Show LivestOck LOS ANGELES June 22 In In years past the tho beef bee cattle indus indus- industry industry try in the west has been conduct conduct- conducted ed largely as a range operation depending upon the seasonal grass supplies supplies' Where here feed feell lot operations opera opera- operations lions developed they were wore con- con along the line of a separate business from that of the tho range cattle producer In those pas days the reason for this of course course- was that much of the grass land lan was Wils not suitable for cultivation the calves alves were produced in sections and shipped to sec see sections sections where proper concentrated feeds were available This practice continues to lo a n. large extent at the present time but the tendency on the part of oC the range cattleman Is Js toward de de- developing de- de feed lot operations s In connection with his range tion This gets away from Crom the uncertainty of depending upon seasonal grasses and the tho losses which have hn occurred so frequent frequent- frequently ly front from a n marketing standpoint brought about by the necessity of moving the bulk of the tho years year's production In a short period The coupling in of oC the practice of feed lot finishing has been made possible to a large extent by the tho constantly increasing ac ac- acreage ac- ac each yea under ir irrigation ir- ir irrigation with an increased yield of roughage and concentrates at points nearby the range producing sections se In In Inmany many cases castS even though feed lot finishing is not pursued cattle raisers are arc ing different forms of roughage and concentrates as os supplemental feeds teeds to fill In during seasons when the grasses fall fail thus spreading out the marketing v pe- pe ned accomplishing better distri distri- distribution distribution distribution and putting a finish on beef animals which makes them more desirable An Important clement element in com corn combining combining bining feeding of oC livestock with the he range production has been the e maintenance of soil loll fertility in inthe the tho irrigated sec see sections sections and this element clement Is being recognized as it has proven prO it itself It- It Itself Itself self In the middle west A con- con considerable amount of oC educational work Is being done in the west along these lines and noticeable progress Is beIng made It Is a a. feet fact that tho the concentrates grown In the west such as barley and have as great a Ing value alue as ns those produced in inthe Inthe Inthe the middle west and many times are arc grown more economically Then rhen too too- the southwest particularly particularly has access to large largo amounts of cottonseed calco calo and meal which has a high feed value alue due to the amount of oC pro pro- protein protein tein which it H contains Many Ian range producers are using cotton cake by b spreading It on the range to supplement the grass ration and it Jt has proven pro an excellent conditioner where the gross grass crop Is poor or weather conditions such as to make malec grazing graz ng difficult D. D a afew afew few pounds ot of this feed taking the place of a a. large amount of oC forage S Several large plants are pro pro- projected proJected in the southwest especially in southern California for tor the purpose of manufacturing feeds to meet the growing requirements These concerns are equipped with modern research and laboratory departments for the purpose of oC finding and putting together In the best way possible various I foods adapted to the fattening o of I livestock No doubt the manu manu- manufacture manufacture manufacture facture of these concentrated concentrate feeds will represent a a. most Im Im- Important Important irn- irn western Industry and will wll willbe willbe be of oC material assistance in rounding out the agricultural program of the west in utilizing much material that is now being wasted The The west is admirably situated ed cd to produce its Us own beef cattle raising its own feed feell and carry- carry carryIng carryIng Ing irig on extensive feed lot opera opera- operations operations operations either through the range producer doing the actual feeding or producing the feeders on the range and selling them to nearby feed lot operators The coast de de- demand demand de- de mand for tor finished well beef ani ani- animals animals animals mals in In a large volume has made It necessary to reach back bacle to dis dis- distant distant tant points for supplies but Indi Indi- Indications Indications arc are that these demands will soon be he met by local beat 10 1 west west- western westeri ern eri production |