Show DROUTH ROUTH HELPS HERD BUILDING WASHINGTON Feb 5 j The T The federal government today clo closed ed its books on emergency purchases o of oC cattle In drouth areas areM with animals bought for lor a a. total of or or an average price of 1350 per head This culling of oC cattle herds A AA AA AA A A officials said has hM put the in industry in- in in one of oC the most favorable positions h in its history with most mosi of the poorer animals removed ant and surplus of oC a year ago brought down downto to an approximately normal level of ot head However they added the beef cattleman cat cat- is still a lon long way from Irom becoming becoming becoming be be- coming prosperous despite the record record record rec rec- ord top price of oC per hundredweight hundredweight hundred hundred- weight quoted last week at Chicago This was the peak price for Cor or smooth long red cattle very few Cew of which arc are available for lor present marketing according to H H. J J. J Gramlich special feed eed adviser to Administrator Chester Chester Ches Ches- ter C. C Davis The cattle remaining on farms officials of of- said are generally generall of oC a higher high high- er quality than ever before belore farmers armors who were not forced to cut into nto foundation herds will be in position po- po to profit l later ter from higher prices as feed again becomes available available available avail avail- able in larger arger quantities However Gramlich pointed out many of the cattle left are thin and will vill require heavy leavy feeding for several several sev sev- eral months before they are ready for lor market at profitable prices A purchases by states includes z d p 0 n ee gs E s s 3 3 3 States Stale co o f co 1 5 a g o. o c. c 0 a o. o g f c. c s Arizona 2843 California 1382 1332 1959 1724 Colorado 8 24 2 7 IdAho 04 Kansas Cansas 28 3 Montana 51 51 5 Nebraska 15 7 N Nevada do 1019 13 1 1587 N. N Mexico 27 7 N. N Dakota 51 7 Oregon 1120 12 9 94 4 S Dakota Texas 28 5 Utah 24 24 4 W Wyoming |