Show the livestock situation by J A Me mcnaughton Naughton according to present indications Indic adolis california packing plants will utilize about all of me string strang lambs available in tho the tate aate for delivery up until the of april with prospects that there will bo be la creased e cast ast after oal time lime by march wily lambs had bad been shipped east casl cai ranges are ecuer illy 11 in I 1 good condition a il recent rajus il the san sail joaquin valloy nud and ern part of luxure the of grosi ived 1 until the close of the spring lamb mar i koting season southern california ranges are still green but need fid dit lonal moisture here at the los angeles union stock yards the best grade of spring lambs have been selling at per cwt cat and weighing from SO 80 to 00 ills ibs these lambs aro are gradi grade tug lug la in the higher brackets as feed was early and so far hasteen has been good throughout southern california particularly prices of spring lambs this year ava aro about per cwt cat higher than during the corresponding season in und and tit in 1038 in both of those years ars per cwt cat was about the tol toi quotation for march spring lambs our sheep men this year are in ili a comparatively strong position western sheep men are becoming more efficient in their operations as time goes on which Is necessitated by increased taxes tases higher rent tor for ranges and generally heavier costs of operation at a field lay day march at the hersity of california college of agriculture at davis sheep men met to talk over their problems and hear bicar experts ou on various phases of lamb and wool production methods of increasing the lamb crop percentage and reducing the number of dry ewes were discussed there were ivere talks on r selecting sheep for kvool ool uniformity creep feeding lambs to obtain ia a higher percentage of fat lambs handling lambs lamba on laddio clover pasture and treatment of internal para bites on april 27 sheep men in the southern part of california will meet tit at pomona for a similar ses the wide interest among along sheep men in those these events and the go genuine aulne eagerness of their part to improve their methods of operation la Is paralleled among cattlemen and ilog raisers ral sers the modern modem stockman is a business man mail who is fully acquainted with ills his costs of operation and is over ever striving to im prove the hie efficiency of his production the story is a af of pf vice president garner that when a visitor to his office introduced mm him belf as the head clown of hagen backs backa circus uie the genial texan replied an ami d I 1 nin am vice president of the united states stick around a while you yet might lick licit up some ideas aliat you could use the human body con contains tatus about 10 million nerves and some gome folks manage to got get on nil all of them thein |