Show the livestock situation DY L LA A Me mcnaughton NAUGHTON LOS 1104 IM jan jail 1 1935 for V or tho the first ton ten months or oc 1934 figures recently indicate n till n hi creaso in ill consumption of three pounds pr capita in meat ineat and lard in ali the united states during that period receipts of cattle and calves nt it went moat packing centers increased 48 49 and 61 per vent cent respectively those iner increases ases avo mado made up tip largely of drouth relief cattle pur by tile tho and while they were purchased purchase consid rubly under their cost coat of production losses sustained by producers til lit this direction will doubtless bo be offset by tile higher prices resulting from the curtailment of beof beef cattle supplies pat Nat lonal ineat packer reports lit in ciotto that a volume of business busl in fit eicem of any haudley since tile tho anvar flays days passed through tho the plants planta during 1934 1034 aud and while bilde and wool vw during tile your wholesale meat prices i ed cd mi an average of 0 37 per cent und mid t heo increases are being passed on oil to tho bici producers produce rN as la is evidenced by continually general livestock prices athlie tile tho drouth ling has caused tre tic nui luen idona dons losses to proc lucera in most of tile hio middle western and western states despite this department of agricultural re reports ports claim that tho the rush income from farm production throughout the country for 1934 will amount to six billion dol dollars larse till an of one billion dollars oer ver 1033 1903 and nearly two to billion dollars over 1832 1932 there la Is little doubt among vers cra that livestock prices are enter ing 11 long upward swing there will likely bo be temporary set back backa 4 lit in tile price movement mo ement this OP opinion Illon la Is substantiated by tho the report of tile government that tile the number of meat food animals on faring nt at this ehno lino Is the smallest in ill 35 years and ana when increased consumer demand Is taken into consideration it would seem that a surplus of any of livestock Is not likely to occur for quite some nomo time and with the sharp cutting culling of flocks and herds herda brought about first by tho the depression mid later inter by y tile tho drouth it Is very likely ny its replacements are mado made there will bo be it rowing tendency toward quality production rather than alian with rood good brooding breeding nna and finish feeding coming about in III tile tho west especially it will make it pool we blo to regulate production to best beat nieca consumer demands and avold over and under seasonal supplies Bupp lles ns as has been the case where tile the elements wore were depended dei ended upon entirely to bring livestock to marketing I 1 |