| Show DROUTH RELIEF SITU SITUATION A TION IN UTAH A new nc estimate under date of August st 10 has been made of feed available a in the state of Utah Ut The earlier em her estimate of hay available I Is 11 not changed essentially The states tes hay supply is Ie approximately approximate te ly 40 per cent of normal Subside ed cd feeds feNs ha have e fallen to such a low lo amount of hay ha ra 1 is e even een en more In InI intense intense I tense as it affects the livestock industry In- In Indu in industry du try than the low percent indi indicates I c cates te a avs s William Peterson Peter state te director of drouth relief Last Laet the production of sugar beets beet in m Utah was wis 5 thou thousand and andton ton tons The August forecast for thIs commodity is thou thousand land tons This means a tremendous loss in suar nr beet pulp molasses an and beet tops The index number for summer is 33 13 per cent and that of the range r 53 per r cent These are arc the lowest figure record recorded ed in m 20 years Rains in m Augu August t and nd September may help the past past- pastures pastures pastures ures and ranges but but vill dill not ma materially supply affect tv th winter w inter feed Jut Just as sure as there are season season- seasonal seasonal al changes winter will come with the necessity of feeding livestock 11 estock The intensity of what the winter might be in m conjecture Because e th the I supply is 60 GO per cent bellow the I feed normally available for fee feed feeding I Im m in cattle dring d the th v winter Inter a n pro program gram m has been outlined for a 1 40 per pr cent shrink in cattle to be fed ThIS means that there should be disposed ed of in the state te of Utah ap approximately proximately pro thousand h ad of cattle rort thousand head should b be sold the normal chan chan- channel channels channel nel nels for fur commercial l meat tion tion The 1 30 thousand should be bei i absorbed bed in m the government cattle bu buying mg program These figures can only onh be general generl estimates but In Inthe inthe inthe the face fice of the drouth the state IS experiencing e and the definite assurance as of a short winter feed supply it seems only sensible for this year that every reduce the number of 11 livestock to be fedin fed fedIn fedin In proportion to the feed r and what normally should be necessary necessary essary to feed such n a number of 11 e from November until I 1 tv 1 y Up to and including Au August Augut ut 15 there there has been purchased cattle c in the state of Utah bout Utah one third of what hat is estimated for forI dIsposItIon The program should I be complete by November because I the object of making this sale IS ISto isto to sa save sae e feed for the supply ISI I and the cattle buying program should not be carried on into the perIod when hen feeding of hay y and gram grain is necessary andI I Every farmer is ur urged ed to make a careful reful inventory of feed available I i and Td then to cull and keep the b best t animals as a foundation herd for I I the future and to dispose of the balance as rapidly as the program I will III permit Word has come recently to this I office that the federal government IS going to provide feed in rn easel case I none is ms available This office has haq not been ad advised that thit any feed will be available to be furnished by the bythe federal government other than that being provided through the Feed Loan office Feed in the whole United States IS short A 1 recent report indicates es that for forthe the n nation n i feed a available is only only- only ij-i ij 64 pe per nc cent t of normal The exper exner ence of the scarcity of feed in 1919 and the hIgh prices that were paid during the Ue following winter Inter is an out out- outstanding outstanding standing memory with many nanny of the cattle cattIe and dairy men of the state te I In that year er there worn were rl m cases v here more was paid to feed the animals the last 81 six weeks necks of winter thin the animals were en w en envy I ort north vy This condition has been roe ree I II I and the federal govern govern- govern n In n cn s 's cattle purchasing program plo 1 to b give rivo IH relief It is the I h hest t offered it is the best I I program tm we Co know of that will III be offered ed edI edA I A repOl report t from from the federal 10 sass sa S on the basis of I pI present e ent e estimate of Clop crop and ind feed I supply in relation elation tela i bon to 11 livestock estock num- num number num I Ibel ber bel believe and md the drouth officials num-I num be- be be lieve it may be necessary to par par- purchase chase chuse as many as se seven en million I cattle and calves and from two to five million sheep and goats When snow comes feed will not be he avail avail- available available available able in many localities The feed feedon feedon feedon on the far be sufficient to maintain the cattle through the v hinter The cattle purchasing program is ig proceeding satisfactorily re- re reports re reports ports Mr Peterson The estimate of reduction da a ta only a general estimate estimate b bt but t the j jr r re re of what reduction I should be made on each h farm i l that of the owner Alread Already too I much hay which should be retained for winter feeding is being fed to tostock tostock tostock stock which normally should be on pasture This is cutting the supply sup I ply for winter wirter and the urge is that thata a reduction be made immediately tely to conserve all the feed possIble for v winter o so 0 a large number of the best 11 livestock estock in the herd may be maybe kept pt as a foundation for the future livestock industry of the state The very verv erv best facilities have e been afforded by the FERA for the transportation of or the cattle c both by rail nul and truck Full cooperation IS II solicited from every person who finds himself short of feed to do I ev e everything po possible to mike make this program function Ala Aca n it is ad advised to make a aI I c careful inventory of or the the- feed av nv 11 1 able nl-able ul- ul able and keep on the farm only enough of the best hest cattle as a foun foundation foundation foundation I dation herd that can cnn be safely car I Tied lied through h to the next grazing season This should be the method of determining how many miny cattle should be sold flold from each farms farm i f s |
