Show 1 S situation C UW los angeles september 15 1927 the population of 0 the city of los angeles has increased from a halt half million in 1917 to one and one ter million in 1927 and the population of the county from eight hundred hundred thousand in 1917 to two and one quarter million value of manufactured products has increased from two hundred million to one and one quarter billion and the number of factories from twenty five hundred to fifty eight hundred more than double in ten years this all means consumer demand which Is so essential to agricultural producers ers particularly livestock in the whole territory lying west of 0 the rocky mountains and beyond for instance last month nearly one halt half of the hogs required to meet the los angeles demand came from as far east as kansas and nebraska the amount of wool shorn in tho the united states in 1927 is eleven million pounds greater than in 1926 production will total million pounds and represents the largest clip since 1911 this increase is duo due to the larger number of sheep shorn which Is general throughout the country all of the important sheep states except montana show an increase over last year since 1912 the number 0 of horses on the farina arms has declined from awen ty million to twelve million head during that period the number of 0 automobiles automobiles lias has increased from one million to eighteen million this situation has brought about an I 1 important m readjustment as of 0 course the crops required to feed eight million head bead of horses may be turned to other uses and no doubt the land released in this way has largely been diverted toward producing more meat food animals to take care of the constantly increasing censul consumer demand with the beginning of the movement from the he intermountain and northwestern states to the pacific coast markets indications are that the industry is facing at least several months of 0 stable prices this movement which continues until the california teed feed lot cattle commence to move as a rule is orderly and a better balanced distribution Is had than during tho the months when the western grass cattle move in passing feed lot cattle it is possible to better gauge tho the supply to the demand than during the grass season when cattle must be moved when they are ready regardless of 0 conditions this of 0 course is another reason in dav avor ot of spreading the grass cattle supply throughout the year by the utilization of 0 supplemental feeds |