Show i Livestock Live stock II JJ l la JA M J a S Se St U 1 e t U I III BETTER USE OF OP OUR FORAGE AND GRAIN GRALl My fy general letter in m rc regard ard the use of forage and grain gram for lIvestock feeding particularly ho hogs s and the inquIry sent out to a large number of people met with hearty and favor favorable favorable favorable able response all through the eleven western estern states and it looks like we 0 I are on oury our wiy y to make maJe a home mar mar- market market market ket for our feeds and at the same tIme produce an all year round meat food supply for which nIch there is such sucha a big and constant demand on the Coast st Included in m the list were bankers newspapermen news pi perm en merchants chambers of commerce livestock ll pro producers producers producers and agriculturists so that we have a fairly good cross section of the setup of the western estern states There 1 0 i i- i imore more than 50 million dol- dol dollars dollars dol dollars lars each year yen awaiting a the farm farm- farmers farmers farmers ers who are arc in a position to supply the pork requirements of California Isn't this worth orth going after It H IS also well to keep in m mind that Los LosAn An Angeles eles spends more than million dollars annually among the en ele western states 3 largely for something to eat eit The legendary pot of gold at the I end of the rainbow his has finally been found and awaIts av the livestock lI pr- pr pro producer ducer of or the western estern states We Ve want to have a meeting soon at a central point in m the moun intermountain inter tain tain country where here we can talk things over Our latest census promIses better than 2 milli million people m Los Angeles county Inevitably Ine y we should join Jom together to serve thIs western estern empire The condI- condI condItIOns conditions condi conditions great in m this section are peculiar to the west vest and can best be served by face to face discussions by western estern of or things There are a number people e that need to be l ironed 1 out and inn the thc one IS to bu build d up upa a most pressing and stable market for more m our or feeds feeds profitable Te The time and and place of 01 the meeting will be announced later General Lh CondItions been pulled have of jokes A lot o il 1 condItions about the unusual weather We have lve a real ram rain of California than two In l Ia no nomore liun more i iv almost without without precedents pre It to have ha summer like we are going gracing Surely grass and summer Some Some Some- run rain will if we ne e set het et more we 11 jiL ir In in the old recall n a si sias as asrun or of 01 me old vm all As a rule run cadent many 3 years ears ago harm do more out of season rains r I than good because they come in th te nature of showers sho and if it turns het h afterward plant l life le e is destroyed but It looks like this is 13 the real thing and that th the range may be greatly Lene- Lene fi Lene ted Cattle are slow to come in m ate oue to backward ard range conditions dui dih ng n the winter months and it is probably probably just Just asell as well ell as we must reckon with wItt the fact fad that while the supply IS iss sort ort ort the demand is also less dc- dc du dt to decreased demand by reason of su iti Values Value are holding up sp n on the Coast markets In f ct prices are lly better than thanin thanin m in the east It looks look reasonable that there will be no cattle shipped from this section to the cast east this year be- be because because be because cause of or the short supply and the fact that they will bring more money at home Lamb conditions have not unproved d dand and until the surplus is taken care of there is apparently no chance for Im- Im Improvement improvement im improvement provement Hog values remain steady This IS our light season and nothing in m s1 sight ht m In theay the way ay of increased spring pig crop that threatens the future b tit we e must must all keep in m mind thita thata that th a prolonged business depression means decreased purchasing power po so that a smaller supply doesn't necessarily ne necessarily eg- eg reflect higher prices About all that can be said at this time cs 13 that we e should go to market marJet when the stuff is ready and do out our best to see that at no time the supply at a gIven point exceeds the demand |