Show Livestock 1 J SituatiOn Situ u JA w L I Los Angeles May Cattle 2 2 Cattle s aloes alues are being maintained on a stable basIs so far this season As this IS ISI wrItten sire we have approached the per per- perL period rod iod when California grass cattle are I generally plentiful yet et because of a late season comparatively few cat cat- cattIe cattle cat cattle j tle tIe h have ve so far been marketed from I California range districts In fact practically all of oC the so called gras gran cattle arriving to date on the Los Angeles market have been animals that were carried through the winter on cottons cottonseed d cake or other othel supple su supplements ments There appears to be gradual improvement ment in m industrial and busi busi- bU business business I- I II Iness ness conditions at least on the West I Coast and it is possible that thit the usual summer runner decline in m be beef f cattle prIces may mav not materialize particularly particularly arly if cattlemen will 11 make a I practice practice tice of topping out their herds and andI I shipping to market only the fat cattle cat cat- cattle cat cattle tle as ns rapidly as they arc ready to togo togo togo I goI go Along line the practice of feeding reeding out the cattle which fail fall to fatten on range pasture feeds through the use of supplemental feeding end and finish feeding ee on relatIve relatively relatively ly cheap grains and hay in m corrals II will 11 help a great deal in m extending the marketing season and in hold hold- holdIng holding ing ang up values alues No one wants ants to see burdensome supplies of cattle on the markets A stable market is the most profitable market for the pro pro- producer producer pro producer ducer for the packer and for fo the re- re retaIler re retailer In fact even the consumer IS not interested in to a fluctuating mar mar- market market ket It is difficult for Cor the average house Ife to understand sharp cha chi g- g g-es g es in prices from day to day in m the retaIl market marlet I market market- marketing marketing ing mg and intelligent feeding will be a great factor in m improving the financial fin fin- financial fin financial ancial condition of the cattlemen andin and andin in actually axing aiding beef consumption Hog prices have hale e been v well ell main main- mal mal-I tamed through the spring season When we realize that the slaughter of hogs in m federally inspected plants over the United States for the first three months of the year ear shows a decrease of from last year and a de decrease rease of from two years ago or lOr nearly 25 per cente cent we e emay may unde understand tand an om part why prIces have held up Slaughter of hogs m in inLo Lo Angeles also show a slight de- de decrease dc crease clease from a year ago and a heavy se decrease from t two 0 years ears ago With good ain er-ain fe fed hogs selling on the California markets at 11 cents a IOUI pound there seems to be every I reason n 11 a tIle tle the world orld why more west est western ern farmers should engage in hog and feeding Good brood sows SO are relatively cheap in m relatIon to pork values and feeds are ore relatIve relatively relatively ly y low in m price This is an unusually I good time for western farmers 0 o make a start towards tow building up ahome a ahome home supply of pork aJ i f As had been expected the past low few weeks have witnessed no improve improvement improvement ment in m fat lamb prices and no I am-I im improvement pro provement can be expected for some sometime sometime I tIme to come as marketing of lambs Iambs are e expected eded to be of record proportions proportions I lions this season It would be a great help in view of the large proportIon of California lambs Iambs which will fail fall to fatten this season II if III I there were ere more interest in m feeding lambs in the western states At the prices which thin lambs are fetching thIs year ear car lamb feeding for the fall falls falland and winter markets offer a real op- op opportunity op opportunity for profit in m the opinion of many in the trade tr-ade The more of these thin lambs that can be kept oUt of killer channels the better for l general market and market and at the same time lamb feeding on the smaller farms and ranches offers an al I opportunity to profitably feed out thIS I years year's surplus gram grain and hay crops I fc I |