Show the livestock shawn IL 0 by J A mcnaughton despite the generally accepted opinion that there la Is something of ii a scarcity of beef cuttle cattle la in the united states receipts at the leading markets during recent weeks have been among the largest on record there are many who see in these large receipts a an u effort on the part of many cattlemen to trim down improve quality and realize cash during a period of fairly satisfactory is prices the fact that several million cattle were blaken out of circulation by the government during the 1934 drouth drout h Is back of the idea that there are actually fewer cattle in the country than normally several years of drouth conditions and shortage jo ot f feed likewise forced lic heavy avy of cattle in var foils fau areas it Is cor certain tafil that the number u lr of cattle on corn belt farma Is smaller than han usual and a 4 good many cattle now going to central lm aketa undoubtedly atre are finding their way into new homm in the middle west but it Is doubtful if there actually la Is a shortage of cattle even though government timotes indicate that numbers on january I 1 next will show a reduction from the preceding year nor is there believed tt ft ibe be ha an oversupply the fact that receipts aie are just about as heavy as markets will stand indicates that growers generally would do well to give first consideration to the improvement of quality and be very hesitant about attempting to build up numbers the los angeles market has received large supplies of cattle during the first days of november yet the market price structure has held up remarkably well largely because from 25 to per cent of tile the dally daily receipts are being purchased by cattlemen for pui purposes poses A fact that is outstanding la Is that the average quality of our western cattle is surprisingly plain it Is difficult to understand why there la Is not a greater and broader effort on the part of the western range cattlemen to build up the quality of their cattle each year finds buyers more discriminating and each year finds a greater price spread between the common and inferior linds kinds and the choice well bred cattle good purebred bulls are not high in price in fact fac the slaughterer will pay for discarded bulls fully half the cost of tho better kind of purebred range bulls many a cattleman would find it good business to load up his plainer and older bulls ship them to the stock yards and replace with good purebred stock an fin unusual usual opportunity to effect such a transaction a will take place during tho the great western livestock show at los loa angeles december to when a large number of really good range bulls will be exhibited and nd offered for sale |