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Show f?Wpvestocle ,i$itugLtiori3j Los Angeles Union Stock Yards, May 13 Outlook for a prosperous prosper-ous year in the western cattle country is unusually bright, due to the combination of excellent range feed and a strong market for cat-. tie. Throughout practically all of the western area, range feed prospects are far better than a year ago, and on the Pacific coast,', range feed for the past two months has been above normal. This means that a larger than : usual proportion of cattle will fatten on grass and cost of carry-! ing cattle will be smaller than a ' year ago as there is little or no need for supplemental feeds. Over in Montana, Wyoming and Colorado, where 1939 range feed j as well as grain crops were unusually un-usually short on account of drouth conditions, present prospects are unusually promising. It means that cattle growers will have heavier calves and yearlings to sell to stackers and feeder buyers, and that cows will go through the summer in much better condition than a year ago. In California, there is a definite defi-nite trend toward greater "home-raised" "home-raised" calf production by cattlemen cattle-men who for some time have been buying young stock from other states, rather than attempting to raise their own replacements. Calves and yearlings have been in strong demand by middle western feeders with the result that prices have been high in relation to fat cattle prices. Many California cattlemen, in cases where range land is suited for carrying breeding breed-ing stock and growing out calves, are finding the production of weaner calves for fall delivery a profitable business. Due to the fact that this calf production is on relatively high-priced high-priced land, quality production is essential. As a result, California cowmen are giving strict attention atten-tion to the purchase of good, registered bulls. In the commercial commer-cial herds where quality is kept in mind, growers are producing weaner calves weighing as much as 450 pounds and better. One advantage ad-vantage of raising calves in the area where they are grown out is that the animals are already acclimated ac-climated and usually do not receive re-ceive any backset when moved to nearby country of similiar elevation eleva-tion and environment. The cattle market is active land strong at the Los Angeles Union Stock yards, with fed steers largely large-ly S8.50. to S9.75; grass steers quotable ?R to $9; grass cows mainly SR to $(5.75 and up to $7; grass heifers to ,?6.75 to $7.75. Hogs are holding steady after the recent decline with top butcher hogs around SG.75. ,Fat spring lambs are quoted at ?9 to ?9.60. . flRMAGE THEATRE Friday and Saturday "In Old Caliente", with Roy j Rogers, Mary Hart, George Hayes and others in the cast, comes to the Firmage theatre Friday and Saturday as one of the pictures of a double feature show. It is a western melodrama with music and a story of early days in California Cali-fornia where a young American sets out .to show his Spanish-friends Spanish-friends that all Americans are not like the outlaws who take their gold. Hal Roache's "A Chump at Oxford", Ox-ford", which comes to this theatre as the other picture of a double feature show, is rated as the funniest fun-niest and most hilarious comedy yet to co-star Laurel and Hardy, the screen's leading pair of funsters. fun-sters. The picture tells the story of two street cleaners who inadvertently inad-vertently capture a bank robber. Sunday and Monday "Balalaika", which comes to the Fimage theatre Sunday and Monday, Mon-day, starring Nelson Eddy and the new and brilliant singing personality, person-ality, Ilona Massey, is distinct among musicals. It is a musical drama, and a story of old Russia Rus-sia before, during and after the Revolution. Predicated on the romance ro-mance of a colonel of Cossacks and the daughter of a revolution-list revolution-list and potential arch enemy, the story has as its background the stirring events when the Czarists and Reds were fighting to the death, with the Whites eventually driven into exile. The latest news also will be shown. Tuesday "Mad Youth" comes to the Firmage Fir-mage theatre Tuesday only the most astounding screen play of this or any other year. More thrilling thril-ling than a thousand dramas. It's life itself laid bare! Pitfalls of this streamlined age -revealed! Wednesday Charlie McCarthy attains th status of a star in his new Universal Uni-versal offering, "Charlie McCarthy, Mc-Carthy, Detective", coming to the Firmage theatre Wednesday only. Of course, Edgar Bergen shares the starring position with Charlie, edging in on every one cf Charlie's Char-lie's scenes but not attempting to I steal anything from McCarthy. It lis a murder mystery story, with Charlie ultimately unravelling the maze of twisted clues and pinning the crime on the guilty party. Two cartoons and the latest news also will be shown. Thursday "Amazing Mr. Williams", with Melvyn Douglas, Joan Blondell, Clarence Kolb and others in the cast, comes to the Firmage Thursday. Thurs-day. It is a comedy about an ace detective, who finds he is about to send the wrong man to his death. A comedy, "Skinny the Moocher", j also will be shown. I r |