Show I I if t OC 1 J A pd The conditions in m the fat cattle I market are unusual to say the le least st but there no never noer er was a time in m the history of the west est when hen the demands for better quality beef were ele so definitely and urgently expressed pressed We all krow know that our Cal California range failed us this year and that only proves the uncertainty of range beef and while a good man many many producers I used supplemental feeds on the I range and m in the tho feedlots still the I I supply of fat cattle from fim the normal source is far below the beef require require- requirements ments II I ments The rhe people have backed up on the half fait cattle Up to a few days a ago o bullocks bullock that had very little flesh on onI thorn them were ere selling from lOc to lac I and the of th them ml didn't yield lei much better than 55 15 5 per cent mak mak- mak- mak making making I ing mg the colt in m the beef about At Atthe Atthe Atthe the then market price it tt was as possible possible ble hIe to ship eastern grain fed cattle here These gram fed cattle cost cost- costing costing ing mg around ll sc here alive and andy andI I y about 60 per cent approximately approximately in m the beef the difference Iii hl quality being sufficient to throat l the the balance of the trade to the gram grain finished beef be f fI I To es establish a w ma e eit it pO possible to move the r i il ilI ilem t I ern em gross gress cattle m in OO condition con required l s PI r 1 c- c r of prIces prices dO downward dOward ward The l P- P PI iM es-iM firsti I time in m many years ears that we wo b bt hays hay t not hall had good v well finished grass cattle I coming on a at t this season of the yea About the middle of Auguste August we e should begin to get some gr grassers from Idaho Utah and other northern s states tes In the meantime if the eastern east east- eastern eastern ern market stiffens up some the chances are against any further ex- ex extensive ex extensive movement from the ml west w est estI I The packers feel that some of these corn belt cattle are carrying too much fat to be practical for the coast trade It 1 is true that too much fat in 10 thIS sectIOn is lS In California we follow foliO pretty prett much the old Spa Spanish custom of the use of vegetable and fats so that animal ammal fats are sec sec- secondary pp What we e need is a good full fullI smooth fin sh on the critter the c cov cos j eying to be well ell marbled marble with Ith a thin la layer er of fat such as barley puts on Wo We are however getting the le lesson m in quality and a substantial substantial hal differential hl has ha been definitely set between the so-called so grasser grassers and feedlot cattle It wis lS highly Important important taut tant that this tIllS should come about but it may seem unfortunate that lt it should come cone on all at once However It is here and we e should set our pegs accordingly in planning future pro pro- production pro production duchon Many authorities have argue 1 in inthe inthe I the past the grain finished bullock didn't have i a chance to sell highe- highe than highe-than than the grasser durm during the gas grass season an and doubtless there wa was a great deal of truth in m that but non aI I we have broken the ice so to speak thu thus making a place for both kinds on their merits Our grass production is 15 food supply a as t a part pirt of our meat There will 11 always ays be a place for tor r 1 rand the United and there thele is no section of States tes where here cattle can be finished ed qUite so well ell as the west est and south south- southwest southwest west est whore where we e have such an abundance abundance and clovers clo including including dance e of alfalfa ing mg the burr and But we must go o further utilizing our gram grain and forage for supplemental and pr p nary use in m fattening livestock for an all allear ear all year ear around supply It is 13 not only disappointing but un- un un uneconomical I economical to see sec these thin cattle coming to an unwelcome market when hen there is so much cheap feed in m the country to finish them with I periods like weare we weare e eare These adjustment through h are visited are now going us as reminders that we are I do-I upon falling failing to do the things that mg ing UK or 01 UL Al l l permanent success contribute to a p resources resources resources failure to properly utilize our others to and depending upon ces supply the things we should supply challenging the laws s of c economy onomy arc with the result that the bloof blow blo of ad- ad adversIty adversity ad adversity falls fulls upon us with the great oat cst force This is the time to take stock of our situation and readjust operations along soun sound economIc lines hoes out our The livestock industry of the country will wull carry on but the individual ual who fails falls to keep step with progress progress fall by the waysl wayside e sure to r 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