https://caspercollege.cvlcollections.org/files/original/7af18eaedb72054d9fde0d4859b43ff0.pdf a82a60995b9085b965bf35193ebbd135 PDF Text Text AFTER 5 DAYS RETURN TO UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE agricultural marketing service 21 U LIVESTOCK EXCHANGE, DENVER. COLORADO OFFICIAL business Elnier T. Forsllng 105 Federal Bldg., Casper, Wyo. -H �\ I c-u 0 1^1 to L'C.r</A I ri i u, un 1 vuu I vn c AGRICULTURAL MARKETING 6ERV1CE DENVER, COLORADO, THE I 939 LAMB CROP REPORT (released LIVESTOCK EXCH. TELEPHONEt-KEYSTONE Hl5lJ 1959) THURSDAY,JULY 2?, 21 WASHINGTON, D. C«, JULY 2^, l959:- EXTEN’N 332* A LAMB CROP IN 1959, ABOUT ONE PER CENT SMALLER THAN THE RECORD CROP OF I 95^, BUT LARGER THAN IN ANY OTHER YEAR, WAS REPORTED TODAY BY THE agricultural MAHKETING SERVICE. THIS YEAR’S CROP, ESTIMATED AT 31,867,000 HEAD, WAS ABOUT EIGHT PER CENT LARGER THAN THE TEN-YEAR, (1928-37) AVERAGE, AND FOUR PER CENT LARGER THAN THE five-year, (195U—5g) AVERAGE. the decrease from last year WAS A RESULT OF THE SMALLER CROP IN THE WESTERN SHEEP STATES, SINCE THE NATIVE LAMB CROP WAS A LITTLE LARGER THIS YEAR THAN LAST. LAMB CROP, (the AVERAGE NIWBER OF LAMBS SAVED PER 100 EWES), WAS SMALLER THIS YEAR THAN LAST, BUT THE NUMBER OF BREEDING EWES WAS LARGER STATES, THE PERCENTAGE IN BOTH THE NATIVE AND WESTERN AREAS. IN THE NATIVE . the INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF EWES WAS LARGE ENOUGH TO MORE THAN OFFSET THE EFFECTS OF THE SMALLER PERCENTAGE CnOP«- THE NATIVE LAMB CROP THIS YEAR IS ESTIMATED AT II ,087,000 HEAD, COMPARED WITH 10,996,000 LAST YEAR, AND THE FIVE-YEAR AVERAGE OF 11,133,000 HEAD. WAS 98.9 THIS YEAR. THE PERCENTAGE LAMB CROP THIS WAS BELOW AVERAGE, AND COMPARED WITH 99.7 IN 1958. THE NUMBER OF OF THIS YEAR, ESTIMATED AT 11,215,000 WAS THE LARGEST ON RECORD, AND BREEDING EWES ON JANUARY I ABOUT TWO PER CENT LARGER THAN IN 1958. THE 1959 lamb CROP IN THE WESTERN SHEEP STATES IS ESTIMATED AT 20,780,000 HEAD, COMPARED WITH 21,|6l,000 IN I 9 5^ AND THE FIVE-YEAR AVERAGE OF 19,^87,000. LARGEST CROP ON RECORD FOR THESE STATES. THIS IS THE THIRD THE PERCENTAGE LAMB CROP THIS YEAR WAS 81.0 COMPARED WITH THE HIGH PERCENTAGE OF 85.9 LAST YEAR, AND THE TEN-YEAR AVERAGE OF 76.’». THE NUMBER OF BREEDING EWES IN THESE STATES ON JANUARY I WAS 25,657,000 HEAD, COMPARED WITH 25,222,000 AT THE BEGINNING OF I 938. THE REDUCTION IN THE WESTERN LAMB CROP THIS YEAR WAS LARGELY THE RESULT OF A THOUGH THE ESTIMATED NUMBER OF BREEDING EWES IN TEXAS WAS ABOUT SHARP REDUCTION IN TEXAS. *150,000 LARGER ON JANUARY I THAN A YEAR EARLIER, THE SHARP DROP IN THE PERCENTAGE LAMB CROP FROM 76iO TO 62.0 RESULTED IN A LAMB CROP IN THE STATE NEARLY 600,000 SMALLER THIS YEAR THAN LAST. — Texas, the l;sMB EXCLUDING crop in the western sheep states this year was about 200,000 head lar­ ger THAN LAST, WITH THE NUMBER OF BREEDING EWES ABOUT THE SAME IN THE TWO YEARS, AND THE PERCEN- TaGE crop of 37*H THIS YEAR, COMPARED WITH 86.U LAST YEAR. THE PERCENTAGE LAMB CROP WAS LARGER IN ALL OF THE STATES, EXCEPT IN WYOMING AND OREGON, WHERE IT WAS ^ALL'ER, ANO IN MON^ THIS YEAR TANA, WHERE THE PERCENTAGE WAS THE SAME. WEATHER CONDITIONS IN THE WESTERN SHEEP STATES DURING THE 1939 LAMBING SEASON WERE generally FAVORABLE, BUT