| Show Jf GROWERS TO MEET iS- iS HERE ERE S MONDAY MONIA y p K S. S THREE CONVENTIONS TO DISCUSS PROBLEM j jJ OF MARKETING CA CATTLE TILE H Growers of f Twelve States Producing More Than ThanS S third One of of All the Ca Cattle tle of the United i S States Will Settle ettle Wel Weighty P Problems 1 S on fl Marketing of Nations Nation's Cattle 1 t r S 1 j jL L L. L T men from twelve twelve of the livestock producing ing states state t 1 i who while representing one-fourth one o of the states in number i and tenth one-tenth of the inhabitants of oat the he United States run nearly third one-third of the cattle of the country will meet in convention in jn Salt Lake tomorrow The conventions will last three days t There will be he three conventions The first called by th the California California Cali Cali- fornia Cattlemen's association of which Fred H. H Bixby is president president president J dent and Javid avid J. J secretary and amI which is js known as the Western States Marketing conference This conference will meet Y in the Hotel Utah Monday D December cember 6 at 10 o'clock a. a m mt and i will go into executive executive session f t The contribution contribution of the representatives tives of this conference to the n nations nation's Uon's food supply is tremendously in excess excess excess' J of their own requirements and as each season there is a s scurry to the Eastern J. J and Western markets with surplus catS cattie cattle cat- cat J S tie tle with no concerted effort until now to guage the demand and furnish the supply the conference is of ot unusual t importance Among the matters sugS suggested sug- sug S in the program to be acted upon 1 f jare are the following PROGRAM OF CONVENTION S 1 A plan of of action whereby the the sea I surplus supply of cattle from the various states can be 2 The preparation of a schedule by by r i which a more mort steady supply of cattle t would gould enter the various Eastern rn and I Middle Western markets t I I 3 National legislative matters perr I to federal financial aid ald S 10 r I 4 Enactment of state or or federal t I legislation toward the eradication of ot tUberculosis in iii range rang cattle and the X j j v of tubercular cattle entering entering entering enter- enter ing the markets of the country 5 Action tending to withhold from prime cattle markets half-fat half cattle an and ami i S S feeders feeder 6 Prevention of glutting other ther- aa with feeders feeder S 7 A closer cooperation between state i asso associations with respect to f fed d aria axia arid other conditions V 8 Effort to reestablish the branch branch S V offices of the United States States' bureau bf of markets 7 9 Mapping out a policy of campaign S S I having as its object stimulation of 15 Beef e consumption 5 S In addition to these nine points there I II will win be other matters which will come 4 I before the conference and judicious I action is expected upon all all' of them M I j particularly numbers 1 i and 2 they as 1 are calculated to bring about a better b I i 1 condition for cattlemen k COMMITTEES OF CONVENTION 74 I Committees have been appointed by lf 1 the livestock men of several states I which will win probably be ready to submit sub sub- j I mit reports and andi recommendations by Tuesday afternoon Those named on on- J sT 1 the nine committees to conform to the rI V nine points follow I Cattle supply and surplus Alonzo Alonza S if f Brinkerhoff and J J. H. H Tanner Tanner market vr schedules J. J H. H Manderfield l chairman 7 of the market committee financial aid 1 James L. L of tuberculosis tu- tu j in cattle from markets Dr i F. F E. E Murray inspector in charge bUreau by- by reau reat of animal Industry and Dr R. R W. W t j Hoggan state livestock Inspector b better bettor bet bet- t i ter tor condition with respect to feed J J. M. M i i j jHarmon Harmon Interstate trade Wilts Wills L. L f V 5 I Johnson state cooperation John Black Black v and Charles W. W Redd of branch offices office United States market marlet mar- mar J ket let E. E C. C Parsons stimulation of the tho beef industry J. J M. M MacFarlane soX 1 QUESTIONNAIRES f I Through questionnaires sent out S Secretary data has been s secured se- se se-li se cured and will be presented th the tho c cn- cn n ference showing showing- the number of cattle cattle- In each of the twelve states comprising the conference number turned off oft as' as T prime cattle approximate number of young cattle and feeder cattle shipped to other states approximate number dumber of ot I I young and feeder cattle shipped in from J JI other states periods of year when I I shipments are generally made and the number by months of feeders prime prIma 1 catte review of average prices paid in each st state te for the past ten years on stock cattle yearlings feeder steers feeder cows prime steers prime cows i l the consumption of beef within each state and whether the Is wholly J from within the state and the tho prime primo cattle surplus over and above the local needs and normal supply from the outside outside out- out I side If any and the dates when this this' surplus becomes available S The outcome of the deliberation of I Ithe the marketing conference as also from tho the other two conventions will Ill be bo J submitted submitted sub sub- mUted to the convention of the Amer lean National Livestock association lon at at atEl El EI a Paso Tex on January 12 to 14 1921 It is believed that the facts facts' s i J. J which will be gathered by the tho three thre conventions here and which will be assembled assembled as- as as- as will present a coherent plan 1 for action and will be of Inestimable value to the national convention according according according ac- ac cording to officials of the conferences now here and permit discussion on th the tha r recommendations after careful 1 investigation of all tho the factors involved I C I by tho the conferences v y |
