Show the Liv livestock situation by J A arigona willis ships moro more tonii three times ns as many cattle into califor na as any other western state in ill 1138 1938 marketed cattle lit in california the peak month non ill was lit in november when cattle wore were shipped into california an interesting feature of the arizona cattle movement Is lint hat A arizona now liow markets cattle lit in california nil all through tile the year duo to tho afie rapid development of rattle cattle fording feeding in fit that state not so many years ago arizona w was as strictly it a cattle state and tile out of tile tho state was waa on a 11 se basis lit in ilic spring will and full fall Ill mostly I 1 in the fall but the me rich irrigated valleys are now producing great quantities of hay bay and grain cattlemen to fatten a large share of the cattle in feed feedlots lots tina this de development vol hopmen t in cattle feeding has added grea greatly ti y to to he cash ln cornea of arizona agriculture ri nevada stands second in the shipment of cattle to california it markets with ft a total of head in 1038 1938 nevada also has hag developed cattle feeding in the irra arri cited valleys and a goodly share of tile the nevada N cattle production Is now marketed as fat beef on california markets third it in beef cattle shipments to california 14 Ls tile the state of texas will 1 a 11 total of 81 alg in 1038 1938 fourth la Is utah with fifth Is 14 now new with sixth 14 oregon with fco so Is idalio with 5 other states eltIng it a sizeable number of beef cattle lit in california include colorado Mont montana itna AV washington ashington wyoming AVI kansas katims nebraska oklahoma ind old mexico A total of 7 3 H cattle nna and calves were shipped into california lit in 1038 1098 these figure indicate ill the importance in por tanco of alia ali 5 largo population lit in california to producers in other western states incidentally 1038 1939 imports from other states were smaller sm aller than lit in 1037 1030 1930 or 1031 1931 be because cause of smaller matter numbers of beef aref cattle in ill california tills this year it Is likely that call corula will require larger imports of out lofstate of cattle in ill 1030 than was tilt lie case cage in last t F year e a r thus ihus thu the quotations on cuttle cattle prices emanating each market day from tho the los union stock yards tire are of vital importance to producers lit in nil all of tle the other western wates sates |