| Show 5 DECREASE OP OF SHEEP AND LAMBS ON FEED IN CORN BELT There was a decrease of nearly 4 per cent or or about head Inthe in inthe inthe the num number er of sheep and lambs lamb on feed in the corn belt and nd western states tat o on January 1 1 1924 compared with the number on feed January 1 1923 according to an estimate issued by the United States Staten d department t of at agriculture The es estimated os- os numb number 1 on feed was h head ad this year and 4 head last year The estimate mado made as of D Decem m- m berl 1923 showed an n of or around over the number on on on feed Dec December r 1 i i 1923 bu bL during December 1923 1923 1023 the market market- ings were larger arid amid th the in market J move movement I meat ment of feeders Wits was ws s smaller than tian during Decem December bel of oJ the previous 1 year S S I Tire fIre total shipments of feeding 61 sheep e p and and lambs into the corn belt heir I fro from n public stockyards from August to December n ber 1923 inclusive vf were wore nearly mO more e t than thai d during ring the h same period in 1922 However Io the movement in-movement was earlier t In the preceding year with a consequent consequent consequent conse conse- quent early early- return return movement to market there being an increase of ot over ver O head in the December 1 shipments me ts over December 1922 j I S. S S f I Reports from California l that the long continued drought ia ial I the principal early lambing sections f threatens to reduce materially ma th the size L size of or the early lamb Iamb crop and t to t delay its marketing from six ix week to two yo months as compared to last last la year when conditions were faro tavo Jot able and the movement erly eTly j- j la i jIt E It K Kentucky and Tennessee here is Is reported a small smaIl a ae e in th th the number of ewes kept this spring but the winter winfer to date lat lathas has been favorable and all aI sheep ar arin th thin ara arain in good condition J The present situation seems to Indicate In a considerable shortage i m i II supplies in the areas that normal f supply the Pacific coast markets u entil en- en til May at least that the supplies t. t for middle western and eastern mn mar markets mat mat- j during January February and HOT tJ March will wUl be as large as 0 o possiblY possibly 11 l 01 larger than last year but with wIth a considerable decrease la tI supplies during April and May Since how bow L L. ever ever- th there re are always ta Ia numbers of at lambs put pUl on feed teed al ater I a January 1 and since a probable fu future fUi fu 10 Tib b ture shortage will increase the spec i d u illative demand for fed ted lambs f for fro o t S shearing and further short feeding Al fl fla a considerable increase in opera operations Dg along these lines will tend t fc to if In reduce the immediate and e t the future supply of lambs for S slaughter of t |
