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Show 1JII LIVE STOCK IN UTAH. 1 Kl fJ I Sf SSfi 11 !7 ! jtlfAf from James C I.enrv 1 HU ii ' IEvmII To mn"' People who follow the raising 'fa W -HitSlI otllve stock ns a calling, the casting up LBm it j" EtHS ot ai-(ounts for tho old )cir Is nttended H ft IS : "'"' fedl"Kfl aC dlssntlsfactlun. this Is 1 " i fi ?im particularly truo of our Utah cattlemen. fffljl . rt', iitPf Short supplies of beet last spring ecnt Vnt : IJli prlt. s In tho Eastern markets to figures affliri t tiw -if toneumtri howled ngnlnst ns prohlbl- JJOitjis" r' r lm' r'lul "" "'" llc'"ani1 continued nnd HjUjHf Bltl J i values remained high, ranchmen, Bbu9u a!u moio geneially than feeders per- WflBI' ff xt haps, felt that not onl were cnttlo up ffjWMnlj' JiJ'ttf () "'" l,l'' lult llmt "le fnl1 demand for rlla!$ !t) ilil feeding stock would be greatly nug- affTlrlPli hlu menled and (hat competition for thou' Kin ilii1 111 classes would bring bujers nut on the tShTiI &u r r"rcs n ',0 lhclr trad,"! Contrary to aVfVWc!" SI il ' "" "stf,rn calculation!", receipts In- affllI',ivlj''l tiensed Willi amazing rapldll after HI) flail K?ll grass cnttle once began to run, and hhDi Km;? ihese uriltuls at the II intern celling ItflV Bi ' j plares weio so froth of the Immature lKCHfawfli Ivluds that people who wanted steers to llHr rnt ln "1Blr ff''' lols fun I In the dally Vi'fliiF1 ItM ''' rnss nt the JumplnK-orf phvea bnr- Tli? I m &(. F t"s "h'c'i were not to be passed up bH t in 1 EIT lor strlnRS nut on the ranges whoso llMn r (il k' onneis were affected with the klnk- tirl'f kkMiw n ck of big expectations Home tew Iff rU1? Ijjl ' n(1 " about the markets In their HBJl'A ' i iBlJf r nsonlng followed nlon thovo lines U t'' 11 'til adoptod by the ranchmen In their eimj ffffl V k' HaM tla em' ut1( as conn UH (0rn Piospec ts aVftfii) fi'lflliW ' ' 'me "''" assured elostd deuU with Till lljfiliifl Western men for the rnstim output of Wilt!' 'IS fill '' lr 1,eri' "t figures higher than the ll j .ijH I ft ' ling kinds of rnttlu la ought the fill 'ill i I r befnic Puch trunsartlnns weio 11IH 1 lJi U v '' ul (n tnc ndvnutage of the pro- WlSJtf illlT 11 u "" "" llu' 'Rlcl (lend of the market Hi villi 111 C it ' L'U'hcd. nnd when dellvny time Hlt'l!' i'll 1 1 -n"' '" S'Ptcmbei nnd October, tho it ii1 111' II titiuet cattle weie costing their bu- Hild' i liRill "" ot "ie enrl summer an where fioin Cs' ! 'i!l''f I' 1 to 40 cents n hundred imire than tho li'''. ' jl'l I nnon mrk Aim His llberull (toured I rt '' 'JBI I ' '"" n" "" !''11ntr plneen A notable Hi'Mt .'Jwrf . nuance of this sort wus 1'ukoiib und BBMri'-j ',' tilli (I Innauci s pule to the St Joe specu. bbVUi NtlS it lators nnd ordei buers, the Alkln TilL j'f!lJ (I bihtliers The latter iipeiutni-s have a Kic rf I'll ,r',e clltntrIe nr feed lot men among bbbbMLI E'l III!'' II "' ir MIspouiI furmer customers whom bVHbv t liri! ,n outfit each season with good cat- BBBBBsxi VtH&ll ''' They needed a long stilng for those III lvKJ II dependents in the event of a big corn Ml!! f'i'if J' fl crop and the "Ke) stones nud ' U Dou- H'll'J'illtr '' B" l111' the bill for tiuallty A lff'!i If lt3' for "" lions wus llnull) closed 31ft M ' tol'ncr the deliver) during the fall BBBBBur, S ilk t fl ouiha of several thousand aged steers, bVH iI ll lil ntrfan h'''' ncre lecelvsd and jail for as t'iiMNva'Kl eiosstel the scales ut Demur nt thc bbbBit rre'l l ' ' ' mlc -3' vnMo rattle lu,t M Sik rf'JCrifjfl Igludin befoie) in 1 after them Hili IJXKVt'll u i s of 1 i uiiuetli) at flguies tMif iTl f ll run '' ".owiiwuid from that notch to ffjffjjjwjijjf j Jj