Show the livestock situation BY L A mcnaughton LOS ANGELES jan 1536 cattlemen and those interested in th the 0 livestock and meat business are watching with In interest teresi tile the development of official federal gradi grading fig anil and stamping of 0 f beef in southern california the service cervice lins lias been instituted at the request of the moat ILat packers w who ho hope that through ough the service tile the public will ba fully protected in meat un under deran an official government guar ante ant e of at quality beet at it a n inore substantial prem premium litin over the less desirable quality meats the system of government grading and starn stamping i ping now being used in log Ange angelea angelewis lesis Is purely voluntary and ithe bureau of agricultural eco stomp Is plated only on the grades 1 ot 0 meat that measure up to government 0 1 cholo choice or oi prime thus thua the lower grades of meat which make up a very large proportion of the supply y I 1 meat centers are not pen penalized altz aby by indicating an inferior grade wide publicity is toba to be riven giyen the fact that consumers ion consumers sumers may now call I 1 for government graded meau mears so by insisting upon graded meata the retailer may give absolute assurance that tho the product la is of the quality and grade being paid tor for it la Is to bo be hoped that the net result f of the grading and stamping may paco encourage those who are ara breeding band and feeding feedings high livestock bitout det detaching acting from the value of the genal run of range stock that is produced much move more eco economic norale ally toa los angeles was oneff one of the first cities in the country to io have meat graded and stamped for quality however thia pra program aram was started by t te he packers themselves each packer using III hi own trademark as aa it a stamp of quality this guarantee by the packer haa bas been jealously guarded la in most instances and those packers who have been using theli own stamp of quality YUJI with the gov orn nn ment ent stamp after mug being graded bythe government order through all lines of agricultural production more and more attention a Is being given to proper galin gand identification for quality us as a protection to thy consumer and as a moans janean of assuring the bhe producer a hotter better price where lie he la Is a quality product |