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Show the livestccoituation Faced with '.ewer pricss for both lambs and woo'. -Vepmen are giving consi.lei e.Civ; umw and means of cutting uiwn o" c Is C production. There are ct-r; lin charges which cai-no' lv i i -. i . . i . .r. lea.-t 10 any extent, l.'nd.-r ; i.adi.i'T are such charges as it:iont or; mortgages, hank In..::- .; : : ::-.. Vht ,'?f.r.;, voolg: ov.vrs ; scVuj; a concentrated concent-rated eS'mt 1 1 reduce labor costs, which include.-- expert.-;! of cutting wool by shearir.;;- t rc .vs. At the same time, there is disposition among tho sheepmen to i.:civ.u;v tin; amount of money to he .men:: in advertising lamb to housewives and in putting on lamb cut tint; demonstrations, which are intended to demonstrate .lew ways of uliliiliu: the cheaper cuts of lamb. There v.iil likjly be a general tendency to cull breeding flocks of old lw:s. 'I'W.r. latter etl'ort may have a temporary weaken;!!;;' effect ef-fect on the fat stock market. as de-r.iand de-r.iand for old ewes fur r.;.a: .it:-. jyos'-i j i-j somewhat limited. Cheaper hay and feed prices may tend to stimulate interest in both hog feeding and cattle feeding. The producer who is faced with the prospect pros-pect of selling his grain for relatively relative-ly low prices this season would do -well to consider the advisability of going into hog. production. There is an apparent over supply of feedstuffs and, in fact, many other agricultural products, particularly in the western country. On the other hand, there is an acute shortage of hogs as is proven by the fact that Pacific Coast packers and meat distributors arc sending back to the middle west for a very large portion of their pork requirements, both ;n the form of live hogs and pork products. lw Wihen such items as labor, sacks, transportation and warehousing are taken into consideration, it may easily be seen that there is in many instances a more profitable opportun- ity to sell grain in the form of beef and pork than in sacks. Increased pork production in western states will not be at the expense of lower prices to those who are now raising porkf because if hog production in more than doubled in the western states, it will still be necessary to import im-port a considerable number of hogs and great quantities of pork products. H: Although the number of horses and mules in the United States and in most parts of the western country continue to show decreases year after year, there is still a good market for draft and work horses and mules in nteny parts of the west. During the past year, there was a very general tendency in the Imperial valley to buy horses and mules for farm work. Registered . stallions were .purchased by Imperial farmers, who have a considerable amount of waste feed along irrigation ditches which helps to feed the animals. Further, there : is considerable less depreciation on horses and mules 'than on machinery ' and in most instances, I am told that Imperial farmers have found that horses and mules can handle the farm work cheaper than tractors. |