tlircc and three-quarters. In this sec- lii! PI i I m iffffffffffffffffffffl I CUal tlon of thc country, however, outside of tho fining sales of jouni;cters, thero was little contract selling at any tlmo during the jenr, and the range trading shut off cntlrel) after grass cnttlo be-gnn be-gnn running on tho markets freely. An extensive deslio ln other rltntcs to cut down holdings to the) minimum capacity of ranges provided abundant supplies for the killers und feeders nlllce and kept their busers on the fences nt the markets where their disposition to tako n dime off values did not meet tho resistance re-sistance It would have encuuntered ln 1 a ranchman's buckboard out on tho bald prairie, while tho steern were putting put-ting on tallow nt n nominal cost, The I result was a big run In tho nggregito i during tho year notwithstanding the I short enrlv btiWJles under which tho packers wero not onlj enabled to fill u current demand for fresh beef, but to I ung enormous ciuuntlties in cold stor- I ago to b used thioughoiit tho winter I and fur Into the spring perhaps If tho do lot feeders disclose n belief later on that tliej havo the situation ln supplies sup-plies sewed up to any extent. Hut thero is little prospect of the development of such confidence In Mew of the recent niHiilfeptution of fenr of the future dls-llajed dls-llajed In the nntc-bolldnj selling, Tho one tenttnl 1dm of people who wcro feeding cattle ln the early ebi of December De-cember nppenred to be getting from under before the jeiu ended, nnd enormous enor-mous supplies were dumped on tho markets mar-kets for three weeks The slump vvns a rceoid-lneakei, und prices tumbled l to Jl u0 a bundled In ten ilnjs .Shippers n ude their own punishment, and nftcr n time sullli lentlj realised It to case up on crowding the market Th effect wns Immediate on prices, nnd the) are gradual!) moving up The totnl lecclpts nt tho five big sell. Ing comets of the country during tho jenr nggiegnted nenrb seven and n half millions of cattle nnd exceeded In so doing tin receipts of the previous jeir b) nlmost n half million head I'tali contributed but slightly to tho supplies at these points, ns tho Htato treasury consisted of steers of jouthful ages, outside of pales to the local killers, and stock entile which were disused of to market buyers or sold to the same block provides when on the lleshy order, Tho totnl shipments out of tho Btato during the jenr probuhlj aggregated COnoo hend, and the home consumption used up n similar number approximately, approximate-ly, of the flail herds To compensate for this reduction In numbers It Is bo-lteeil bo-lteeil that the c lives branded during the ) ear will mnki a full set off leaving the total number on the ranges, tho fauns and the mstuiea iioincvvhvre 111 the neighborhood of 101 WlO Ii lees nere In I ill on rattle are about 50 to 75 eenu n hundred loner thin thev wen a enr ugo on the fat kinds, atid la dollars and cents lor tho othr sorts sellers nro, and have been I realizing 1901 figures. Sheepmen got from 2 to 2'J cents more for the '03 crop of wool thnn they wero ablo to sell their previous year's clip for, nnd thc jleld ran up In the eight figures, ns usual, Sixteen million pounds Is n close estimate of Its weight, and In mutton they marketed an unusually generous number of tho woolly backs, i Ono reason for till wns tho carrlng over largo flocks the car before, nnd nnother not less forceful wns the grow Ing difficulty of getting range to run their flocks on. The Oov eminent Inspection In-spection l ecords Indicate that upwards of CDO.000 sheep were shipped from Utah alone, nnd as the big end ot