Show to d d ait U a I 1 am hicA ucal 11 meat bleat food animals pass through gli ahree ee principal channels their their marketing and turnis ilg the raw product into moat meat food nd ad their products byproducts by followed by distribution to tile the consuming public the outlets represented by tile tho metropolitan consuming centers of te he country aro are of great importance to 0 the producer tile tho growth ol 01 0 con miner demand on tho the pacific coast bas aas made itself felt in livestock circles dries cles as far east cast as the missouri river and tile coast chaat states have changed roni exporters of meat food animals to Ini importers porters an immense meat packing center ig 3 taking shape in los loa angeles to meet the requirements the extent ot of which may inay be gungel by considering that the population has more than doubled in the past ton years with now BOW in excess of alve million people jn in the state to supply there aro are many reasons for the gathering together of moat meat packing plants it at a chosen point the principal one Is that through gli centralization of packing plants adjacent toa to a central livestock market and with the proper strategic location asto bet beat serve the needs of consumer demand tho the movement of meat food animals may best be sustained in a regular flow this accomplishes distribution trib ution and conservation into food products to the best advantage of the he producer the packer and finally the he ultimate consumer through biln bringing ang together many packing lacking plants at a central point the value alue of products byproducts by can best bo be gitil hed ed in the bulli building fing up of a sufficient lelent volume to mako make their value of con sequence equen ce whereas it if tho the operations were ere attempted at widely scattered points much of this advantage would be 9 lost the marketing opportunity afford ed 1 the producer on tho the south pacific coast may well be appreciated when the ie constantly increasing packer inand shown by the figures below Is taken into consideration cattle 1922 GOG 1923 1921 1924 1925 1926 calves 1922 1923 1924 1925 34 1926 the decrease in calf ship shipments mento tn in I 1 was duo dav to retention of young stock on the ranges in replenishing herds the value of live received by producers producer s in supplying these requirements ruti run around pitty fifty million dollars per year and for the past four fell r years the value of packer purchases at the los angeles market follow 1923 1924 1925 2200 0 and 1926 A feature worthy of consideration by the livestock producer Is that the outlet in this territory is not limited to local consumption although that Is increasing annually through the coming of hundreds of thousands ot of new residents resl denta the local packing industry in n the future is to grow steadily in tho volume lilo of products handled not lot only eniy to ia moot loot local requirements but from increased business in stocking ships and in supplying the trade of tile the pacific ocean points as well we II 11 as shipments of dressed meats by water to the atlantic seaboard |