Show fM f fj t tV i LCJ 0 f I S II r y Year ar 7 Is t L W P f 1 J L Y i 1 t I S m el I j jt 1 D I i 0 j P Prices rices Maintained M aln t a d I IV M Mean p k 1 J t G Good 00 d Profits P ro f to Grower G I rower oWer n i BRIEF review rol W of ot tho tha livestock Il t y ADRIEL situation s in Utah may not 0 provo to bo hD a IL thrill us talc talo to some but bOt tho story tto Y is is Mer t 4 7 thelo S of great greut interest to a great grett many man ina if Jr for fr no other reason than that IL It has hw hasto f f to do With willi ono of or the tilo greatest Indus fF J trios tries of tiC tho the west and in III tho tim nation t Utah n It most important station s atlon j Jn In n this mutter matter supplying as uio tho state II t alo aloi i t considerable portion of the i g does a 1 i v 2 country countr cc with beef mutton n and pork to tot tol toay l tie flu business bu t say ay nothing of If w wool woot jobbers packing t t I to 10 shippers pi tOIl PS and tho railroads if i Utah ami 1111 1 adjacent raising i states occupy a U rather ler unique position tr of l i with relation to other purls I big country In tho matter of oC cattle cattIe j J n in that there thoro thoroN N been a n marked shortage sh In production pro pr duc uc tion and a dropping oil MC ir In n prices tho f U condition n has Ims been Just tho the opposite tt s he tote c cj j In I U tho big eastern eastorn markets there thore has hasi i i J c been mett n II shrinkage of and tho the thoi i f lcJ in hi tho the number of head heal of oC cat eat cattle cati i i t tic tle tl wilt will approximate by h the tILe end ent of ol f tho year it is ID estimated conser conse conservatively i f ono One million 11 on hemi This i s t i condition Is IH indicated by ty b the tite i market receipts r C l S This tiis means a aJ i J jt tilling oft OtT of o MX Lx Ix hundred millions ot ut orY Y ff pounds of oC e C The Tho falling railing oil oft ol in sheep shoop l is I moro than compensated for Cor by h the th i g y gain in Iii hogs ho and the three hoof beef t cheep tf JJ t mid hogs hoSs make up UI IP the tho supply of ot tho thu country i Hd Tho TIlO this Ir havo 4 1011 higher than tho of ot last lat year ear ar In this mill and adjacent stales states and tho thu maintenance is insured by hy inn Iho i V over moy increasing demand coming from front fromI fronti I ho Iho const Olt otties Thoy Thew draw more nUH par particularly i I in the tho winter l months for fOI noro tf cattle e and this demand conies from iQ San Diego on OIl tIre tife south to as aa far farIS ar as Victoria ictoria on 1 tho north Seattle SattI mid ft lher Sound points So fI while there thele g buy hito bc been bem n a shortage in tho the eastern markets I I as us indicated i above there hus lias been beets tu 11 Ir in III Utah bolter prices 11 OB t f have been maintained facilities for COI Ir ilio Iho improved ranges rn iii tH In lii condition and tim tho situation generally excellent There aro ar i many fl Ji reasons for fol this state of fr affairs TIme Tho iii t ij Vest wc 1 est t is 5 growing While the LIlO ranges o been depopulated thu tho thi 4 w Y Il l In III hi Ulah huts has made l the tiie Hlll l finished stuff better bolter than thou 1 can got g ct l locally l In Iii the tho territory i 1 it referred l f lT ll li In u J r P lot f feuding fe which 1 li means both bothi i 1 kj ed rations mid hay butY i haff trob 1 III in th lust last I five 11 I yeats y 1 rit until l Ilio tit boundary bou lines hues linest t of cc f thi lh state staLe unit and valleys or of orf m t f states within a ra radius of ot o Pj Q ire iro now Ill being belli feel l I by y yit it totS toll fully i rit O jO O beau of ot attIe Tho r steer end coil ot or ort t ihl string into Inlo tho th lots hots lot at a afi fi ift tr probable average ay r ri cost of ot per r hun lIon W iL 3 li lit In i dred this year ea as II compared 1901 and tand nd Ito tho bulk b lk of bf f hue tho cattle or feed feedstock stock Isma o up C steers rather I l n cows COW OUTLOOK Time Tho sales which are belli made mado at nt this hits tuna limo range Iii l price at I a n level o with sales a year 3 CI I ago as namely to tn tot 1 t hundred the time latter latte l oln pall for fOI per por stuff Fat cows COWl at three cents with tho best hest bringing 3 I this has The rhu 11 years turn tutu off Iff for marketed t d been In excess xe S ot lC if time the number last lat year and the time output tor for the lh c coal bIg ing in year yen CU will undoubtedly exceed tIm tho present pre ent turn off orf FOH FOn HOME CONSUMPTION CO At otto ono time iliac a great grat Hr deal of or the Utah caUlo found a n m in III the tho east ami of course some I omo of f It do a now II but not so frO much as ali heretofore for tho reason rm that there Is III a 11 We bIu d 1 for fOi tho the product nearer home Rato changes during the last IWo fie years have hao been favorable to Lo local centers who Used Usel use to 0 ship many of 01 them now hold hol 1 their stuff stilt for tho the roast coast as Il needed and thero there is a greater demand for fat western packing There Thero aro UIO many mallY conditions c now fa fn to the tho live lIe stock industry olio nt it which Is I a II plentiful supply of cars There has hll boon been a n marked increase ot of now equipment and miel the old emS ears have been replaced by h now n w mid anti larger arger ones and hill Ilio produce lIC Is now no shifted faster Laster than over OVO before rc lo In Utah this year thero there hiLtS haw been an sn Increase In cuttle cattI anti and hi lit the tho valuation Tho Tile rapidly Towing crowing hog Industry Is becoming a 1 most important factor in the economics of oC the time state mill anti the tio business of I horse hor o Is II developing along right High priced stallions have havn boon been shipped Into time the state alato ana all l lie tho aro nie of 01 time the fittest finest breed with prices high The Tho sheep shoop industry is iR treated elsewhere tp ii this paper but the tilo livestock situation generally In tills this is III most prom promising ising I fitI A As an nn indication of or lie tho growth of ut Hits flits industry It Is Iii only necessary to 10 call ll attention ii to tho ho packing plants that aro amo III In In various west western era ellI cities dUes those of oC Colorado Utah for Instance Thoy rhoy oro 1110 all working full blast The he local plant W If killing more than SOO cattle and over Oer 2000 hags per pel month Tile The Ogden plant Is also al als doing doln well vell It GRASS TillS THIS YEAR Y AH AHAt At one ono time it Is estimated there theme were wIc w re at oh least n It million head bead of ot eat cat tic mi In lii this bR bt heavy hetty hel Y shipping brought hou ht that number way down doyn but butth they th aronow Ire now how building up The Tho physical this tIti year ale aiti most favorable an us there thero In Is I better r grass and plenty of oC water While there thero has been hl b n nan un an increase o In lii Utah Ulah of tim tho th livestock cl production It II has also been of t tattler ml er 1 l grade grado W and there thelo IK Is I a Ii sp n hl prom promise ise I c for tile tho future Time Tho ranges ar In splendid 1 shape the cattle callie of or high grade prices os good r facilities good an in lii time tho of C rates a 11 reduction ti In LII tho cost pt pf Bh ship shipping 1 ping by reason of ther Is lit Isn Isn n rt greater l nearer nc homo home than ever timId and ti d tho tim constantly en enlarging packing 1 Industry |