Show State Officials Meet With livestock Men len J. J M. M Macfarlane of ot Salt Lake City president of the Cattle and Horse Growers Association tion of ot the state Dr George Stewart of ot Ogden representing the Forest Service and Harvey A. A Nielson of Spanish Fork representative tive th-e of the Utah State Wool Growers Association n were a committee of ot 3 re representing representing representing re- re presenting the governor of ot the state th state Extension Service the State Board Doard of Agriculture the Forest Service Service Ser Ser- vice the livestock r s of the tha state and all aU of or the livestock financing agencies of f the state who I visited Cedar Tuesday in a wide state-wide survey of the tha available winter feed supply on farms and on the winter ranges This committee met with representative representative representative livestock men of ot the county here Tuesday morning Livestock men familiar familiar fam fam- with the desert ranges in all aU parts of or the county parts of ot Nevada Washington Washington Wash Wash- ington and Kane counties and the Arizona Strip were present at tho the meeting These men reported to the tha visiting that the winter ranges for the most part including he Arizona Strip present a very dis- dis outlook at t the present time tim however it was pointed out by the local livestock men that conditions in past years at this season have often seemed very discouraging ging but helpful rains and snows during the fall raU have greatly Increased the available feed reed supply and have made it possible for stockmen to graze the ranges In lo locations locations locations lo- lo that are ordinarily ble due to lack of or proper watering fa ra- ra Local livestock men pointed out that tha they realize the seriousness of the winter range condition at this time timo but they have to begin the winter as 83 i they have many times in the past trusting that conditions will become more favorable wable as the season advances Mr Macfarlane assured the livestock men that the governor and all of the state and federal agencies Institutions and organizations interested in the livestock business would cooperate to give the livestock Industry every as assistance assistance as- as possible In the prot protection of foundation herds berds and flocks both on the farms and the ranges H He further stated that it would be necessary for livestock men to cull their herds and flocks of ot all aU old extremely poor or otherwise undesirable or Inferior an- an i I He expressed the belief beller that tho the AAA AM cattle purchase program would bo b bI I resumed in Utah at for a short abort I I I period to give range men an opportunity tunit to dispose of or cattle which could I I not be gathered earlier in the year but which should be sold in the federal federal federal fed fed- eral culling program Active Federal control of or the public public pub pub- lic domain according to Mr Macfarlane Macfarlane Macfar Macfar- lane iane may not become possible until about July 1935 except in a liml limited ed way The committee left Cedar City en- en route to St. St George Panguitch and other towns in Southern Utah where I similar meetings with livestock men were ere to be held |