Show The 1 Livestock Situation I The West Vest is a big country and so far as 2 a livestock estock is concerned th the m- m in-i in in industry for many years partIcularly in California was in the tIc hands of a aI abig abig big few operators whose complete I domination domm of the th cattle herds as seldom challenged But with mth our ourI I great development industrially eve e eI I need for a better and more stable ourI I I meat food supply Hence the season season- seasonal seasonal seasonal al range production upon which eve e have relied almost entirely in the past St I for our meat food does not meet the present pre day needs I I is scattering and the small sm ranches must be looked to for our supply This condition is per per- perhaps perhaps haps ps no moro more welcome to some of the timers theold-timers timers old than was as the coming of the pIoneers to the original C but such is the mark of pw pr pr-gres cs and those who dont don't keep step with thIS condItIon are simply out of luck Many Mane called so-called d fe- fe feedlots fe lIt ire b n ng operated in m or near big co isam g centers andin and in m that respect ii a e c prone to follow th the tendency of or big I operations This however may be regarded as showing sho hO 1 hc y to be folIo followed folIoed ed sooner or later bv by th the individual individual ranches vho will h feed his own on te t t a ranch because use that is the most e e- e e ranchI I lY to do it of the the- Western sti sta es os are well ell ad advanced in m the use of I feeds and concentrate concentrates in m finish sh fim h feel feeling feeding I mg ing Tittle c and lamb lamb As a matter ina of fact California m mast m look to that I source for a sub substantial tan ial part rt of its moat food s Get ng the I supply from a number of small pro producers lucers is ys good business because 10 i I provides a dl on soil fe t 1 Ity and i a greater assurance of per per- performance performance for the the- reason that all per per-I the eegs are not in m one by b ket A re it article which came to my notice pointed out very velY aptly that the neal h hof of 1 is largely agrIcultural agricultural agricultural tural and production is in m the hands of the peas peasants The Tho Dictatorship has been successful because it has bas basI I profited by the work ork of the peasants The difficulty in m most t of our oper- oper oper it aha 4 of today rs m that thit we ve want ant some some- somebody somebody somebody body c a se e to do the real work ork and there is no I line me of busyness business more n d ful of or the pe personal ron a I clemert than the farm Hired help is one of the most difficult problems to deal with and there is 18 no labor as good a aa as the fam fam- famIly family family andI I ily labor because the interest is there The farmer that raises a working family is 15 the most success successful uI Operations on a n big scale sc has some advantages s by reason of economies that tin can In be made in tilling planting I and harvesting but ut where all o of the labor is performed by seeking I only the daily duly recompense it is not noto w so good and must represent an ex- ex expense ex expense pense that goes to offset a substantial part if not all o of the advantage As h story goes the small intensive e and 2nd diversified dl r firmer farmer who is willing willingto to do a days day's work and brings his up the same way ay is seldom heard to complain and uch open hons are to bo ho encouraged rather than discouraged dl by the argument I that the small farm arm is doomed and that the big operation IS 13 the thing |