Show the livestock situation DY BY L A mcnaughton los angeles Cati fornin with unusually favorable grass feed con coir lit in california this season will lc be it larger than usual her of battlo fatten on itar I 1 kicen ford feel alic in tile in I 1 n ds of a n many people Is I 1 whether or not it will continue to lio lie profitable to to finish cattle lit in 1 dry I ry lots to my illy igind there la 14 going to ile it brond outlet for graan teil fed cattle 01 nil through li the year and nt at somo over grails fat cattle the california grass fat steer Is 14 of cf excellent quality and it IKs doia IK s not julto fill a certain call from tile butcher for graan fattened so ao called baby bw beef thum while the demand for gralli fod fed probably tro bably will lio lie lems lessened ened during the next few mont lis it Is 1 atio lie general opinion 0 of members of tile ment trade that lint thero will always lo bo it cull call tor for high quality lua lity grain bruin fed steers it insist also lc be realized that the ext eilent rolna and very favorit favorable ble growing conditions have beno fitted grain acreage to the same extent that range feed lins ling ihan western nta otate tv will find it more profitable to market i barley lit in the form fonn of choice beef find pork than ns as grain ilij alij tiame saine inight bo be said of other binin and feed crops grown in ili alin leitera states utilization of tile food feed lot int will tilso bo be valuably valti ablo to tho cattle gruwer ili h spreading out tho marketing season yens manifestly if nil fill grass grassi fat cattle are aru pushed onto the market during it relatively short period isay front from april may juno find july tho the cattle market la Is likely to be burdened with bat to tile detriment of values it a fair sharo of these cattle are aru taken from grass and ill turned into feed lots it may easily prevent a depressed market situation during tho early summer bummer and ervent a beef beca famine later in ili the lio year it must be that of till nil the cattle growing aoatoa california la Is probably pro bably the single state where there la Is anything like it a potent potential lal burdensome supply of beef in sight in ill fact practically every other largo large cattle producing Is far short of normal sup plies piles this would naturally mean that lint it if california grass cattle are arc forced into beef channels during tile lie into spring and summer suin mer tile coast packer would havo have a difficult obtaining sufficient beef supplies during tile the remainder 77 of the year it seems seams to mo me that from everyl every our leaders lit in the beef cattle business would ut lid io ilo WL well 11 to encourage dry lot finishing of cattle |