FEED CONDITIONS IN A NUMBER OF STATES DURING OR FOLLOWING LAMBING WERE RATHER POOR. EXCEPT IN A FEW FAVORED AREAS, RANGE CONDITIONS IN THE WESTERN SHEEP STATES DURING THE SPRING AND EARLY SUMMER WERE MUCH BELOW LAST YEAR, ANO BELOW AVERAGE. THE EARLY LAMBS MARKETED FROM THlS AREA HAVE BEEN OF POORER QUALITY THAN LAST YEAR, ANO IT NOW SEEMS PROBABLE THAT THE LATE LAMBS WILL BE OF LIGHTER WEIGHTS ANO WITH A MUCH LARGER PERCENTAGE IN FEEDER CONDITION THIS'YEAR. INFORMATION UPON WHICH THE ESTIMATE OF THE 1959 LAMB CROP IS BASED WAS OBTAINED FROM SHEEP PRODUCERS V/HOSE FLOCKS ON JANUARY 1, I 939 CONTAINED ABOUT 3,890,000 BREEDING EWES, ( INCLUDING EWE LAMBS), WHICH IS NINE PER CENT OF THE ESTIMATED NUMBER OF BREEDING EWES IN THE UNITED STATES ON JANUARY I, FOR TiTe NATIVE SHEEP STATES, THE REPORTS WERE OBTAINED THROUGH THE RURAL MAIL CARRIERS IN COOPERATION WITH THE POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT. FOR THE WESTERN SHEEP STATES THEY WERE OBTAINED DIRECTLY FROM GROWERS ANO OWNERS OF BOTH RANGE AND RANCH FLOCKS. Released by the agricultural marketing sercice, 7-27-39 12:00 M -G Washington, d. c., July 27, 1959« H. W. FRENCH, LOCAL REPRESENTATIVE. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Roy B. Minty Papers Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NKC/1.0/">http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NKC/1.0/</a> Date Created Date of creation of the resource. 1930-1939 Description An account of the resource Roy B. Minty was a livestock broker out of Casper, WY. His office was located in the lobby of the Henning Hotel. Researchers will find letters and telegrams exchanged between Minty and Draper and Draper Incorporated Wool out of Boston, Massachusetts among other items of potential interest to the sheep and wool industry in Wyoming during the 1930s. Minty's papers consist of correspondence, data on Wyoming sheep ranchers from 1934, correspondence in regard to the Careyhust Ranch from 1937-1939, information on a Wind River Day School lamb sale, as well as ledgerbooks, settlement slips, bills of sale, contracts, agreements, and more. These records date from the late 1920s to the late 1930s. Type The nature or genre of the resource Collection Access Rights Information about who can access the resource or an indication of its security status. Access Rights may include information regarding access or restrictions based on privacy, security, or other policies. Archivists are happy to assist anyone with accessing the physical or electronic copies of these records. The Casper College Goodstein Foundation Library is glad to grant uses of this material that it actively manages and cares for and will provide its publication policy upon request. 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Title A name given to the resource Department of Agriculture letter Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/ Date Created Date of creation of the resource. 1939-07-27 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context NCA 01.ii.2023.03_DepartmentofAgricultureLetter Language A language of the resource ENG Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available United States Department of Agriculture Type The nature or genre of the resource Text