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Show 1 1' T-i;ivestoclc I 1 l.os Anpcles, California, J inn- 7, ! HOT With smaller nuirketinps of cattle in sipht in the l'nite.1 States for the balance of HOT, United I States department of a if rirulture economists predict hiphor prices for the better prudes of cuttle during dur-ing the late summer ami early fall. They point to a decrease of .'I:! per cent in the number of cattle on feed April 1 in the corn belt, l'ros-pcets l'ros-pcets are favorable for a satisfactory satis-factory trend in the prices of the lower (frrtdes of cuttle because of; the relatively strong demand for meats and hides, and an unticiput- ( ed increased demand for replace-! merit cuttle if feed crop conditions are normal or better. Scarcity and relatively hie,h prices of feeds have forced a ifood many cattle into slaughter channels chan-nels that otherwise would not have tn'en marketed, it is believed, For example, the slaughter of cattle in April, while slightly smaller than a year aifo, was considerably alKive average for that month. Cattle slaughter for the first four months of the year, with exception of the kinro totals a year fliro, was the largest since 1 ! 1 S. Indicating liquidation due to feed shortage, the slaughter of calves under federal fed-eral insH'ction in April totaled 5SS.000, 12 per cent larger than a year airo ami the largest for the month on record. All in all, the beef cattle outlook appears to be very favorable to those producers who have feed J available. In California, many cattlemen cat-tlemen are irivinft serious thought to the buildinif up of breeding herds as they believe that for the next few years at least, those who are situated to do so will find it much more economical to raise calves than to buy stockers and feeders. Throughout the western country there is prowinir appreciation of I the value of pood breeding and im-I im-I proved methods of feeding. More I and more, cattlemen are becoming ; convinced that it pays best to raise pood quality cattle and to take care of the breeding herds through improved supplemental feedinsr practices and pood ranjfe j management. |