Show Decrease DeGrease Shown Shown- In in Cattle e on Feed Due to the high price of at hay and the shortage of at b beet et pulp and other r feed the nu number ber of head of ot cattle I IOn on feed in Utah on December 1 is 4 2000 less than it was on December I 1 of at 1923 according to George A. A Scott regional livestock statistician for the United States department of ot I agriculture In Utah there is on feed head of at cattle as compared with 38 i head for the corresponding pe period period pe- pe peI l I of ot 1923 In Nevada there are head a decrease of head under December of at last year While som some localities In Utah hav have e more cattle on leed teed than usual the shortage of at beet products by-products I I and hay and higher prices of at these and other feeds have reduced reduce feeding feeding feed teed I ing operations in many localities so i the local Increases are more than I i I offset Feeders report that many of their cattle will wilI be marketed m ii December Oe- Oe cember and January and In some ve-j ve cases It Is expected that early movement will wm be somewhat crated by increasing prices of at hay hayand hayand and other ther feeds I In Nevada cattle feeding Is much below normal but not much less Jess I than a year ago A smaller hay crop I and high hay prices account largely large large- I ly Jy for the reduced feeding while I western packers are reported to I have curtailed their feeding operations operations opera opera- opera opera-I In recent years I |