Show The Livestock Situation By J. J A A. McNaughton There Is a shortage of good dairy cows in the western country due both to the big demand for healthy high producing cows In Southern California and to the general campaign to rid the country of cows At this time there Is a widespread demand for good heifer calves sired by purebred purebred pure pure- bred bulls and out of high producing dams It will pay dairymen who do donot donot donot not raise their own heifer calves cal to US use us good bulls as there Is a better market for well bred heifer calves to go Into other dairies than there is ir it such stock is sold for There Is added Interest In the so- so called dual purpose cattle since beef prices have hue advanced There are large laree numbers of dairymen who buy all o o otheir otheir their cows force them along alons to t limit of milk mUt production and then figure on selling the cows for b beef ef It Is pointed out bv by adv advocates tes of the dual purpose animal that such stock may be bred up for hUh high pr and at the same time when the animals animals ani ani- mals are milked out they should bring better prices for b beef purposes Further the calves from the dual animal are more salable for purpose oft fo athe vealine or for the production of beef I Practically eve every western tern fair reports beef the largest entry list of pure-bred pure and dairy cattle swine and sheep on record This Indicates that the producing producing producing pro pro- of pure bred registered livestock live me- stock is rapidly coming back and also brings out the fact that stockmen toe are Interested in buying be bred better animals else the breeders would not go goto goto goto and showing shoving of fitting to the expense J their choice animals |