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Show fUVESTOC SITUATION m m xisstettatthe . Losinqeks Union itock Ijards Los Angeles Union Stock Yards, October 26 There's a war to be won and the winning of it calls for many changes in the livestock and meat processing and distribution distribu-tion business. How drastic these changes may be remains to be i understood as this country takes the offensive in the world war. : Meat packers are being informed I of changes they must make in j slaughter and distribution so that : a larger percentage of meat will ie made available to the armed ' forces and for shipment abroad. ' These changes will affect the live- stock business and perhaps the ! outlet for various grades and I classes of livestock. I There is a growing feeling that j the government will soon put into j effect suggestions from practical I stockmen and packers. One pro-j pro-j gram that it is felt certain will pe ; put into effect is a scale of price ; ceilings on beef which will en-j en-j courage longer feeding periods, I and discourage the marketing of half-fat beef. I With railroads being called upon ' to furnish transportation for live-! live-! stock to a far greater degree than J in any recent year, as a result of ' the rubber shortage, stockmen are i being asked to give full coopera-j coopera-j tion to the" railroads. ; All United States railroads : originated. 14 per cent more cars I of livestock the first three weeks of September this year than dur-; dur-; ing the same period a year ago. Carloadings of livestock on eight j western railroads increased 26 per cent over a year ago. Larger in-' in-' creases may be expected as the ; tire situation becomes more acute. (Continued on last page) -V LIVESTOCK NOTES (Continued from page 1 ) Livestock shippers are asked to speed up loading and unloading as much as possible; refrain from holding freight cars at country loading points while sorting, grading, weighing, trading and dickering with dealers practices which the railroads consider unpatriotic un-patriotic and unfair to other shippers. |