The Sheep Industry at Watson, Utah.

Hundreds of sheep graze their way to Watson, Utah. There they will be sheared and their wool sold for profit. In the southern part of Uintah County near the town of Watson was corrals used in the spring for the shearing of the many sheep that grazed the lands around that area. There was also a Sheep Shearing Plant at Bonanza, Utah. The wool was shipped by truck to Watson from Bonanza. Twenty sacks of wool weighing 250 to 300 pounds each constitute a truck load and the value ranged from $1500 to $1800. In the neighborhood of 125,000 fleeces are annually shipped from Uintah County with the average weight of fleeces running between eight and nine pounds. VE 1927-04-2