Show p JA Los February 4 The an- an annual an annual nual mo eme movement of milk lambs from California is n out to get under way There is lS an u unusual usual condition on the PaCIfic Coast taus season in that Call Cali California forma fornia has h s 1000 30 00 more lambs on feed than normally At a glanc glance it might seem that thIs larger nu ber of fat limbs would hl c an adser adverse effect on the market marketing mg of spring lambs ambs but the increase on the Coast st is s sell ell ns as in the Corn ilea Belt which luch is ground round head ead in excess cess of last car ear is more than offset off offset set et by decre decreased ed numbers number in other Western Stats State Stat In Colorado done Ione t there re are O 0 fewer fc lambs l on feed thin th list hat year with 45 less In Wy mm Wind ind IO 0 less in Idaho al 1 hough l Montana has 50 tead lead head more thin list vearl Taking these th se fl figures res all together thele are hea heal i or 8 per cent tl er lambs and sheep on feed it t it this thil season thanas than was sas the case last year year Due to the decreased number of lambs on feed hout the th try indications are an that lambs on ced eed will wIn be b wetty retty ell sell cleaned up e the ne lambs are ready read 01 or market ping pung lambs should neet with rea ready y demand comm as they will betty bet between n the time when hen the of of- feed feedlot lot lambs is 15 exhaust haust d and end the p period when hen the hen y kentuck-y tucky ind nd sc Jambs lambs start to market J The first shin shipment of California spring lambs arrived at San ran Fran FranCisco FranCisco CISCO on which is lS a month earlier than thun last ear but the bulk of these labs Iambs will probably not move until aro d the middle of M Shipment of dressed lambs to the dressed was vas commenced m in CalifornIa in m 1923 by a Sin S pac packer her and the first year only Wi x few cirs sere cre w ere handled In 1924 the mo ement of hv livo lamb iambs Jamb from Califor Califor- California California nia ma on account oG o the quarantine I regu lations regulations a large portion of the lamb crop rop was dresse dressed locally and shipped I b bs b t ed cd cars to the Middle fiddle w r est st st sad ind tl ITI Atlantic c sc seaboard Dur During During ing that ear r ne limbs ss re handled in m Uri Un way elY Wind ind th the feasibility fc of It he practice sis wis lemon demon demons lemons s rated so o that thit It lotha with loth a return to nor nori 1111 lal condition in m 1920 76 lambs w re shipper dressed and in some ere moved in III the same i ame i Indications rare arc that this is the beginning of new method of t me me it food distribution on from the Pacific South Southwest Angeles Angele est Win 11 inO eventually Los Ange le Ies is destine to become a world factor in m me n Wind ind toc supplies nosing mg from nIl all of the ten terl lory Tory lying lym r West of the Racy Mounta s could be conom economically cally moved by ra 1 to Los Angeles for packing and to AtlantIc seaboard pom pon through the Cani as asell ashell aswell hell ell as to Pac Par tic fie Ocean points In many q qi Wirters fe r fe r has been expressed that thai satisfactory sheep and lamb prices w uld mid stimulate prod c production production bon tion to a pon pOll t where price lev lc el would be force downward as has been the case in oilier Pr r ial aim m products Itis It Itis lS is no nor ted led that these fears will he luring 19 1927 7 with Ith 0 otter er sheep nd lImbs 1 I imbs short as asa a last veAr e r W tit prices for or the past several weeks sho sho n n a stronger under undertone undertone undertone tone and at this this time wool stocks are at a low l I lel Iel lav el el Optimism pre prevails vans valls due duc large largely to the practice in textile centers p purchase stock on ona ona ona Ind haid to h basis a mou mouth eliminating extreme mc fluctuations ons which have bate oc CUI red in m past o when buying was wac concentrated in short hort periods in bu be rig wool requirements as needed The confidence which is being shown in the sheep p industry appears rs to be upon a sound economIc foundation guidd W the industry gUld guid d in conservative i channels as seems to be the o o oT the thc day there Would appe r to be bo nothing nothing- in the horIzon to mar its continued prosper prosperIty prosperity prosperity Ity |