Show SURPLUS CATTLE OF COUNTY MAY MA BE SOLO SOLD Government Comes to Aid of Stockmen on A Account c c 0 u n t of Drought Fair Prices Offered v purchasing The federal surplus cattle ing program now getting under way throughout the west was launched in inGrand inGrand Georgeo Grand county this week when George o 0 Patterson Moab stockman was placed in charge of the program here Mr Patterson who is working in co- co cooperation cooperation operation with County Agent J IL H Eager of San Juan county returned Wednesday from Salt Lake City where he was called to attend a meeting relative to 0 the governments government s plan lan of purchasIng purchasIng- surplus cattle of this this state Mr Patterson after learning aU all de- de details details tails of the program thinks the plan win will be very attractive to all st stockmen kmen of Grand county who own cattle cattle- than they have feed for and who may wish to reduce their herds Fair prices will be paid for such surplus cattle ranging up to 20 per head Mr Patterson has called a meeting of all stockmen of Grand county to tobe tobe be held at Moab next Tuesday uly my 3 at 1 o D m m at the county cOurt hoUSe flesh Deah E J Maynard of the school of animal husbandry Utah State Agricultural Agricultural tural college will be present and nd Will tell the stockmen how and hen the purchase of their cattle by the govern govern- government government ment will take place EVery stockman in Grand county whether he has afew a afew few head of cattle or many is urged to attend this meeting It is expected that 17 head ot of cattle will be eliminated from utah herds under the government purchase plan Many of them will be slaught- slaught slaughtered slaughtered ered and canned the meat to be used for distribution through relief agencies It is expected that several thousand head of cattle will be processed fox for canning each Week for the next eight or ten weeks Under the plan outlined l for Utah the number slaughtered would be far farI short of the head it JS as hoped I to eliminate from Utah herds but many of the cattle taken from the farms and ran ranges es will be in such poor condition that they v will ill be condemned slain and buried Still others WIn will be distributed to subsIstence families for milk supplies Working under Dr F E Murray Murra I head of the Salt Lake office of the bureau of animal industry twelve veterinarians will go into the field and ard inspect and classify c c ittIe to be pur- pur purchased purchased chased Attention Is called to the fact that ample funds have been provIded to purchase all cattle offered for sale regardless of their condition The culling advantages of the program are stressed I The funds for payment of the pro pro- producers producers will be obtained from an appropriation I set aside by congress and will willI I not be taken from other relief funds the state h is received It is anticI- anticI anticIpated anticipated that if all the surplus cattle are am slaughtered the farmers and stockmen of Utah will receive about as asp p 2 result of the cattle purchase plan There is nothing compulsory about the cattle purchasIng program Stock Stock- Stockmen Stockmen men and farmers are merely offered thIs chance to sell at a fair price their surplus cattle for which they have no feed It is expected that most range cows vs wIll bring the maximum of f 20 per head In cases where the cattle are the holder of the mortgage e will receive 14 per h head ad and ard the mortgagor will receive 6 per head on each cow that brings the maximum price of 20 |