much better
return this year than he has since
the big drop in wool in 1920.
The average scale of wages paid
sheepherders now is about forty per
cent under the peak wages paid
during the war.
The shearing wage has not been
fixed this year and will not be for
several weeks. It was fifteen cents
per head last year and in 1920 it
was seventeen and one-half cents
per head,
With the announcement a few
months ago that government loans
were available to finance cattlemen,
the price of cattle increased little
but at present there are very few
stock cattle being sold in this state.
The demand is heavy but owing
to the depleted condition of many
herds the owners are not selling
but are holding the stock to build
up the herds. This condition will
prevail for several months, it is
said.
ported to be the reason.