Show the livestock i ck situation BY L A mcnaughton ON LOS ANGELES calf N nov ov 1934 tho value of our great lives livestock fock shows was never moro more clearly demonstrated rated to this writer than during tile tho past week awk during the ninth annual treat western livestock show considering that tills this show has MR been licud loss less thair ten YON years and that during tile past alvo five years wo we hayo have bet bean ii in tho the most ceilous depression hi modern timm the progress that lias has boon been mad la in animal husbandry Is amazing instead of it a few carloads ot of prime steers were twenty four car floada and the progress that lias has been made in tile tho west was never better demonstrated than when it ft california feeder was in winning the grand champion honors of the abow probably the greatest cattle breeders bleeders bre eders ad cattle feeders in all america were represented in tho the competition at tho the los loa angeles show but it was more than a friendly battle between tho the pa const coast and the in middle iddle wat lt it might even bo be considered a battle between corn and barley for many years there have been those who lave deavo cons considered dered that a country that dlan raise ralso good yellow corn could not bo be a cattle feeding country tho the theory lias has been disproved in bozekis of instances but noyer never moro more clearly than when one of 0 the greatest steer judges in the world selected for the grand champion carload of the stock mow a load of cattle that were fin dished entirely on california grown feeds feed again another internationally anniona judge selected sele eted as aa lits his grand champion ateer over till breeds it a barley fed etcor froni from california M to this athla writer tho the victory of bar loy over corn la Is ono one of the alio most important por tant loosens the pacific coast dian over ever had the publicity attend ant to the winching of a california steer and a california brod and fed carload of steers should bo be one of 0 lie he real stopping stepping stones towards la tho the development of the eattle feeding business bus luos j on the pacific coast I 1 tines it will lio be remembered 11 university of california barley led fed steer was named grand cham plon at tile the groat great chicago international and I 1 believe in catli catli of elioso instances tile decision dec lalou wag waa made by a judge and tho the british are generally recognized as aa iby tuo true of of but lybee when file samo right nt it los angeles show it isa api bovea oven greater importance as bibs ellia to prejudice a mong certain persons persona against west ern fod fea leof the champlan carload of steers were brodton santa barbaro county and fed in los angeles angelca i buntyon rations mainly of california barley california fa ati hai ha california grown corn california grown dried bet beet pulp and enough molasses to ulato appetite the grand champion stel breor r was fed on virtually tho the same rations ration aro are many competent observers who believe bellevo california Call tonila will become ono one of tle the greatest feeding stat 4 in tho the union and acho homo of may moro more important breeding |