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Show i There are some substantial indications indica-tions of better times in the big consuming con-suming sections of the east. The buying buy-ing power has been down about one-third one-third of normal, but is looking up in spots. Livestock prices generally are lower low-er than a year ago, both on the Pacific Pac-ific coast and at the middle-western and eastern markets. The smallest loss lias been shown on the better grades of cattle, which at this writing are j only about 50 cents per cwt. under this time last year on the Los Angeles market. However, the common and lower grades are about a dollar lower. low-er. Meaty cows, which were selling early in June last year at $9.00 to $9.50 per cwt., are worth around $7.50 to $8.25 at this writing. Half -fat and j common cows, which a year ago were selling at $7.25 to $8.50, are selling! at $0.25 to $7.50 now. j The public seems to like veal and! the loss in value of that commodity I is relatively small. Good and choice veal calves, which early in June last year sold for $13.0.0 to $14.50 per cwt., are now in active demand at Los Angeles at $12.50 to $14.00. The hog market appears to carry a good, healthy undertone, although prices of pork also are lower than a year ago. Early in June last year, top hogs sold for $12.50 per cwt., whereas the same quality of hogs at this writing writ-ing are worth about $11.25. However, the hog feeders are said to be making more money' this year even at the lower price scale, due to much lower-priced lower-priced feeds. Besides, there is a very i active demand for feeder pigs, which are selling at higher prices this year than last concrete evidence of the faith of the farmer in the immediate future of the hog market. The sheepman has had to accept the most drastic price declines of all. He is getting only $8.00 to $9.75 per cwt. for his fat lambs at Los Angeles, as compared with $13.00 to $14.00 a year ago. Feeder lambs are much lower than a year ago, with prices ranging from $6.00 to $7.00 at th Los Angeles Union Stock Yards. At such low prices and in view of the low prices of feeds, lamb feeding is likely to prove popu-I popu-I lar this season, despite the heavy los- lots. ' Eastern buyers are placing orders or-ders with commission firms at the Los Angeles Union Stock Yards, and it looks like a real opportunity for California growers to ship their offerings of-ferings to the Los Angeles market with an opporunity of selling the fat end to the packer and the thin end either locally, or to go on east. . ses taken on fed lambs in the 1929-30 winter season. . , There are too many thin cattle com- ; ing to the market. Concentrate feeds are relatively cheaper and it would appear good business to put a little more flesh on these range cattle before be-fore shipping .them to market. The same thing might be said of lambs. California lamb growers have had pretty smooth sailing for several years, and have not been forced to think much about supplemental feeding feed-ing of their lambs, although they have practiced supplemental feeding of ewes during the winter season. A good many of these thin lambs, particularly par-ticularly in grain-growing districts, could spend a few weeks on stubble to good advantage. , Most of our surplus of early fat lambs have moved east. A good deal of attention is being paid to the buying buy-ing of feeder lambs for nearby feed- |