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Show LIVESTOCK SITUATION Tin- .v'Hjh men and women enrolled 11111I' 1 our vocational in: triiction In-.dilution;, In-.dilution;, tin oil;hout the 5tate of California as. embled at the Loh Angeles An-geles Chriatiiiii.i Live t.Sock Xliow lur-il,f lur-il,f tlie week, lepreMlit lliole lliull 100 ;chools exteinliiie; from Siskiyou to San l)icj.;u Counties and all iter-inodiute iter-inodiute counties. One judg-intf team anil a captain from each school the Hrenti':t en.seinble of our Future Fanners and Farmerettes ever attending attend-ing a western show. The banners carried by these younj; people should cause us to think seriously. ser-iously. "We are the Future Farmers of Ileal Farm lielief" "We are the Future Farmers of America Earning while Learning rives l'erniani"nt Farm Itelief." 1'ioin nil appearances they have the courage of their convictions and maybe, may-be, after all, we must look to this new 'generation of farmers for anything like a permanent solution of our agricultural' ag-ricultural' . ailments. The railroads have cooperated splendidly with the Stock Show management in making llos great gathering possible. Undoubtedly the center of our pop-.ilation pop-.ilation is shifting westward by leaps iml bounds, hence the center of our ive : lock' -supplies must form an im-iottant im-iottant part f! this movement. In tin; jMcn days when our forefathers un-li-iluok the perilous journey across he continent their flocks and herds more an important part of the caravan, cara-van, fiiri i.-hing food and in many :im s transforation. Of' course, in .hi'.-e days with the varnished cars and modern transportation mean:; it isn't convenient to bring the critters i!oi..,. Nevertheless, it is essentioal .hat ti.e meat food supply should l.e ivailable to su-tain this great mass if humans coming west faster and in '.rreater numbers than the Argonauts i 'iH ever thought could happen. In the live stock show we get a refke-:'.n refke-:'.n of w'.at is going on. ' The baby beef type, 'well finished 'th forn-'e and grain, is evidenced !1 thiou:;h the Show and it is highly e: '.:a! to a plenTcoS-supply .that .-.. should go -more and more into the "-'Hot futi--!iiBB of - ycitfngcr well-ne,i well-ne,i animals. Another evidence of 'lis lies in the -character' of sires on :hibition-at the Show. " The cowman who has been oprat-'ng oprat-'ng on the range wants a sire with 1 good deal of daylight under him and 1 gooii, strong, nigged constitution; 'jut the modern type of the middle .vest in evidence at all the eastern stock shows and now coming w-est, is he deep bodied, short legged kind, vith good hind quarters and back and. i good constitution. We will. come, n-j.re to that class as we get into feed, 'ot finishing, because the. feed lot j -olves the problem of going long dis-; 'ances to water holes, rustling oyer! '.he range and bucking the brush. j You dont get the same number of j rounds out of these quickly matured, high-breed baby beeves, as from the, a Ted steer but you can mature two' baby beeves while you are f inching, one of the aged kind, thus adding ma-1 'orially to our beef production. Barley Bar-ley is the basic feed of the west. The Grand Champion steer at the Christmas Live Stock Show was Cal-' ifornia bred and born, and fattened on barley and alfalfa. We are beginning begin-ning to appreciate barley as a. basic' feed and also that it is the best all-around all-around feed. ThiWwonderful steer weighed 900 lbs. and sold at $1.55 per riotind, 51,395.00 in money Stepping from the "Big top" housing hous-ing tiie breeding flocks and herds, into the fat stock section, we find several sev-eral acres of the finest type of beef, "ork and lamb on the hoof. Then we begin to visualize the real meaning and purposes of these pure breds in the "Big Top" and understand why these great progenitors march before us in their majestic stride and with a just feeling of pride, at having been tcsponsible for. the. greatj" display of fat stuff, with which to grace our, tables during the time of the year when we all look forward to good things and feel like joining in the great festival that we are wont. to hold during the Christmas and Holi-. day period. - . ! It is well to say at this time that the difference between success and failure in meat food production is clearly emphasized by the difference between the use of good sires and poor sires. Success in meat food production like in every other import-; ant activity, lies ...in" supplying: what' the people want and.it is reasonable-to reasonable-to assume that that is the best route to fair financial returns. j |