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Show kSituatioriuJ flood movement of prnssers which was confined to a period of three or four months of the year, so if the use of supplemental feed.1! accomplished only that, it would still be worth while, but it has done more by showing show-ing the way to cash the cutbacks, thus avoiding the heavy loss of flesh and cost of carrying1 over another season. In this connection, w? should also keep in mind that the feeding out of our cattle that did not finish on grass gives the1 cowman access to the market mar-ket on a much higher price level prevailing pre-vailing at the season of the year when grass cattle are out of the way and warmed up and feed lot cattle are available for slaughter purposes. That .1 period is usually November 1st to June 1st. The general practice of feeding, well on its way throughout California Califor-nia and the adjoining states, has created cre-ated a demand for feeders so if the rancher is not in a position to carry them along to a finish, he has a chance to cash them to go on thirty, sixty or ninety day feed whereas heretofore. here-tofore. the packer alone has been relied re-lied upon to purchase the half fat kinds and no matter how you figure it, there is an economic loss in the premature slaughtering of live stock. The natural trend of things is rap- idly forcing a recognition of the need of more up-to-date methods and only by keeping step with this march of progress are we able to ward off the old and unsatisfactory and unprofitable unprofit-able condition. The use of cottonseed cake ha:-, done much for the cattle industry of -he Southwest. In fact, many ranchers ranch-ers believe that the use of cake as a supplemental feed has played an im-jortarit im-jortarit part in stabilizing cattle values val-ues and has also allowed cattlemen to make the turnover without having to oarry the thin end another season. The use of cake on the ranch not only helps to fatten the "critter" but it makes a better quality of beef. 1 Not. all concentrates are available for range feeding because of the waste but the use of any supplemental supplemen-tal feed that hastens beef maturity is a move in thei right direction. Cottonseed Cotton-seed cake is rather plentiful in the Southwest and is priced to sell. Nut form is the most practical and is spread out regularly in certain places 30 that the cattle soon find out where it is and go to it. When the range is exhausted, concentrates and roughage in the feed lot is the way to- early marketing. It is noticeable too that the ranchers are putting up some hay DRch year to be used in carrying over young stock and finishing the immature. imma-ture. We can't even begin to estimate esti-mate the loss under the custom of a few years back, in letting unfinished unfin-ished steers rustle their way to another an-other gi-ass season. The loss of weight of those that survived the endurance ':est was enormous, to say nothing of the number that fell by the wayside. Less supply and consequent higher price1 levels have made the rancher scratch his head and think seriously of the new conditions confronting him in handling a much more valuable product pro-duct meaning that where he lost a dollar under the old system he would lose several dollars under the new order or-der of things. The rancher also finds that the people want better quality meat and this calls for better sires, and that the heavy aged kinds are seasonal, hence the outlet is limited as against the younger, lighter and better bet-ter finished first to sell on the market mar-ket and at the top price. Cake used on the range has undoubtedly un-doubtedly contributed to orderly marketing mar-keting by slowing up the seasonal |