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Show j las-year ready' in time for the j convention, the first of the month. While packers admit' a scarcity scar-city of high grade corn fed beef, they say the supply of ordinary cattle is still equal to all demands de-mands being made. . The outlook for . a scarcity of beef, however, is sufficiently clear for stockmen I pains possible to increase their herds. THE LIVESTOCK MARKET. The report emanating from the National Livestock association i that the country is threatened v W-ith a shortage of beef cattte has birred up much interest and an effort has been made to have the census office announce the result of the livestock census made last year in time for the national convention con-vention of the stockmen here next month. At the present time there arP o reliable figures to show the condition of the visible supply of cattle in the country, but the census figures of last year will give a basis from which to make close estimates. Assistant Secretary Sec-retary Johnson . of the, national association says that the census office ha omised to have the total no,n(!i ,.pon the ceilsus of |