Show THOUSANDS OF THIN STARVED CATTLE BOUGHT BY By J. J A. A McNaughton Those In the meat trade in the middle Best est cannot be Im In Impressed pressed with the fact that thousands of distressed animals are being hurried hurried hur hur- ried rt to slaughter laughter all aU over the coun coun- try I have Just returned from irom a trip through the middle west and at all of the markets a great Teat percentage of the animals being marketed are thin and immature At one of the large corn com belt markets markets mar mar- hundreds of trucks come In dally daily with odd head of farm animals Many farmers are converting thin dairy cows COAS into cash due to lack of feed and water These animals are the kind that seldom enter Into commercial com com- mercial meat channels being family family ly dairy cows core The markets also are receiving literally lit lit- literally thousands of thin and Immature immature Imma imma- ture beef animals that are difficult to move into retail trade channels after being It Is very apparent that despite the huge hu e volume of thin cattle now being purchased by federal drouth relief relit agencies there are other thousands of animals that are being forced to slaughter r that do not come came swithin s I I within the scope of the of-the the federal campaign All of these things go to show mow how nl necessary essary and important the federal I drouth relief measures are Many thousands of or cattle are dying of thirst d starvation in the western drouth area arra even before federal agents have havethe havethe havethe the opportunity to make Inspection I |