Show i the livestock situation t by J A mcnaughton all In dictions point to smaller supplies of beet beef cattle available far california markets during the next i few mouths months and possibly for the spring and summer of 1930 due to the broad broa d demand for stocker and feeder cattle in the middle I 1 west this fall many range cattle which ordinarily are purchased for west coast replace have gone eastward one I 1 of if tile the leading authorities in calli california tit I 1 a estimates that california ranges aiges and feedlots feed lots will winter are ti the smallest number of cattle in many years t fat cattle markets have been tiL unsatisfactory satisfactory to feeders and range 0 operators during most of 1938 lack tills lils Is the direct reason for lack 4 or enthusiasm on the part of call fori for niana flaus in buying replacement cattle attle it is likely that california idiots I 1 including imperial valley grazing pastures will not noe carry etiore inore than CO 50 to CO 00 per cent as I 1 jnnny y cattle as in fit the winter of 38 at the present time teed feed lats are aro being emptied on oil a 1 sea hanal ual basis but due to unsatisfactory f margins over feeder cattle posts osta replacements are arc not beany by any means ponts st sufficient to take care of umbers timbers 1 biln being marketed marke tetI the he 11 S department of agri Itu reis authority for the bredle t on eliat the country as a whole will III have fewer fat cattle tor for markets marets 1 in 1039 thin than in 1038 1938 and it 11 ts a practical certainty that the west iese coast will have considerably fewer cattle for slaughter thus there appears to be ground for auna optimism as aa to the price si structure truc ture although of course t the general trend of business conditions condition will have an important bearing on oil the livestock price structure ilog hog prices continue to hold up well indicating a broad demand for pork jork at prevailing prices it I 1 indicated that numbers of lambs now on feed are not large enough to be burdensome and there is some strength in the lamb market with the result that the present price levels nrc are the highest since list last april government forecasts arc for or another increase in lamb supplies in 1030 1939 with indications that the total lamb slaughter for 1033 1938 may pro prove ve to ile be the largest on record |