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Show CATTLEMEN URGED TO HOLD ANIMALS In letters sent out by the Utah Cattle and Horse Growers Association cattlemen are urged to hold on to good basic breeding herds this fall, according to announcement Wednesday Wednes-day by J. M. Macfarlane, president. The letters have been sent out to representative rep-resentative livestock men in those counties hardest hit by the drouth conditions of the past season, where the cattlemen are discouraged by lack of feed and are , considering selling out their herds. Mr. Macfarlane as president, and Thomas Remond, as secretary, of the association, sign the letter. The text follows: "We note by the newspapers that your section of the country is so hard hit by the drouth that the cattlemen are talking of selling out and going out of business. This is a serious situation sit-uation after the cattlemen have gone through the hard times of the past seven years, that now, when they could make money raising cattle, they arc selline- out. We feel sure that from $12 to $15 would feed a cow from; now until next spring and that the calf she would produce in the spring would sell for from $35 to $40, so it looks like the calf would pay for the feed of the cow during the winter and leave the grower a good profit besides the cow. Millard county alone has plenty of feed to take care of all cattle from. Kane and Washington counties, and considerable feed could also be bought in Beaver county. Similarly Simi-larly there is other good feed available avail-able within reaching distance of other sections where the natural feed has been hard hit by the drouth. . "It would appear unwise for the cowmen to go out of business now, when everybody posted in the industry feels that prices are going to be extremely ex-tremely good for the next five or six years at least. Government statistics show that there are 10,000,000 less cattle cat-tle in the United States now than five years ago and 3,000,000 more people. peo-ple. "We have already inquired into feed conditions in Millard county and find they can take care of all the cattle that may be taken there." The Utah Cattle and Horse Growers' Grow-ers' association will be glad to help locate feed for any stockmen that may want the services of this organization. |