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Show ! of 1933 was $4.68, compared with M 1 S5.39 in 1932 and $7.88 in 1931." f i I Production Ontlook ; I "The short time outlook for cat- . , tie producers is relatively unfavor-t unfavor-t : ;ab'.e. Prices of nearly all kinds of V , I cattle are at the lowest point readily readi-ly ! ed in any fall month since prices t turned downward in 1929; feed sup-L sup-L ; plies of all kinds are generally short I and feed prices are relatively high. I This feed situation may force heavy S marketings of cattle, thus resulting l in heavy slaughter and large sup-f sup-f plies of beef at a tima when con- sumer purchasing power is reduced. ; The cattle ii.diistry, therefore, may i be forced by nhysical conditions to partia'.ly liquidate at a time when conditions are most unfavorable for : such action." . i On Utah County Farms With Extension Agents I tor about 3 years before the expansion expan-sion in numbers was checked. A substantial sub-stantial reduction in cattle numbers seems necessary before the cattle industry will again be on a profitable basis. "Moderate Improvement in the consumer demand for beef has been in evidence in recent months. Further Furth-er improvements will depend upon ; continued increase in consumer buy-jing buy-jing power. Demand for beef during I the remainder of 1933 will bs adversely adver-sely affected to some extent by the .unusually large supplies of other meats available for consumption. "Cattle prices trended sharply downward from early 1930 through 1932, despite relatively small slaughter slaugh-ter supplies during that period. Al-; Al-; though prices did not decline during j the first half of this year, they were below those of a year earlier and were at the lowest levels in more than25 years. j "The average price of cattle slaughtered slaugh-tered from January to June, 1933, was $4.50 per 100 pounds as compared compar-ed with $5.04 for the corresponding period in 1932 and $6.61 in the first half of 1931. The average- price 'of slaughter calves during the first half UTAH COUNTY FAIK Farm bureau commit tees are working work-ing throughout the county in cooperation coop-eration with the Business and Professional Pro-fessional clubs to collect commodity prizes f.T the Utah County Fair. Ribbons are being purchased by the county for placings. Commodity prizes will be awarded and put on display during the fair. An economical economi-cal county fair on an educational basis is the object this year. Exhibits will be accepted by your local Farm; Bureau. Arrange some exhibits and , make the best display ever held in the county. j The Summer Cattle Outlook Utah county cattlemen should keep In touch with the cattle outlook just released August 21st. j "Larger marketings of cattle than ! a year earlier are in prospect during the next 12 months, but they will include fewer of the better finished kinds and more of the lower grades. (Although the number of cattle on ifeed in the Corn Belt on August 1 I was somewhat larger than on that Mate last year, total marketings of ;fed cattle during the remainder of 1 1933 probably will not be greatly dif-j dif-j f erent from tho'se of the correspond-' correspond-' ing period of 1932, as the short supplies sup-plies and relatively high prices of feed will tend to restrict furthsr ! purchases of feeder animals, j "Cattle numbers have been in-: in-: creasing since 1928, and the numbei of breeding stock now on farms and ranges Is the largest ever reached in this country. With present numbers of cows, the annual output of cattle cat-tle and calves is equal to the largest yearly slaughter of such stock on record. The increase in cattle num-! bers thus far, however, has only recently, re-cently, been reflected in increased cattle slaughter. In previous cattle production cycles slaughter Increased |