the btuto Hack Is summered In adjoining States and market shipments made from points outside our borders, these figures represent rep-resent but nbout hnlt or less than that I pioportlon of the reductions made I through pales nnd the permanent re-' re-' movnls of local flockm esters Selling on I thc markets was inado nt prices reduced by nbout the size of a hnlf-elollnr on each sheep thnt crossed Kastcrn States, averaging the figures for which they sold during the several months, and the 1 home trading wns done on a basts of similar grief to the people who rnlso biddies. The results it ere ln no wlso discouraging so far ns sales wero concerned, con-cerned, but the mntter of future fattening fatten-ing Is Increasingly disturbing as the iiuibe rtBtrlctlons are made more rigorous rigor-ous by State and national authorities Increased ablllt) to shift Hocks without trespass Is bcln; provided through the extension of some of our local linen of railways and the new lines projected, and this temporary relict will bo of great benefit to the desert men who own or occupj big local grazing lands In tho hills, Thc usual number of ewes and weth-ors weth-ors nit being fed for the block locally on cheaper hay and grain thnt last jear's home-prepared supply was fattened fat-tened on, nnd nil Indentions now point to the consumers' advantage as a consequence, con-sequence, Tho trade In Utah horses has fallen off markedly since t s Hrltlsh army bucrs and Undo Sam's cavnlry contractors con-tractors were pulled out of the field. 1'rlrcs hnve diopped correspondingly on all but the draught kinds und fancy drivers. The sales removed from the ranges several thousand head of un-profltnblo un-profltnblo brands, however, nnd In addition to relieving tho range of such n tax upon Its grazing capacity contributed con-tributed quite n sum to tho purses of home producers An occasional curload Is still going Kast to jeplace the draughts mndo on the suprltcs by foreign for-eign buyers, and Inquiries coining from tho markets along the river promlso nn Increase of such shipments between now nnd spring We nro still buying (lie bulk nt our pork nnd practlcallj ull of our smoked meats from the big four" or "six " "one," na the placards may now be said to number. I'luli people will not see that the climate, the products of their State, rtatabuc tUfiOU and tiie smull grains und all the other conditions of fnrmlng are favorable to swine grazing, graz-ing, nnd thereforo wo conllhuo to Import several millions ot dollars' worth of bacon, lard, hams nnd the other products pro-ducts of hogs packed nt tho river, nnd even ns far east ns Omaha. The local situation Improves somewhat In the production pro-duction of hogs each jenr, but nt the present rate of Increaso It will bo several sev-eral jears probablj before a packer will be Justified in locating n plant In this territory to handle tho supplies The fat ones nre now bringing between 55 73 nnd 6 cents on the locnl market for block use, and sell nt Kastcrn markets for figures running from 15 to 40 cents a hundred higher. Everywhere tho grunters nro shj In numbers apparently, ns the total receipts In nnstern markets fell upwards of 3,01)0 000 head below tho number marketed ln 1901. Therefore provisions arc likely to remain up for some tlmo to come. Thus fnr the Utah winter has been favorable to our live. Block Industry. The snowfnll has been hcavj-, and there has been some cold weather. The combination has not been hurtful this far to either herds or flocks In this State, and In their fortunate fortu-nate conjunction the bulk of our farm. er-Btockmen pee much promlso for tho coming seuson. |
